How Perceived Stress Affects Farmers' Continual Adoption of Farmland Quality Improvement Practices

Article Psychology, Social

Relationship between mindfulness, depression, anxiety and stress: Mediating role of self-efficacy

Praveen Kumar Sharma et al.

Summary: The study found a positive correlation between mindfulness and self-efficacy, while a negative correlation was observed between mindfulness and anxiety, stress, and depression. Additionally, self-efficacy showed negative correlations with anxiety, stress, and depression. Furthermore, self-efficacy played a partial mediating role in the relationship between mindfulness, stress, depression, and anxiety according to the mediation analysis results.

PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES (2022)

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Article Agronomy

Does the Self-Identity of Chinese Farmers in Rural Tourism Destinations Affect Their Land-Responsibility Behaviour Intention? The Mediating Effect of Multifunction Agriculture Perception

Xingping Cao et al.

Summary: This study conducted in four rural tourist sites in the suburbs of Chengdu found that farmers' self-identity is an important factor affecting their land-responsibility behaviour intention in rural tourism destinations in China. Agricultural economic function perception plays a mediating role between farmers' self-identity and land-responsibility behaviour intention.

AGRICULTURE-BASEL (2021)

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Article Environmental Studies

Cultivated land protection and rational use in China

Yang Zhou et al.

Summary: The study emphasizes the importance of cultivated land protection for food security, social stability, and sustainable development in China. It reviews the evolution of China's cultivated land protection policy, explores the spatial-temporal patterns of illegal cultivated land use, and analyzes the impact of various factors on illegal land use. The results show that while China has made efforts in protecting cultivated land, the quality of land has decreased, and there are regional disparities in the driving forces of land loss, with illegal land use being a significant factor.

LAND USE POLICY (2021)

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Review Environmental Studies

Farmland Fragmentation, Farmland Consolidation and Food Security: Relationships, Research Lapses and Future Perspectives

Pierre Damien Ntihinyurwa et al.

Summary: Exploring the relationship between farmland fragmentation and consolidation towards food security, this study identifies various impacts and strategies at different levels to guide future policies on farmland management.

LAND (2021)

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Article Environmental Studies

Land Use Transition and Driving Forces in Chinese Loess Plateau: A Case Study from Pu County, Shanxi Province

Han Huang et al.

Summary: This study investigated the spatial-temporal patterns and driving forces of land use transitions at the village level in Pu County using high-resolution land use survey data. The results showed that the main driving force for large-scale conversion of cultivated land to forest land in Pu County was the policy of returning farmland to forest.

LAND (2021)

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Article Green & Sustainable Science & Technology