Status Analysis of Agricultural Disasters in Yunnan Province

Abstract

Yunnan Province is rich in natural resources; however, its geographical environment is complex. The mountains are high and the slopes are steep; the water-holding capacity of the cultivated land is poor; various climates are distributed crossly; and drought and flood disasters are prone to occur frequently. Based on the data of area affected by agricultural disasters and direct economic losses in Yunnan Province from 2006 to 2015, this paper studies the status of agricultural disasters in Yunnan Province, and concludes that drought and flood are main disaster-causing factors of agricultural disasters in Yunnan Province, and damage areas account for over 50% respectively of the total areas affected by agricultural disasters, and the two show a change trend of waning and waxing, with a correlation coefficient of -0.27. Keywords—Agricultural disasters; Status of disasters; Disaster-causing factors; Correlation analysis