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Abstract：
The conservation of agricultural heritage systems (AHSs) has played a pivotal role in fostering the sustainable development of agriculture and safeguarding farmers\' livelihoods and food security worldwide. This significance is particularly evident in the case of tea AHSs, due to the economic and nutritional value of tea products. Taking the Anxi Tieguanyin Tea Culture System (ATTCS) and Fuding White Tea Culture System (FWTCS) in Fujian Province as examples, this study uses statistical analyses and a multinomial logistic regression model to assess and compare farmer livelihood and food security at the tea AHS sites. The main findings are as follows. First, as the tea industries are at different stages of development, compared with agricultural and non-agricultural part-time households, the welfare level of pure agricultural households is lowest in the ATTCS, while welfare is the highest in the FWTCS. Second, factors such as the area of tea gardens and the number of laborers significantly affect farmers\' livelihood strategies transformation from pure agricultural households to agricultural part-time households in the ATTCS and FWTCS. Third, the high commodity rate of tea products, combined with compound cultivation in tea gardens, provides local people with essential sources of income, food, and nutrients, so as to improve food security in the ATTCS and FWTCS. These findings are essential for designing policies to ensure farmers\' livelihoods and food security through AHSs and other sustainable agriculture.
摘要：
农业遗产系统（AHS）的保护在促进农业可持续发展以及维护全球农民的生计和粮食安全方面发挥了关键作用。这种意义在茶叶AHS的情况下尤其明显，由于茶叶产品的经济和营养价值。以安溪铁观音茶树栽培系统(ATTCS)和福建福鼎白茶栽培系统(FWTCS)为例,这项研究使用统计分析和多项逻辑回归模型来评估和比较茶叶AHS站点的农民生计和粮食安全。主要研究结果如下。首先,由于茶产业处于不同的发展阶段，与农业和非农业兼职家庭相比，纯农业家庭的福利水平在ATTCS中最低，而福利是FWTCS中最高的。第二,在ATTCS和FWTCS中，茶园面积和劳动力数量等因素显着影响农民从纯农业家庭到农业兼职家庭的生计策略转变。第三，茶叶产品的高商品率，结合茶园的复合种植，为当地人提供基本的收入来源，食物,和营养，从而提高ATTCS和FWTCS的粮食安全。这些发现对于设计政策以通过AHS和其他可持续农业确保农民的生计和粮食安全至关重要。
