A Study on Livelihood Capital and Livelihood Strategy of Poverty-Stricken Households in Qinba Mountain Area——Take Shangzhou Distriat of Shangluo City as the Investigation Center
In order to explore the changes of livelihood capital and livelihood strategies of farmers out of poverty in deep poverty areas,Shangzhou District,Shangluo City,Qinba Mountains is taken as the research object,and the livelihood capital of 186 households out of poverty are analyzed by way of questionnaire survey and semi-structured interview.The results show that the human capital and natural capital of the three types of poverty alleviation households are quite weak,and the imbalance of capital structure is prominent.The total capital of the former general poor households(0.440)>low-income households(0.384)>five-insured households(0.323).The livelihood capital stock of five-insured households and low-income households is limited,and there is a high vulnerability to return to poverty.The livelihood strategy of most poverty alleviation households is simple livelihood relying on physical strength,and they face multiple livelihood risks.The suggestions are as follows:improve rural public service and enhance human capital;expand nion-agricultural livelihoods to help farmers increase their incomes;support characteristic industries and expand livelihood channels.Security mechanism should be improved for preventing people from returning to poverty and improve the stability of livelihoods.
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