Abstract:
The quality indices, including soil condition, site condition and management level, were calculated from the perspective of comprehensive evaluation of cultivated land quality in Luohe, Henan. With the spatial transformation method, the cultivated land patches were converted into village level administrative areas as the spatial evaluation unit. Spatial correlation and clustered characteristics of cultivated land in Luohe were analyzed by the methods of cultivated land quality index and spatial autocorrelation, and the cultivated land quality protection areas were zoned based on the local spatial agglomeration type and spatial polarization theory. The results showed that: (1) As a whole, the cultivated land quality index showed a clustered characteristics and had a strong spatial positive correlation, with a decreased correlation degree in the order of management level index > site condition index > soil condition index; (2) The spatial attributes of cultivated land quality were mostly positively correlated between adjacent villages and were concentrated as block and strip patterns; only a very small proportion of cultivated land quality was negatively correlated between villages and were scatteredly distribution; (3) Based on the agglomeration characteristics of cultivated land quality index and the limiting factor of cultivated land quality, the areas of cultivated land in Luohe were divided into high-quality farmland protection area, single limiting factor improvement area, compound limiting factor promotion area and comprehensive improvement area. Specific management and protection measures were proposed according to the characteristics of each area.