A QUANTITATIVE STUDY ON THE CORRELATION BETWEEN POVERTY AND ARABLE LAND RESOURCES IN GANSU PROVINCE
基于甘肃省87个县的耕地与贫困指标，研究发现贫困与耕地资源丰富度无关，建议通过提高耕地质量、发展生态农业等方式解决贫困问题。
It is concluded from the research that there is no correlation between poverty and the abundance of arable land resources in Gansu province based on the indexes of arable land resources and poverty in 87 counties including 43 state-designated poor counties.Therefore,it is necessary to increase the quality of arable land,to develop eco-farming,to increase output per unit area,and to adjust traditional cropping structure so as to resolve poverty problems in Gansu,to guarantee food security and to reach the goals of sustainable development.In addition,to expand the area of arable land unreasonably could not increase grain production,but to cause unsustainable development.