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dc.contributor.authorSubedi, Yuba Rajen
dc.contributor.authorKristiansen, Paulen
dc.contributor.authorCacho, Oscaren
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-16T05:49:49Z-
dc.date.available2022-05-16T05:49:49Z-
dc.date.issued2022-06-
dc.identifier.citationLand Use Policy, v.117, p. 1-15en
dc.identifier.issn1873-5754en
dc.identifier.issn0264-8377en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/52164-
dc.description.abstract<p>Despite the looming scarcity of agricultural land and rapidly growing demand for food and biofuel globally, more agricultural lands are being abandoned from farming than are being converted to agriculture. Therefore, there is increasing interest in reutilising abandoned croplands to mitigate the undesirable impacts of abandonment and address global challenges such as food insecurity, arable land scarcity and agrobiodiversity loss. Although a number of studies have examined the extent, drivers and impacts of abandonment at various temporal and spatial scales, few studies have investigated the dynamics and potential pathways for reutilising abandoned cropland. This study addressed this knowledge gap by analysing potential reutilisation options of abandoned croplands, considering the influence of socio-economic factors on farmer preferences for reutilisation options, and assessing the conditions that would create an enabling environment for productive reutilisation. Using a mixed methods approach, quantitative data was collected through a survey of 374 households and qualitative data from six focus group discussions in three districts of the Hill agroecological region of Nepal. The majority of farmers, regardless of abandoned cropland holdings, considered that abandoned croplands should be reutilised. The farmers identified seven options (Cash cropping, Fruit crop farming, Spice and medicinal crop farming, Fodder tree plantation, Cereal cropping, Woodlot plantation and Mixed subsistence farming) for reutilising of abandoned croplands. Farmers' preference was comparatively higher for high value and cash-generating options for the reutilisation. Despite the dominance of traditional mixed subsistence farming in the area, the majority of farmers did not consider this system as a viable option for reutilisation. Structural and institutional factors, as well as labour constraints, were found important to create an enabling environment that motivates farmers for the reutilisation. Farmers' greater preference for cash-generating options implies that the promotion of market-oriented farming on abandoned croplands could help to minimise abandonment and revitalise the Nepalese agricultural sector. The findings are relevant to other regions of the globe that have experienced cropland abandonment.</p>en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltden
dc.relation.ispartofLand Use Policyen
dc.titleReutilising abandoned cropland in the Hill agroecological region of Nepal: Options and farmers' preferencesen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106082en
local.contributor.firstnameYuba Rajen
local.contributor.firstnamePaulen
local.contributor.firstnameOscaren
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolUNE Business Schoolen
local.profile.emailysubedi@myune.edu.auen
local.profile.emailpkristi2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailocacho@une.edu.auen
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local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen
local.identifier.runningnumber106082en
local.format.startpage1en
local.format.endpage15en
local.identifier.scopusid85125997877en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume117en
local.title.subtitleOptions and farmers' preferencesen
local.contributor.lastnameSubedien
local.contributor.lastnameKristiansenen
local.contributor.lastnameCachoen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:ysubedien
dc.identifier.staffune-id:pkristi2en
dc.identifier.staffune-id:ocachoen
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:1959.11/52164en
local.date.onlineversion2022-03-10-
dc.identifier.academiclevelStudenten
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleReutilising abandoned cropland in the Hill agroecological region of Nepalen
local.relation.fundingsourcenoteThis study is funded by the University of New England through the International Postgraduate Research Award.en
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorSubedi, Yuba Rajen
local.search.authorKristiansen, Paulen
local.search.authorCacho, Oscaren
local.uneassociationYesen
local.atsiresearchNoen
local.sensitive.culturalNoen
local.identifier.wosid000780443100004en
local.year.available2022en
local.year.published2022en
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/c7278635-7ce1-4277-ba32-b3be51c7fba2en
local.subject.for2020300210 Sustainable agricultural developmenten
local.subject.seo2020180604 Rehabilitation or conservation of terrestrial environmentsen
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