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中国粮食生产的新空间格局及其气候灾害风险

New spatial pattern of food production and its climatic disaster risk in China

  • 摘要: 气候变化及由此引发的极端天气气候事件日益深刻地影响着区域乃至全球的粮食生产体系。该研究以县域为基本单元,借助空间叠加分析方法,揭示2010和2020年中国粮食生产格局的演变特征,并围绕洪涝、干旱和高温热浪三类极端事件,评估不同粮食产区在当前及未来气候情景下的风险特征。结果表明:1)粮食生产“北进中移”、“北上西进”的趋势仍在持续,空间极化特征显著,高产县和低产县数量均在增加,全国人均粮食产量变异系数增长27.77%,区域不均衡性进一步加剧。2)核心产区内部亦有分化,纳入分析的715个产粮大县在全国粮食生产中的比重虽有上升,但仍有302个产粮大县(42.24%)产量下降,产量降幅达14.42%。3)极端事件风险高值区与粮食生产核心区在空间上存在明显重叠,产粮大县当前的风险水平和未来的风险增幅均显著高于全国平均水平。4)未来升温对粮食生产的威胁呈非线性加速态势,从温升1.5 ℃到2.0 ℃情景所导致的受威胁粮食产量比例增幅远大于前一升温阶段,凸显了将全球升温控制在较低水平的紧迫性。建议综合考虑各区县的现实情况及未来可能面临的极端事件风险,优化粮食生产布局、加强应灾基础设施建设。

     

    Abstract: Agricultural stability is increasingly constrained by the frequent, intense, and spatially clustered extreme weather and climate events observed in recent years. Climate change introduces unprecedented uncertainties into regional and global food-production systems. This study aims to explore the spatial evolution of China’s grain-production patterns and assess the associated risks of climatic disasters using county-level administrative units as the fundamental analytical scale. Methodologically, spatial-overlay analysis was employed to characterize the evolution of grain production between 2010 and 2020. We focused on major grain-producing regions, including 800 key grain-producing counties and nine traditional commodity-grain bases. Following spatial diagnostics, we investigated major climate-induced disasters, selecting Northeast China—a region pivotal to national food security—as a representative case study for analyzing long-term agricultural disaster trends. Subsequently, the risks of floods, droughts, and heatwaves were assessed at the county level based on the IPCC risk framework (Risk = Hazard × Exposure × Vulnerability). High-resolution gridded datasets were constructed to extract hazard data for these three extreme events under current, 1.5°C, and 2.0°C warming scenarios. To enhance accuracy, we employed a raster-based statistical method integrated with a spatial mask of cropland distribution, ensuring that hazard assessments were precisely aligned with modern agricultural production spaces. Exposure was quantified using the sown area of major grain crops derived from the 30m-resolution MGL dataset, applying a weighting rule (2.0 for double-cropping systems, 1.0 for single-cropping) to account for cropping intensity. Vulnerability was modeled using nighttime light intensity and irrigation coverage as proxies for socioeconomic resilience and adaptive capacity. The results indicate that: (1) Between 2010 and 2020, China’s grain production continued its pronounced northward shift and westward expansion, accompanied by marked spatial polarization. Simultaneous increases were observed in the numbers of both high-output (>1 million tons) and low-output (<0.1 million tons) counties, and the coefficient of variation in per capita grain output increased by 27.77%, exacerbating regional inequality. (2) Significant internal differentiation intensified within core production areas. Although the collective contribution of the 715 analyzed key grain-producing counties rose, 302 of them (42.24%) experienced output declines, with an average magnitude of 14.42%. Furthermore, production capacity diminished in several traditional commodity-grain bases, including the Taihu Plain and the Pearl River Delta. (3) A distinct spatial overlap exists between extreme-event risk hotspots and core grain-production areas. Specifically, flood risk exhibits a northward expansion trend, eventually reaching the Northeast China Plain; drought risk remains a foundational constraint, with nearly 20% of total grain production exposed to high-risk conditions; and heatwave risk is highly concentrated in core zones. This spatial convergence results in major grain-producing counties facing significantly higher current risk levels and future risk increments compared to the national average. (4) The threat of future warming to grain production exhibits a non-linear accelerating trend. The threat from heatwaves demonstrates the most alarming trajectory: under a 2.0°C warming scenario, the share of counties facing high heatwave risk (risk index > 20,000) is projected to increase more than fourfold from the current level (from 2.12% to 8.74%), exposing over one-fifth (21.18%) of national grain production to severe heat stress. Crucially, the increase in the proportion of threatened grain production resulting from the additional 0.5°C of warming (from 1.5°C to 2.0°C) is far greater than that observed in the previous warming stage. This highlights the critical urgency of limiting global warming to lower levels. We recommend that policymakers integrate localized realities and future climate risks to optimize grain-production layouts and strengthen disaster-response infrastructure.

     

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