Quality Evaluation on Farmland Under Land Consolidation Project——A Case Study in Changtai County,Fujian

Due to alternations made on farmlandsunder the “land consolidation project,”it is inevitable that the utilization and soil physicochemical properties of the landsundergo varied degree of changes.Reliable evaluation on the quality of newly created landsfor cultivation has become a rather urgent,and yet difficult,task for the scientists and management involved in the projects.Based on the typical project requirements,using Changtai county in the province as an example,a case study was conducted in an attempt to establish an evaluation methodology that could effectively predict the outcome for a given land consolidation project.Indices on theland quality,as well as calculation of the utility and economic coefficients for the farmland,were carefully studied.It was concluded that the fertilizer retention of soil,source of water supply,evenness of field,and calculation of coefficientswere among the areascould be furtherimproved.