Leisure Agriculture in the Era of Targeted Poverty Alleviation
Tsai-Fa(TF) Yen *
Department of Tourism Management, School of Economics & Research Center for Spatial Economy, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, China.
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Abstract
China is the second economy of the world while the poverty is a still troubled problem. Fighting poverty within three years was officially issued by the communist party of China in China. The objective of this study is to clarify the relationship between relevant policies and theories. Based on literature review, the problems of targeted poverty alleviation, the benefits of developing leisure agriculture in poor rural areas, and the challenge of developing leisure agriculture in poor rural areas will be displayed. Findings show that the low utilization rate of funds, the mechanism for supporting cadres in villages needs to be improved, and farmers have low enthusiasm to participate in targeted poverty alleviation are the problems for targeted poverty alleviation. Moreover, the improvement of road and traffic, the improvement of villagers' houses, the improvement of public facilities, the opportunities for training and learning, the preservation of local culture, and the increase revenue streams are the benefits of developing leisure agriculture in poor rural areas. Finally, the diversified needs of leisure agriculture, the homogeneous supply of leisure agriculture, and the impacts of the environment and ecology, social and culture are some challenges for developing leisure agriculture in poor rural areas.
Keywords: Leisure agriculture, targeted poverty alleviation, rural area.