MEASUREMENT OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN CHINA AND ITS INFLUENCING FACTORS

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Using stochastic frontier analysis and the transcendental logarithmic production function, this study measures changes in agricultural technical efficiency and the factors affecting it based on panel data for 13 major grain-producing regions in China from 2007 to 2018. The results show the following. (1) The average agricultural technical efficiency of the studied areas shows a gradually increasing trend, from 0.369 in 2007 to 0.675 in 2018. (2) Dividing the production areas reveals differences in the agricultural technical efficiency of rice-, wheat-, and corn-production areas. The efficiency values for rice- and wheat-production areas are at the same level while those for corn-production areas are the lowest. (3) Agricultural machinery purchase subsidies, rural power generation, and urbanization factors have significant positive effects on agricultural technical efficiency; however, the proportion of the grain crop area structure has a negligible relationship with agricultural technical efficiency. Based on the findings, policy suggestions are made to adjust the input–output structure, improve the level of agricultural intensification, and avoid development that disregards environmental consequences.

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Zeng, F., & Hu, Q. (2023). MEASUREMENT OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN CHINA AND ITS INFLUENCING FACTORS. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 21(5), 4839–4851. https://doi.org/10.15666/aeer/2105_48394851

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