25 February 2026, Volume 51 Issue 1

    

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Rural revitalization
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  Production, Reproduction and Value Realization of Short Videos of Rural Public Cultural Space

  SHOU Yaoyao, AO Yongchun, CHEN Ruihan

  Modern Agriculture. 2026, 51(1): 1-11.

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  Against the background of advancing rural comprehensive revitalization and the popularization of short video media, short videos centered on the production of rural public cultural space not only affect the inheritance and development of rural culture, but also provide a new window for the outside world to understand rural development. Based on 475 short videos of rural public cultural space released from 2021 to 2025, this paper systematically discussed the production and reproduction characteristics, content dimensions and value connotations of short videos of rural public cultural space by using content analysis and coding statistics, combined with the theory of spatial production. The study found that: the production of short videos of rural public cultural space was characterized by professional creators, shortened duration, diversified pictures and accurate topic tags. Its reproduction constituted a complete communication chain of "creation and release by producers-platform recommendation-users view and feedback-content optimization and iteration", which was also an extension, upgrading and value reconstruction of earlier content production. Covered three content dimensions of material, spiritual and social, it had the core values of bridging the urban-rural spatial gap, expanding rural economic value, revitalizing traditional rural culture, and empowering sustainable development of rural ecology. This research makes up for the shortcomings of existing studies that emphasize production but neglect value transformation, enriches the application of spatial theory and media communication theory in rural scenarios, and provides theoretical references and practical paths for promoting the quality improvement and upgrading of rural public cultural space and boosting rural cultural revitalization.
Agro-pastoral economy
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  The Impact of Digital Economy on Women's Flexible Employment in Western China: An Empirical Analysis Based on CFPS Data

  GAO Beibei, LI Quansheng

  Modern Agriculture. 2026, 51(1): 12-28.

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  Digital economy is one of the core engines driving the high-quality development of China's economy, and its impact on women's flexible employment in the labor market has become increasingly prominent. Based on six waves of data from China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) spanning 2012 to 2022 and macroeconomic data of 12 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities(directly under the central government) in Western China, this paper adopted the Logit model and fixed effect model to explore the impact of digital economy on women's flexible employment in Western China and its mechanism of action. The results showed that: digital economy had a significant dual promotion effect on women's flexible employment in Western China, as it could boost their choice of flexible employment and improve the quality of their flexible employment, and this conclusion held true after multiple robustness tests; labor skill level and individual reputation had a positive moderating effect on the employment quality improvement, with the promotion effect being more prominent for highly skilled and high-reputation women; there were significant group heterogeneities in the impact of digital economy on the quality of women's flexible employment, digital economy had a more obvious effect on improving the quality of flexible employment for low-income women, rural women and women aged 45 and above, and also exerted a significant promotion effect on high-income women although with a relatively weaker magnitude, while its promotion effect on urban women had not yet formed a stable mechanism, and its marginal effect on young women was weak. Accordingly, this paper proposes to fully unleash the promotion potential of digital economy for women's flexible employment by improving the construction of digital infrastructure, strengthening digital skill training, building a social reputation incentive mechanism, and implementing targeted support policies for vulnerable women groups such as low-income , rural residents and middle-aged and elderly women.
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  The Impact of Intergenerational Co-residence on the Life Satisfaction of Rural Elderly in Southern Xinjiang

  MIAO Jing, ZHANG Jiabing

  Modern Agriculture. 2026, 51(1): 29-41.

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  With the advancement of urbanization and the transformation of residents' living concepts, the elderly's demand for high-quality, multi-level and healthy elderly care has become increasingly prominent, and the elderly care issue in rural areas has become a key topic of social concern. Based on 405 sets of field survey data collected in rural areas of Southern Xinjiang from January to March in 2024, this study adopted an ordered Probit model to systematically analyze the impact of intergenerational co-residence on the life satisfaction of rural elderly in Southern Xinjiang, and conducted heterogeneity tests by age and gender. Meanwhile, the mediating effect model and moderating effect model were used to examine the mediating role of grandchild care and the moderating role of social activity types, respectively. The results showed that: intergenerational co-residence could significantly improve the life satisfaction of rural elderly in Southern Xinjiang. Heterogeneity analysis indicated that the positive impact was more significant for the advanced-age (aged 70 and above) and the female elderly. The mediating effect test confirmed that grandchild care played a partial mediating role between intergenerational co-residence and the elderly's life satisfaction. The moderating effect test found that social activity types had a moderating effect, with the increase in the types of social activities which the elderly participate in, the positive effect of intergenerational co-residence on elderly's life satisfaction gradually weakened, and the weakened part could be compensated by social activities. Accordingly, targeted suggestions are put forward, including encouraging intergenerational co-residence, improving relevant social security systems, raising the level of social security, reducing the burden of grandchild care, and enriching social activities for the elderly, so as to provide references for improving the quality of life of rural elderly in Southern Xinjiang, and optimizing the rural elderly care service system.
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  Spatial Distribution and Influencing Factors of Nanjing City's Leisure Agriculture Under the Background of Cultural and Tourism Integration

  ZHONG Yue, ZHANG Rongtian

  Modern Agriculture. 2026, 51(1): 42-54.

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  Against the background of cultural and tourism integration development, optimizing the spatial layout of leisure agriculture is of great significance for promoting industrial synergy and stimulating rural vitality. This study selected Nanjing City as a typical case, taking 1 019 demonstration sites across the city as research objects. Based on the geographic information software analysis platform, the spatial distribution characteristics and core influencing factors of leisure agriculture in Nanjing City were analyzed by comprehensively applying the nearest neighbor index, point density analysis, and the geographical detector method. The results indicated that: the demonstration sites of leisure agriculture activities in Nanjing City exhibited an agglomerated distribution pattern with multi-center point density clusters. Jiangning District functioned as the primary core area, where notable agglomeration could be observed in its subdistricts Hengxi, Tangshan, and Hushu which forme key clustering nodes. Meanwhile, secondary clusters formed in Yaxi Subdistrict of Gaochun District, Honglan Subdistrict of Lishui District, and Pancheng Subdistrict and Yongning Subdistrict of Pukou District. The main urban area showed fewer leisure agriculture activity points and did not exhibit a spatially agglomerated pattern. The analysis of influencing factors indicated that, the spatial pattern of leisure agriculture in Nanjing City was primarily shaped by the level of tourism development as the core influencing factor, supplemented by socioeconomic development level and transportation conditions as significant factors, and agricultural modernization level as a foundational factor, all of which exerted synergistic effects on the overall spatial configuration. Therefore, efforts should be made to strengthen regional advantages, give play to the leading role of core areas such as Jiangning District and promote cross-regional cooperation; deeply explore local tourism resources, to innovate experiential models of leisure agriculture through the integration of culture and agriculture; optimize infrastructure construction including transportation networks to improve the accessibility of leisure agriculture; consolidate the foundation of modern agriculture, extend the value chain, enhance the benefits of integrating culture, tourism, and agriculture, and foster regional collaborative development.
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  German Agricultural Development Trends and Core Policy Characteristics

  LI Na, LIN Derong

  Modern Agriculture. 2026, 51(1): 55-65.

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  Accelerating the construction of a strong agricultural country is a major strategic deployment proposed at the 20th National People's Congress of the Communist Party of China. Drawing on the development experience of world agricultural powers is of great significance for improving China's agricultural policy system and promoting high-quality agricultural development. Agriculture in China and Germany shares commonalities in aspects such as resource endowments, operating entities, and an aging labor force, while there are significant differences in agricultural modernization levels, land systems, and other areas. These constitute the foundation and premise for China to learn from Germany's experience. Through a systematic analysis of the characteristics, policy system, and transmission mechanism of German agricultural development, this paper found that as a typical agricultural power, Germany had formed an agricultural development model featuring the balanced development of crop farming and animal husbandry, family farms as the core operating entities, and the coordinated upgrading of the entire industrial chain, relying on its unique resource endowments and development foundation. Moreover, under the framework of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Germany had established a sound policy system of "direct payments and market support + rural development policies + the Agriculture 4.0 Strategy", presenting the core characteristics of precise subsidies, coordinated development,green orientation, and standardized guarantees. Based on this, the paper put forward suggestions, including basing on China's national conditions, constructing a hierarchical policy system, optimizing the precise subsidy mechanism, strengthening agricultural science and technology support, and improving green agricultural policies. It summarized actionable experience and enlightenment for China's construction of a strong agricultural country, providing theoretical reference and practical support for solving the difficulties in China's agricultural development and accelerating the building of a strong agricultural country.
Ecological and environmental protection
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  The Temporal Evolution and Adaptability Analysis of Ecological Resilience and High-Quality Economic Development

  WU Lingxin, TANG Kun, MA Huihui, Siqinmenghe, HU Kexin, YUN Yuxin, HOU Zhihui

  Modern Agriculture. 2026, 51(1): 66-85.

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  The current status of ecological resilience and high-quality economic development, as well as their coordination adaptation level, are of great significance for advancing high-quality regional development and achieving the coordinated development of ecological and economic systems. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities (directly under the central government) in China (excluding Xizang Autonomous Region, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions) from 2010 to 2023, this paper constructed the evaluation index systems for ecological resilience and high-quality economic development, adopted the entropy weight method to analyze the temporal evolution characteristics of the two systems, and further explored the spatiotemporal patterns of their adaptation level by using the comprehensive adaptation model, kernel density estimation and Dagum Gini coefficient method. The results showed that: from 2010 to 2023, both the comprehensive score and sub-dimensional scores of China's ecological resilience presented an upward trend, and the same trend was observed for the comprehensive score and sub-dimensional scores of high-quality economic development, with economic development potential becoming the short slab restricting high-quality economic development; the adaptation level of ecological resilience and high-quality economic development rose steadily with significant spatial differentiation characteristics. In terms of dynamic evolution, the overall adaptation level between China's ecological resilience and high-quality economic development was improved; in terms of regional differences, the overall regional gap was narrowed, and the regional balance degree continued to rise. The intra-regional development showed that the eastern region > western region > central region > northeastern region, and inter-regional disparity remained the primary source of the overall regional disparity, with the gap between the eastern region and other regions being the key factor leading to inter-regional disparity, and its contribution rate of transvariation density was the lowest and showed a downward trend on the whole. Accordingly, this paper put forward policy recommendations including strengthening the construction of an ecological civilization, unlocking the potential for economic development and implementing regionally differentiated development strategies, so as to promote the coordinated development of ecology and economy.
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  The Impact of Digital Economy on Carbon Emissions from the Planting Industry

  ZHAO Maolin, GAO Yuwen

  Modern Agriculture. 2026, 51(1): 86-101.

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  To explore the internal impact mechanism of the digital economy on carbon emissions from the planting industry is conducive to promoting the low-carbon transition of the planting industry. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities(directly under the central government) in China (excluding Xizang Autonomous Region, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions) from 2011 to 2023, this paper analyzed the role of the digital economy in the whole process of social reproduction from the planting industry, and used the fixed-effect regression model, mediation effect model, and threshold effect model to empirically examine the internal relationship between the digital economy and carbon emissions. The results showed that: the digital economy significantly inhibited carbon emissions from the planting industry, with distinct regional heterogeneity and carbon source heterogeneity, the inhibition effect was favorable in the central region, western region, major grain-producing areas and hilly areas, and the emission reduction effect performed well in terms of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, agricultural plastic films and tillage; the mediation effect results indicated that the digital economy achieved carbon emission reduction mainly by promoting large-scale operation and the development of agriculture-related finance, and this inhibition effect was affected by the local development level of the digital economy; the threshold effect results indicated that the impact of the digital economic development on carbon emissions from the planting industry exhibited nonlinear characteristics. In the early stage of digital economic development, it inhibited carbon emissions from the planting industry. However, as development progressed to the intermediate stage, further advancement of the digital economy led to an increase in carbon emissions from the planting industry. When the digital economy entered a higher advanced stage, the emission reduction effect on the carbon emissions from planting industry re-emerged. Therefore, policies should be formulated in the following four aspects, such as increasing investment in digital infrastructure in rural areas, strictly controlling carbon emissions, promoting large-scale planting, and enhancing regional coordination and cooperation.
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  Construction of the Standard System forGreen Low-Carbon Protected Agriculture: Based on the Institutional Logic Theory

  XIAO Xiangxiong, TAN Xinxin

  Modern Agriculture. 2026, 51(1): 102-112.

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  Against the background of the national policy of promoting the development of green low-carbon industries, protected agriculture is confronted with an urgent demand for green transformation. Based on the institutional logic theory, this paper sorted out the relevant theoretical connotations and characteristics of "green low-carbon protected agriculture" and "standard system", and constructed an analytical framework of "multiple institutional logics-standard system construction". This framework identified four logics, namely state, market, profession and ecology, as well as their interaction mechanisms in the process of standard system construction. The research found that: the current standards for green low-carbon protected agriculture had such problems as an unbalanced standard system structure, obvious technical orientation, insufficient adaptation of standards for key elements, and low matching degree with international standards. In response to these problems, this paper adopted an improved perspective analysis method, combined the demands of different stakeholders, analyzed the standardization needs of green low-carbon protected agriculture, and constructed a three-level standard system framework. Specifically, the guiding standard level connected policies and laws, the general standard level standardized technical foundations, and the application standard level covered the whole cycle of pre-production, in-production and post-production. This framework effectively coordinated the demands of multiple institutional logics, provided a systematic standardized path for the development of green low-carbon protected agriculture, and facilitated the green restructuring and high-quality development of the agricultural industry system.