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An investigation on the implementing effect of graze-prohibiting policy in Wuchuan County of Inner Mongolia

MA Yue-cun; GAO Wang-sheng; CHEN Yuan-quan; LI Xiang-dong; YANG Shi-qi; CHEN Dong-dong   

  1. Regional Agricultural Research Center, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology,
    China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
  • Received:2006-05-10 Revised:2006-09-27 Online:2007-01-10 Published:2007-01-10

Abstract: Whether the policies of ecological protection are effective depends on how much economic benefit can be gained by the farmers from them. By using the method of household investigation, this paper analyzed the present situation of implementing graze-prohibiting policy in Wuchuan County of Inner Mongolia, the responses of the households in Wuchuan villages and towns to the policy, and the radical reasons resulting in the different responses. The results showed that most of the farmers realized the positive effects of grazeprohibiting policy in improving eco-environment, but their responses varied with the income after the implementation of the policy and the adjustment of rural industrial structure.Based on the successful case of Dongtucheng Town, it was considered that none but the timely adjustment of rural industrial structure could ensure the sustainability of graze-prohibiting policy.

Key words: Alternaria azukiae, Trifolium repens, Physiological metabolism, Enzyme activity