The relationship between rural labour transfer and cultivated land use has always been a hot topic in academic field and government management. Here, by using the large-scale survey data of 1,868 farmers from 37 villages in Jianghan Plain and the low-hill areas in southeastern Hubei province, we investigated the relationship between rural labour force transfer and decision-making in cultivated land use from the perspective of terrain heterogeneity. The findings indicate that under different terrain conditions, there are significant differences ...