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Characteristics and Conservation Practiceof Dryland Terrace System in ShexianCounty, Hebei Province,China•

Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau,Shexian County, Hebei Province•

HE XIANLIN•

Email-addressshehxl@126.com

2018.08.27

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Geographical Location and Geographical Climate Characteristics• "! 11326′114
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•Shexian County is located in the depths of Taihang Mountains, China'ssecond staircase.

•Location: 11326′114E3617′3655′N•Altitude: 203 ~ 1563m

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Geographical Location and Geographical Climate Characteristics•()"#. 0
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It is a typical deep limestone
mountain area, a semi-humid andsemi-arid climate zone, annual
rainfall of 540 mm, annual
evaporation of 1720 mm, annual
average temperature of 12.4 ℃.

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The typical feature here can be wellsummarized as “high mountains ,steep slopes, thin rocks and thicksoil" as well as "lack of water andsoil".

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Distinguishing Feature of Dryland TerraceSystem in Shexian County1

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The total area of Dryland Terrace System in Shexian County is 17000 hectares. The 230hectare terraced field in the core area of Wangjinzhuang Village is composed of 46,000
pieces of land, distributed in more than 120 ditches in 24 ditches of 12 square kilometers.

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Unique Technology System for Rain-fed Agricultural Production in MountainousAreas  use of limited rainfall
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Efficient Protection and Utilization Mode of Water and Soil Resources

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•Light rain stored in the soil while heavy rain stored in the pond, therefore
soil and field are well-preserved.

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Terrace - Villager - Crop - Donkey - Stone Form a Five in One Ecosystem.
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Dryland terrace system is an ecosystem ofDonkeysustainable development. Stone terraces, abundantfood resources, donkeys with production,transportation and ecological functions, rainwatercellars and stone houses scattered in the fields areStoneingeniously combined under the action of humanbeings. Stones, terraces, donkeys, crops and thevillagers complement each other and become a fivein one sustainable agricultural ecosystem.

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Terraced field agricultural production system with donkey as basic elements6*Rich biodiversity••••••"* *(%Abundant species diversity provides people with various kinds of food resources.
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Abundant genetic diversity provides a material basis for sustainable agriculturaldevelopment.
)*!  'Abundant ecological diversity provides a guarantee for the development of ruralcommunities.

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Rich biodiversity

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In 2017, there were 5 Chinese national
geographical indication protectionproducts.
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Rich biodiversity•

2016   Records of ancient and famous trees in ShexianCounty in 2016•  19"23151 There are 19 families, 23 species and 151
strains of ancient trees over 100 years old.

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100  500106 106 trees aged 100~500 years.

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100015 15 trees above 1000 years.

•2014 Records of Shexian County Chinese medicine 2014•!1761872 !11#There are 1872 species ofmedicinal plants in 176 families, among which 11 are the most important protected
medicinal plants in China.

•2009 Records of Shexian County agricultural records 2009•

307"791"1080  4#There are 307 families, 791
genera and 1080 species of animals, including 4 species of key protected animals atprovincial level.

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Rich and Varied Foods -- Vegetables and Fruits

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In the limestone mountains with thin soil and little
rainfall, the local people make full use of abundant
traditional food resources with strong willpower andpersistent spirit, through the farming and storage
technology and the survival wisdom of thrift. They cutstones to make the farmland and collect rainwater toirrigate their fields. With over 700 years of history, theDryland Terraces has provided valuable experience fornature-human collaborative development, soil erosion
control, biodiversity conservation, and the developmentof circular agriculture.

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Shexian County

Specific Property of Dryland Terrace System in(1)  Living State,
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The stone tablets
originated in 1290

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The stone is inscribed with
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1885 Stone was engraved with “November 14th,Eleven Years of Guangxu”1885

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,People who rely on terraces to survive in the fragile ecologicalenvironment system through the protection of biodiversity and cultural
diversity heritage achieve sustainable development of agricultural society.

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The natural ecosystem with dryland
terrace as the core is integrated into avillage social and cultural system.

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Conservation and inheritance ofdryland terrace will provide usefulexperience for sustainable
development of global agriculture,and for solving drought, watershortage and its impact on foodsecurity, agriculture and ruraldevelopment.

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Dryland terrace is a typical multifunctional complex ecosystem. It not only
meets people's livelihood security in thepast, but provides people with job
oppportunity, ecological protection,sightseeing and leisure, cultural heritage,
scientific research and other functions.

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*%,0"4With the acceleration of urbanization, the rapid development of modernagriculture and people's indifference to traditional agriculture, the traditionalmode of agricultural production is being gradually abandoned.

4P79,;'CConsideration on Conservation of DrylandTerrace•

.I;%(4LF?"F?1*:&BO.3;A!8E2MG;/N-P#G$@)H;=;0>P0+5P0(6Q•The formation of agricultural heritage systems is a historical process. In thecourse of its historical development, it not only inherits and retains theessence and typical characteristics of its traditional farming civilization, but
continuously absorbs and introduces excellent new agricultural varieties,
new technologies and new achievements.

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To protect and inherit the agricultural heritage systems, we firstly needto make clear what the agricultural heritage should protect.

4Consideration on Conservation of Dryland Terrace
1$ What to protect?
•••••!%$%+') landscape system of dryland terrace"!% ),.' Unique traditional rain-fed agricultural production
technology system.
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%# / Abundant protection of agricultural biodiversity.
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"Agricultural cultural heritage protection needs toestablish a ‘policy incentive mechanism’, ‘industry
promotion mechanism’ and a’five in one’ multi-partyparticipation mechanism composed of government,science and technology, enterprises, farmers and society"5E/2&3> Practice of Dryland Terrace Conservation

1"'C Policy Incentive Mechanism•

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The organization and system construction of heritage protection have been completed: a set ofpolicy incentive mechanism has been set up, and 40 million yuan has been invested in therestoration and reconstruction of the road and landscape infrastructure of heritage sites,
effectively promoting the tourism and agricultural product development of heritage sites..

2KI_=.*9\ ILResearch on Agricultural CulturalHeritage in Collaboration with Scientific Research Institutions•

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The first is to cooperate with the Chinese Academy of Sciences to carry out scientificresearch on traditional farming techniques, such as the effect of different intercropping
management on millet quality, the role of donkeys in terrace system, the role of pepper stemin terrace on water and soil conservation, etc.

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The second is to cooperate with Professor Sun Qingzhong's team of China Agricultural
University to carry out the research on Social and Anthropology in community-building
practice in terraced core area.

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 K27di•Through several years of scientific research, more than 10 scientific and social sciences
have been accomplished, providing scientific and technological support for the protectionand utilization of heritage.

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Through community-building, to train in the protection and utilization of Agricultural
Cultural heritage, hold agricultural cultural festivals and encourage farmers toparticipate in the protection of Agricultural Cultural Heritage.

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This year, we held the first
Chinese pepper picking festival in
Shexian County, China.

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We have led to the establishment of a non-governmental organization,
the Shexian Terrace Protection and Utilization Association, which
unites village cadres, entrepreneurs and organizations of old farmers
and craftsmen to participate in the protection and utilization of terraces.

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At the enterprise level, we should guide the development ofcharacteristic agricultural products.
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More than 10 leading agricultural enterprises have been guided to takepart in the development of terraced agricultural products, build a market
platform for them, help them to go out and break the market, so as toimprove the production efficiency of terraced fields and increase
farmers'income.

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At the enterprise level, we should guide the development of characteristic
agricultural products.

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