文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Tsvegemed, Munkhnasan ¹ ; Shabier, Alimu ¹ ; Schlecht, Eva ¹ ; Jordan, Greta ⁴ ; Wiehle, Martin ⁴ ;

作者机构： 1.Univ Kassel, Sect Anim Husb Trop & Subtrop, Steinstr 19, D-37213 Witzenhausen, Germany

2.Univ Gottingen, Steinstr 19, D-37213 Witzenhausen, Germany

3.Xinjiang Acad Anim Sci, Rangeland Res Inst, Urumqi 830011, Peoples R China

4.Univ Kassel, Sect Organ Plant Prod & Agroecosyst Res Trop & Su, Steinstr 19, D-37213 Witzenhausen, Germany

5.Univ Kassel, Tropenzentrum & Int Ctr Dev & Decent Work ICDD, Steinstr 19, D-37213 Witzenhausen, Germany

6.Minist Food Agr & Light Ind, Dept Coordinat & Implementat Livestock Policy, Ulanbataar 13381, Mongol Peo Rep

关键词： categorical principal component analysis; livestock species richness; product diversification; pastoralism; rarefaction; Shannon diversity; sustainability; two-step cluster analysis; Western Mongolia; Xinjiang

期刊名称：SUSTAINABILITY （ 影响因子：3.251； 五年影响因子：3.473 ）

ISSN： 2071-1050

年卷期： 2018 年 10 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Ecologically sound natural resources management is still the backbone of rural livelihoods in many regions of the world. The Altai-Dzungarian region between China and Mongolia constitutes an ideal site to study how political, economic, infrastructural, and cultural differences affect rural livelihoods. Structured semi-quantitative interviews were conducted with 483 households on both sides to characterise their current livelihood strategies and assess the importance of the various activities for the households' current socio-economic situation by means of the categorical principal component and two-step cluster analysis. In total, four livelihood clusters were identified across both regions, whereby one cluster was only present in Mongolia. In general, all clusters mirrored the transition from almost pure pastoralist to agro-pastoralist livelihood strategies. While animal husbandry was more common in Mongolia and crop farming more common in China, most households in both countries pursued a rather mixed approach. The composition of the herds, as well as the richness and diversity of the livestock species, differed significantly between the countries and was generally higher in Mongolia. Supplementary feedstuff and pesticide and fertiliser use were higher in China, along with diversification of produces. Our analysis indicates that until very recently the livelihood strategies on both sides of the border were the same, manifesting in the fact that we can define three identical clusters across countries (environment factor) even though there are slight differences in land, livestock and asset endowment.