Abstract:Agricultural land consolidation is closely related to aspects of regional food security,ecological protection,and sustainable economic development.This paper evaluated the potential of agricultural land consolidation in Pucheng county of Fujian province,aiming to provide data basis and planning references for the comprehensive land consolidation work in Pucheng.The potential of agricultural land consolidation was measured by an index system and methods of deviation standardization,entropy weight,and K-means clustering.According to the comprehensive potential score,Pucheng’s agricultural land consolidation can be ranked into four grades,and the consolidation work can be carried out according to respective functional zones including agricultural tourism,agricultural economy,agricultural ecology and agricultural production.The consolidation potential is high in central and eastern regions,and slightly lower in the northern regions than in the southern regions.It can be concluded that Pucheng county has potential in agricultural land consolidation though there are differences in spatial distribution,and the insufficient consolidation potential in some regions can be attributed to restrictions by ecological space and population density,which can be offset by stimulating endogenous potential and improving ecological service function.In addition,the planning of agricultural land consolidation should pay attention to the coherence and integrity of the consolidation areas.