Land use pattern and technique characterized as eco economic type in the ecotone between agriculture and animal husbandry of Bashang areas of Hebei Province

Bashang area of Hebei Province is located in ecotone between agriculture and animal husbandry of North China. Its ecological environment had been destroyed heavily in the last 100 years because of overreclaiming and overgrazing in a long period; at the same time, its economic development is very urgent because of grain shortage and low farmer's income. Therefore the land use pattern of the region must follow a way to pay attention to both ecological benefits and economic profits. Aimed at these problems, this paper put forward a strategy of land use characterized as ecoeconomic type based on the field experimental results and agricultural household survey date in Zhangbei County. Its main contents are as follows: build a field protective net using arbors and shrubs; adopt less tillage and high crops' stubble in sandy chestnut brown soils; grow vegetables in meadow chestnut brown soils; integrate the production of forage and animals.