PROGRESS IN GEOGRAPHY ›› 2019, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (9): 1349-1360.doi: 10.18306/dlkxjz.2019.09.008

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Territorial types and optimization strategies of agriculture multifunctions: A case study of Jilin Province

FANG Yangang1,2,3,LIU Bencheng1,LIU Jianzhi1   

  1. 1. School of Geographical Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Geographical Processes and Ecological Security in Changbai Mountains, Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
    3. Institute for Northeast China Research, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
  • Received:2019-04-30 Revised:2019-05-21 Online:2019-09-28 Published:2019-09-25
  • Supported by:
    National Social Science Foundation of China(No.15BJL108)

Abstract:

China's agricultural development is facing the challenges of sustainable development, changing consumer demands, and globalization. More attention should be paid to the spatial patterns, territorial types, and optimization strategies of multiple agriculture functions. This study briefly reviewed the development of multifunctional agriculture and discussed the theoretical basis of the spatiotemporal differentiation of agriculture multifunctions, and studied the territorial types and optimization strategies of agriculture multifunctions at the county level in Jilin Province by using cluster analysis method and so on. The results demonstrate that: 1) Agriculture multifunctions have the characteristics of joint production and externality. Endowment of agricultural resources, socioeconomic development stages, and their interactions play key roles in the spatiotemporal differentiation of agriculture multifunctions. 2) The spatial differentiations of agriculture functions at the county level in Jilin Province present different characteristics— the high values of agricultural products supply function are mainly distributed in the Songhua River-Liao River Plain; the high values of economic development function are located in counties with strong featured agriculture; the high values of social security function are distributed in highly urbanized counties with high per capita agricultural output value; and the high values of ecological service function are located in counties that have a large proportion of forest, grassland, and water areas. 3) Agriculture multifunctions at the county level in Jilin Province can be divided into four types: agricultural products supply dominated, multiple functions balanced, non-ecological functions disadvantaged, and ecological service dominated. 4) Different territorial types of agriculture multifunctions have different combinations of multiple agriculture functions and development backgrounds, and targeted development strategies for them should be implemented.

Key words: agriculture multifunctions, territorial types, optimization strategies, cluster analysis, Jilin Province