DISCUSSION ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ON LOESS PLATEAU

An analysis on the causes for lower agricultural productivity on Loess Plateau was made. The loss of soil and water, the dust bowl, decreasing of water resources, increasing of dry land area, etc. are the main causes for that question. However, as the energy, chemical and factory basement of China, the development of agriculture on Loess Plateau will influence on the ecology, economic and social sustainable development of the country. In view of the main problems of that area, and based on analyzing the historical experience, summarizing the successful agricultural developing-model, the sulutions of the agricultural development, rise in peasants' income and rural development on Loess Plateau were suggested.