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  • Special article
    ZHAO Chunjiang
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(3): 3-7.
    Abstract (121) PDF (41)   Knowledge map   Save
    Livestock industry is an important industry related to national economy and people’s livelihood, is the pillar industry of agricultural and rural economy, and is a strategic industry to ensure food security and residents’ life. Inner Mongolia as China’s important natural pastures and animal husbandry base, promoted the construction of national important agricultural and livestock products production base in recent years, has become an important national “granary”,“meat warehouse”,“milk can”, and“cashmere city”. The grain production ranks sixth in the country. 1/2 of cashmere and products, 1/4 of mutton, 1/6 of milk, and 1/10 of beef in the country come from Inner Mongolia. Based on the development practice of modern livestock husbandry both domestically and internationally, this study analyzed the current situation and typical cases of livestock husbandry in Inner Mongolia, clarified the key problems faced by the development of modern livestock husbandry in Inner Mongolia, and proposed key paths for the development of modern livestock husbandry in Inner Mongolia.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    LI Wenbin, ZENG Li, YU Hongbo, LI Lianying
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(3): 67-75.
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    Based on unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2(UTAUT2)and perceived value-based adoption model(VAM)theories, this study analyzed 535 research data to empirically test the influencing factors of consumers’ willingness to purchase on fresh food e-commerce platforms under the new retail model. The results showed that hedonic motivation is a crucial factor influencing consumers’ willingness to purchase, followed by perceived value, effort expectation, and social influence. Hedonic motivation, effort expectation and facilitating condition had significant positive effects on consumers’ perceived value, and the effects decreased in order. At the same time, perceived value played a mediating role in hedonic motivation, effort expectation and facilitating condition on consumers’ willingness to purchase. Hedonic motivation and effort expectation had effects on consumers’ performance expectation, but the effect of performance expectation on consumers’ perceived value was not significant. Accordingly, fresh food e-commerce platforms should improve the ability of refined operation, create all-weather consumption experience, improve the efficiency of platform function, focus on word-of-mouth marketing, improve the traceability mechanism, improve the perceived value of consumption, and then increase the willingness of consumers to purchase.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    WEI Feng, LI Meihui
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(6): 17-32.
    Continuously promoting the development of the new quality rural productive forces is an important pathway to enhance grain supply chain resilience. Based on panel data from 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities (directly under the central government) in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) from 2014 to 2023, this study quantified grain supply chain resilience using the longitudinal and horizontal scatter degree method, analyzed its spatiotemporal differentiation and regional disparities through Kernel density estimation, traditional and spatial Markov chains, and the Dagum Gini coefficient. Compared seven types of machine learning models, the optimal SVR model was selected and integrated with the SHAP interpreter to reveal the driving effects of the new quality rural productive forces on grain supply chain resilience. The results indicated that: China′s grain supply chain resilience increased year by year, consistently maintaining the pattern of main grain production areas > production-marketing balance areas > main grain consumption areas. The spatial distribution showed a trend of "expansion in the middle levels and reduction at both ends". Regional disparities narrowed annually, but multipolarization persisted. The contribution rate of inter-group differences fluctuated upward and became the main source of disparities in grain supply chain resilience. The output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery services, urbanization rate, and agricultural carbon emissions exhibited positive driving effects, while the situation of agricultural labor mobility showed a negative inhibitory effect, and the contribution rates of other driving factors were relatively low.Interactions among driving factors also significantly impacted grain supply chain resilience. Accordingly, regional differentiated precision enhancement strategies should be implemented, and a support system for grain supply chain resilience should be constructed to promote overall resilience through the advancement of the new quality rural productive forces.
  • Rural revitalization
    WANG Huimin
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(6): 1-16.
    Under the context of promoting comprehensive rural revitalization, digital inclusive finance, with its low threshold, wide coverage, and high efficiency, has become a core driving force to break through the spatiotemporal limitations of traditional finance, solve the financial exclusion of farmers, stimulate farmers′ enthusiasm for entrepreneurship and employment, and increase farmers′ income. Based on the provincial panel data of 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities (directly under the central government)in China(excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan)from 2014 to 2023, this paper constructed a spatial econometric model and a threshold effect model to empirically test the spatial spillover effect and threshold effect of digital inclusive finance on farmers′ income growth. The results showed that: digital inclusive finance significantly promoted local farmers′ income growth, and this effect was mainly reflected through the dimension of the coverage breadth of digital inclusive finance. However, due to the siphoning effect, it had a negative spatial spillover effect on the income of farmers in neighboring areas. The robustness test, conducted by winsorizing the variables at the 5% level on both sides, also strengthened the above conclusion. Further research revealed a significant nonlinear relationship between digital inclusive finance and farmers′ income growth. By treating digital inclusive finance as the threshold variable and constructing a double-threshold model, it was found that the impact of digital inclusive finance on farmers′ income growth showed a nonlinear trend of increasing marginal effect. Based on the research results, the article proposed suggestions and countermeasures to promote farmers′ income growth from the perspectives of improving digital infrastructure construction, innovating financial products and services suitable for agricultural production scenarios and farmers′ needs, enhancing farmers′ digital financial literacy, and strengthening government supervision and coordination.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    LIU Xuting, LI Yubei, DENG Shengju
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(2): 19-28.
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    New quality productive forces are an important force in promoting high-quality economic and social development, as well as a key breakthrough in promoting high-quality agricultural development. Based on the theoretical analysis of how new quality productive forces drived and affected high-quality agricultural development, the article calculated the levels of new quality productive forces and high-quality agricultural development in Gansu Province by using panel data of Gansu Province from 2010 to 2023, and further analyzed heterogeneous effect, threshold effect and spatial spillover effect. The results showed that: new quality productive forces was an important driving force for promoting high-quality agricultural development in Gansu Province; the impact of new quality productive forces on promoting agricultural development exhibited regional heterogeneity, with the strongest promoting effect on the Hexi Corridor Economic Zone followed by the Lanzhou-Baiyin Economic Zone, and no significant effect on the Longdongnan Economic Zone; further research found that non-linear characteristics and spatial spillover effects existed in the promotion of high-quality agricultural development in Gansu Province by new quality productive forces. Based on the above research conclusions, countermeasures and suggestions were proposed to drive the development of new quality productive forces through technological innovation, formulating differentiated agricultural industry development strategies, promoting the development of agricultural industry clusters, and establishing a collaborative mechanism for regional agricultural industry development.
  • Ruarl revitalization
    DU Weixuan, LIANG Peng
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(4): 1-10.
    Rural ecological revitalization plays an important role in the rural revitalization strategy. The government empowered rural enterprises from three dimensions such as the institution, the technology and the culture in order to promote their green transformation and achieve rural ecological revitalization. The paths for the government to empower rural enterprises to participate in rural ecological revitalization included: promoting the government′s institutional empowerment of rural enterprises——issuing and implementing rural ecological environment standards, relevant punishment policies for rural enterprises′ pollution behaviors, a green financial support policy system for rural enterprises, market principles for the promotion and application of rural environmental protection technology, building a socialized service platform for rural enterprises to implement green production and operation activities, and promoting the legalization of green regulatory policies and measures for rural enterprises; promoting the government′s technological empowerment of rural enterprises——encouraging and guiding rural enterprises to adopt green technologies and pursue park-based development; promoting cultural empowerment of rural enterprises by the government——cultivating the awareness of green production and operation of rural enterprises, creating a green corporate culture.
  • Rural revitalization
    CHEN Xiaolong, ZHANG Haibo
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(6): 11-20.
    Agricultural development is the foundation of rural revitalization, while finance is the booster of agricultural development. This study was based on the development goal of building an “agricultural and livestock food industry base” in Baotou City, and through field research, data collection, collation and analysis, it identified the problems that exist in the process of building an “agricultural and livestock food industry base” in Baotou City, such as the difficulty of meeting the financing needs of new agricultural business entities, the inadequacy of financial linkages, and the lack of enhancement of the breadth and depth of insurance coverage. In view of the above problems, it was proposed to further innovate the form of financial services, play the role of financial linkage, and improve the level of agricultural insurance protection and other countermeasures and suggestions, with a view to enhancing the financial service capacity for the construction of the agricultural and livestock food industry base in Baotou City, and promoting the comprehensive of rural revitalization.
  • Rural revitalization
    WU Yangwei, ZHANG Xingyu, LI Xiaodan
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(4): 19-28.
    The rural revitalization strategy provides opportunities for college students to find employment in rural areas. Encouraging rural college students to serve the countryside is not only beneficial for solving employment problems but also for rural revitalization. Firstly, this paper uses questionnaire survey data, analyze the willingness of rural college students to serve rural areas, and empirically test the influencing factors of willingness to serve rural areas. Secondly, it has found that rural college students have significantly increased their willingness to serve rural areas due to factors such as rural development prospects, cost of living, perception of urban employment pressure, and understanding of rural employment policies; The perception of urban driving factors such as urban living and working environment, salary and benefits, work status and face, and the perception of rural driving factors such as rural work salary and benefits, living and working environment, work status and face, all significantly inhibit the generation of their willingness to serve rural areas. Thirdly, the impact of personal factors such as human capital and social capital on the willingness to serve rural areas shows differences, and the intermediate hindering factor, urban-rural cultural differences, inhibits the improvement of willingness to serve rural areas. Finally, it summarizes the conclusion and proposes suggestions.
  • Ecological and environmental protection
    NIU Yawen, XIN Qiao, XU Zhiyong, HUANG Sicheng
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(3): 105-112.
    The value accounting of ecological products has great guiding significance for the establishment of ecological compensation mechanism, the realization of ecological product value, and regional sustainable development. Taking the specific geographical unit of the Pingle section of the Li River Basin as the research area, the opportunity cost method, land use transfer matrix, and value equivalent model were used to explore the cost of ecological product protection and development, as well as the ecosystem service value(ESV), so as to reflect the value of its ecological products. The results showed that, from 2017 to 2022, the total value of the cost of ecological product protection and development for the Pingle section of the Li River Basin was approximately 1.048 billion yuan, with an average annual value of 175 million yuan for protection and development. Among them, the direct cost over the six years was 1.017 billion yuan, and the opportunity cost was 31 million yuan. During the study period of the Pingle section of the Li River Basin, the areas of forest land, orchard land, construction land, and water area increased, while the areas of other land types decreased. The main transfer type was the conversion of cultivated land into orchard land. The ESV of the Pingle section of the Li River Basin showed a trend of "decrease-increase-decrease". The total ESV increased from 8.021 billion yuan in 2017 to 8.500 billion yuan in 2022, and the average annual ESV was 8.356 billion yuan, presenting a spatial pattern of “high in the periphery and low in the middle”. The accounting results can reflect the value of ecological products in the Pingle section of the Li River Basin, providing a basis for balancing regional ecological protection and economic development, and realizing the value of ecological products.
  • Rural revitalization
    CAI Wangqing, CAI Wang
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(5): 1-13.
    Under the rural revitalization strategy, financial literacy education for farmers in the eastern, western and northern regions of Guangdong Province is of vital importance for promoting the sustainable development of the rural economy. At present, financial literacy education in this region has achieved certain results, but there are still many problems, such as deviations in educational cognition and insufficient attention in thought; educational resources are relatively limited and the channels for acquiring knowledge are narrow; educational content is divorced from reality and lacks pertinence and innovation; educational model is monotonous and lacks diversity, interactivity and fun; frequent telecom and online fraud have exacerbated the spread of trust crises, etc. In response to these issues, based on a systematic review of successful experiences such as promoting financial literacy education through agricultural training classes during the "village-building movement" in Oita Prefecture, Japan; integrating financial literacy education for villagers into the "rural renewal" in Germany; and the "three-dimensional integration" financial literacy education practice in Quanzhou County, Guangxi; a further in-depth analysis was conducted on the new opportunities faced by financial literacy education for farmers in the eastern, western and northern regions of Guangdong Province. Finally, it is proposed to cultivate new types of subjects and leverage their leading and exemplary role, promote digital empowerment and expand educational service channels, focus on industrial demands and customize characteristic financial and economic courses, strengthen financial support and build a bridge for the connection between industry and finance, strengthen information empowerment and build a pattern of mass prevention and control. So as to provide references for improving the level of financial literacy education in the eastern, western and northern regions of Guangdong Province.
  • Special article
    ZHANG Yujia, XIU Changbai, HAN Chang, ZHONG Yi, Siqinmenghe
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(6): 3-10.
    New quality productivity is a strong driving force to promote the Party and the country’s various undertakings to achieve high-quality development in the new era, but also to promote the modernization of agriculture and rural development is an important support, which plays a key role in leading the development of modern large-scale agriculture and realizing the green and low-carbon transformation. On 10-11 August 2024, development Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Academy of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry organized experts and scholars in the industry to carry out seminars and exchanges around the theme of “Modernization of Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Fishery and Grassland Industry with New Productivity”, discussing the current situation of modernization of forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and grassland industries and how to develop new productivity to promote modernization of forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and grassland industries. Wei Houkai, President of China Association of Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery Economics, Zhang Junbiao, Vice President of Zhejiang Rural Revitalization Research Institute of Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University, Liu Can, Deputy Director of Development Research Center of State Forestry and Grassland Administration, Xin Guochang, Deputy Director of Bureau of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Chen Jie, Deputy Director of Rural Economy Research Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Economy delivered keynote speeches on five aspects of the conference including modernized large-scale agriculture, green and low-carbon development of agriculture, high-quality development of forestry, development of the livestock industry and modernization of the fishery industry. The conference set up special forums on forestry economy, aquaculture economy, grass economy, young scholars, master’s and doctoral students, and international students to discuss how to promote the modernization of forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and grassland industries in the field. On the morning of 11 August in the animal husbandry economy and policy forum, the Inner Mongolia Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Science Think Tank Chief Scientist, Professor Xiu Changbai and other eight well-known experts around the development of animal husbandry made a special report. In the afternoon of August 11, the conference also held a “Seminar on Agricultural Development Strategy of Yuquan District, Hohhot”, in which the participating consulting experts put forward valuable suggestions for the agricultural and economic development of Yuquan District in Hohhot from various perspectives such as the positioning of urban agriculture development and the integration of agriculture, culture and tourism development. In view of this, this special issue contains a compilation of the opinions and suggestions of experts and scholars, with a view to stimulating further reflection on the modernization and development of forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in the academic community.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    FENG Mei, ZHANG Zhiyao, CHENG Juan, CAI Shuqing
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(3): 34-43.
    Exploring the voluntary paid withdrawal mechanism of rural homesteads and promoting further vacating and revitalization of idle homesteads are important measures to alleviate the inefficient utilization of rural land resources in China. Based on 640 survey data from farmers in Yujiang District,Jiangxi Province,this study empirically analyzed the impact mechanism of social reputation and value perception on farmers’ withdrawal behavior of homesteads,and further tested the mediating effect of value perception between social reputation and farmers’ withdrawal behavior of homesteads. The results showed that both social reputation and value perception significantly promoted farmers’ withdrawal behavior of rural homesteads,and value perception played a mediating role between social reputation and the withdrawal of rural homesteads; higher education level of the respondents or being a member of the Communist Party of China significantly increased the willingness of farmers to withdraw from their homesteads,promoted the achievement of withdrawal behavior. Based on this,it is recommended to pay attention to the external driving and internal motivating effects of social reputation and value perception in the withdrawal of rural homesteads,fully leverage the demonstration effects of“local elites”“intellectuals” and “leading cadres”, and pay attention to improving farmers’ perceived value level of rural homesteads withdrawal and enhancing their willingness to withdraw.
  • Rural revitalization
    WEI Xiaoxuan, CAI Dingkun
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(3): 8-13.
    The basis of rural revitalization is the revitalization of rural industries. Industrial integration is an important way to realize the revitalization of rural industries. By systematically combing the experience of the “Sixth Industry Promotion” development, it was summarized that: taking “agriculture, rural areas and farmers” as the center, making full use of regional characteristics, promoting the backward integration of the industrial chain, and leave the value of the industrial chain in the countryside. On the basis of analyzing the development reality of Yunnan Plateau characteristic agriculture, based on the development status of Yunnan Plateau characteristic agriculture and the experience of Japanese agricultural development, this study put forward measures to promote the development of Yunnan Plateau characteristic agriculture.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    ZHANG Yanwen, ZHANG Yingliang, LIU Wei, RAN Li
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(6): 57-73.
    Rooted in the context of rural revitalization and common prosperity, agriculture essentially aims to "boost incomes" and "increase grain production", the former needs to solve the problem of income inequality, the latter relies on the fundamental strategy of "storing grain in the land" which implemented through the construction of high-standard farmland. Based on micro-survey data collected from 1 032 farm households across 10 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities(directly under the central government)in China, the study empirically analyzed the impact pathways and mechanisms of high-standard farmland construction on income inequality among farm households. The results indicated that: both the implementation of high-standard farmland construction and the expansion of its scale could effectively alleviate income inequality among farmers, and these findings remained significant in robustness tests with alternative dependent variables and these findings remain significant in robustness tests with alternative dependent variables,removal of extreme values ,and employment of alternative estimation models. The mechanism analysis revealed that the high-standard farmland construction significantly narrowed the income gap among farm households by improving the level of agricultural socialized services, while the expansion of high-standard farmland construction alleviated income inequality by accelerating land transfer. The heterogeneity analysis showed that, compared with the clan-elite co-governance type households, the high-standard farmland construction more effectively reduced income inequality among village-governance-dependent and administrative-governance-dependent households. Additionally, compared to part-time farmers, high-standard farmland construction had a more significant mitigating effect on income inequality among full-time farmers. Therefore, it is essential to promote the coordinated development of high-standard farmland construction and the rural common prosperity strategy, improve agricultural socialized services, and guide orderly land transfer to develop appropriately scaled-up agricultural operations. Simultaneously, attention should be paid to the heterogeneity across the dual dimensions of village governance types and household operation types in high-standard farmland construction, thereby ensuring its sustained and steady development and effectively alleviating income inequality among farm households.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    HUANG Shana, WU Liwen, HE Tingyi, GAO Hangfei
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(3): 51-59.
    Under the background of the rapid development of the dairy cattle farming industry in Inner Mongolia, scientifically evaluating production efficiency and cost-benefit performance has great significance.It helps clarify the distribution of benefits across different farming scales, and enhances resource allocation efficiency. This study used cost-benefit data from dairy cattle farming in Inner Mongolia, applying data envelopment analysis(DEA) to measure production efficiency and ANOVA to analyze differences in the cost-profit ratios. The results showed that, from 2012 to 2023, the production efficiency of dairy cattle farming in Inner Mongolia exhibited a fluctuating trend, with an average comprehensive efficiency of 0.858, pure technical efficiency of 0.895, and scale efficiency of 0.956. Thus it could be seen the comprehensive efficiency and pure technical efficiency of large-scale farms were significantly higher than medium-scale farms, and scale efficiency was significantly higher than small-scale farms. The average cost-profit ratio was 5.538% for small-scale farms, 10.781% for medium-scale farms, and 23.946% for large-scale farms, with large-scale farms significantly outperforming than the other two. There was a significant positive correlation between production efficiency and the cost-profit ratio.On the basis of achieving a high level of scale efficiency, improving pure technical efficiency is the key to enhancing overall efficiency in dairy cattle farming in Inner Mongolia. It is recommended that policies be implemented to guide small-scale farmers to moderately expand their farming scale, support medium-scale farms in adopting advanced technologies to improve pure technical efficiency, and help large-scale farms optimize operations at scale management and resource allocation, thereby achieving coordinated improvement in production efficiency and cost-profit ratios and promoting high-quality development of the dairy industry in Inner Mongolia.
  • Ecological and environmental protection
    SUN Xiaowen, ZHANG Rui, TANG Hong
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(2): 103-112.
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    With the continuous improvement of the national environmental governance system, grassroots e-commerce platforms have provided strong support for the green development of agricultural products. At present, agricultural product e-commerce enterprises face challenges related to product packaging waste disposal and disposable plastic packaging pollution. From the perspective of consumer response, this study explored the process of green logistics on environmental performance, divided green logistics into four dimensions: green transportation, green packaging, green circulation and processing, and green logistics information management, and used AMOS structural equation model to empirically test the mechanism of green logistics on environmental performance. The results showed that: the impact of green logistics on environmental performance of agricultural product e-commerce enterprises was significant, and consumer response played a partial mediating role between green logistics and environmental performance, 4 paths were formed in total, the mediating effect of 4 paths in the total effect accounting for 28.81%, 29.48%, 39.77% and 28.44%, respectively. on the research results, some suggestions were put forward: strengthen the research and development of therefore enhancing green packaging research, continue to encourage green consumption, establish and improve the legal and policy system of green consumption, and implement other measures to achieve the sustainable development goal of “reducing costs and increasing efficiency” of green logistics of agricultural products.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    JIFU Dazi, XIONG Yixuan, CHANG Qian, WANG Huan
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(3): 21-31.
    Enhancing the development level of the new quality rural productive forces in counties is a key path to promote the modernization of agriculture and rural revitalization in Chengdu, a mega-city in China. Based on the county statistical data from 2011 to 2022, the article conducted an in-depth study on the development level of the new quality rural productive forces, regional differences, and spatial and temporal evolution characteristics in counties of Chengdu, by using the entropy value method, the Dagum Gini coefficient method, the Kernel density estimation, and the spatial Markov chain. The results showed that, from 2011 to 2022, the development level of the new quality rural productive forces in counties of Chengdu exhibited an upward trend, however, the development of different functional subdivisions was unbalanced, presenting the trend of "East>South>West>North". The overall difference was fluctuating downward, inter-regional differences were the main source, with the average value of the Gini coefficient for some inter-regional comparisons exceeding 0.150, restricting the synergistic development. From the point of view of spatial and temporal evolution, the development level was increasing, and the dynamic differentiation was obvious, the absolute gap between counties was widening, spatial development inertia was strong, and cross-type transfer was difficult. Accordingly, it is recommended to cultivate new agricultural management subjects, strengthen the agricultural technology extension system, optimize agricultural policy support, strengthen the foundation of factor support, and deeply empower digital agricultural development to promote the high quality development of new quality rural productive forces in counties of Chengdu.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    PENG Qiang, WANG Jingjing, CHEN Wenbo
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(3): 51-58.
    This study selected data related to agricultural product export in Xinjiang from 2004 to 2022, constructed a high-quality agricultural product export development evaluation index system covering the five dimensions of innovation, coordination, green, open and sharing based on new development concept, and measured the high-quality development of agricultural product export in Xinjiang. The study concluded that the level of high-quality development of Xinjiang agricultural product export improved from 2004 to 2022; the green development index showed an upward trend, the innovation development index rose first and then declined, and the coordination development index, the sharing development index, and the opening development index were in the rising state. Among these, the innovation development index declined significantly, was an important factor restricting the high-quality development of Xinjiang agricultural product export. The green development index was an important factor contributing to the high-quality development of Xinjiang agricultural product export. In addition, the study found that the main factors affecting the high-quality development of Xinjiang agricultural product export also included insufficient export competitiveness and advantages, low dependence on foreign trade and small international market share, high export market concentration, and insufficient ability to drive employment. Based on the above research, Xinjiang should establish an agricultural employment subsidy policy in the new development stage, strengthen the reserve force for agricultural development; continue to promote the innovation and development of agricultural science and technology platforms, cultivate new kinetic energy and new advantages for the development of agricultural products export; and seize the opportunity of the “One Belt, One Road”, realize the high-quality development of agricultural products export.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    FENG Chunyan, GAO Hongtao
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(3): 85-92.
    The modern rural industrial system is the fundamental and supportive system for building an agricultural powerhouse. Through in-depth research and analysis of the rural industrial system in Qingdao, the insights and relevant suggestions for construction of modern rural industrial system were obtained. Research suggested that to accelerate the construction of a modern rural industrial system, the following approaches can be taken: improve the rural industrial system with a full industry chain thinking, promote the integrated development of the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries in rural areas through strengthening, supplementing, and extending the chain; promote the intensive development of rural industrial system through area construction, cluster development, and distinctive thinking; actively building regional public and regional brands to promote the upgrading of rural industries; deepening the reform of rural collective property rights system to promote the healthy development of modern rural industrial system; fully leverage the main role of farmers, strengthen the construction of talent teams, and promote the development of rural industries.
  • Rural revitalization
    SONG Dejun, DING Xin
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(5): 26-37.
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    Based on the panel data of 30 provincial administrative regions (except Xizang Autonomous Region, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) in China from 2014 to 2022,this paper constructed an evaluation index system of new quality productivity and agricultural high-quality development,used entropy method to obtain the level of new quality productivity and high-quality agricultural development,and calculated the coupling coordination degree of new quality productivity and high-quality agricultural development. Kernel density estimation, Moran index and Thiel index were further used to analyze the spatio-temporal evolution and regional differences of the coupling coordination level between new quality productivity and high-quality agricultural development, the obstacle degree model was used to diagnose and analyze the obstacle factors of the two subsystems. The results showed that the level of new quality productivity was stable and improved,with a pattern of high in the east and low in the west; the coupling and coordination level of new quality productivity and high-quality agricultural development in eastern,central and western regions showed a step distribution from high to low and the spatial correlation was significant. The differences of the coupling coordination degree of the four regions mainly came from the intra-regional differences,and the differences showed a deepening trend. Based on those,this paper put forward some suggestions on improving new quality productivity according to local conditions,giving full play to the radiation role of developed areas and strengthening basic agricultural research,so as to provide reference for promoting the coupling development of new quality productivity and agricultural quality in our country.
  • Rural revitalization
    MA Shaohua
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(6): 21-28.
    Agricultural enterprises are the backbone of the overall promotion rural revitalization, and have obvious advantages in perfecting the rural industrial system, raising the level of agricultural science and technology, and driving farmers to increase income. Based on the perspective of value co-creation, this paper take the practice of participation in rural revitalization of Wynn Food Group Co., Ltd., as an example to explore the action logic of agricultural enterprises in rural revitalization. The results of the study showed that agricultural enterprises were deeply involved in rural revitalization along the action logic of “value proposition—value creation—value sharing”, whose value propositions for participation in rural revitalization were diversified. Driven by diversified value propositions, it continuously created economic, environmental and social values through technological innovation, industrial chain upgrading, model innovation of uniting and promoting agriculture. and participation in rural construction, etc. It also achieved win-win value through the construction of formal and informal systems, and ultimately promoted the comprehensive rural revitalization.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    PAN Chengwang, MA Haixia
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(1): 82-91.
    Using the coupled and coordinated development system indicators of 31 complex systems under the three sub-systems of agricultural economy,agricultural ecology, and agricultural society in Xinjiang from 2010 to 2021 as the research content, this paper analyzed and constructed the evaluation indicators of the three sub-systems in Xinjiang , and systematically studied the level and coordination of agricultural development in Xinjiang using entropy weight method and coupled coordination degree model. During the study period,the three systems evolved along the tracks of lagging in agricultural society, to lagging in agricultural economy and lagging in agricultural environment. The coupling coordination degree of the three system developed from the initial moderate imbalance decline,through the verge of imbalance decline,barely coordination,preliminary coordination,intermediate coordination, to good coordination in 2021. The coupling coordination degree level has continuously developed from the imbalance stage to the coupling coordination stage. It was found that the lagging of agricultural ecology gradually became the main limiting factor of agricultural development in Xinjiang,and the development of agricultural society and agricultural economy was the key to the gradual improvement of the coupling coordination degree of the three systems. Therefore, protecting the ecological environment and rationally developing agricultural resources should come first in the development of agriculture in Xinjiang. Secondly,making good use of the system development advantages of agricultural society to promote rural construction firmly. Finally, vigorously promoting scientific and technological innovation,cultivating and expanding characteristic and advantageous industries to promote the development of Xinjiang agriculture.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    SHEN Shumin, YANG Yunli, CAO Xia
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(2): 10-18.
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    The digital transformation of enterprises is of great significance to the high-quality development of the whole industry chain of animal husbandry. Based on the panel data of A-share listed animal husbandry and dairy enterprises from 2012 to 2022, the realization mechanism enabling the growth of animal husbandry enterprises by digital economy was analyzed by using the common panel regression model and the two-step mediation regression model. The results indicated that:digital transformation could significantly promote the growth of animal husbandry enterprises;heterogeneity analysis showed that this effect was more significant in state-owned enterprises than in non-state-owned enterprises, and more significant in central and western regions than in eastern regions;the mechanism test found that the growth of enterprises was mainly promoted by reducing internal control costs and improving production efficiency. Therefore, it is recommended to implement strategies according to classification: non-state-owned enterprises should increase technological investment to enhance digital security and ecological governance capabilities; state-owned enterprises should use digital tools to optimize management and break through the traditional system constraints; enterprises in central and western regions should accelerate the construction of digital infrastructure with policy support; enterprises in eastern region should deepen the application of data platforms and promote business model innovation.
  • Special article
    HOU Zhihui, HAN Chang, ZHANG Yujia, XING Zhicang, DONG Changhong
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(2): 1-9.
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    As an important ecological security barrier in Northern China, the realization of ecological products value in Inner Mongolia is a core issue for promoting ecological civilization construction and high-quality development. Based on national policy guidance and combined with the characteristics of ecological systems such as grasslands and forests in Inner Mongolia, this paper analyzed the supply status of its material products (grain, livestock, energy), regulatory services (soil and water conservation, air purification), and cultural services (ecological tourism), by establishing an evaluation system including ecological resource support capacity, ecological service value realization capacity, and ecological protection and restoration capacity evaluation system, the entropy weight method was used to determine the weight of indicators, and the multi-index comprehensive evaluation method to assess its capacity level, and the realization path was discussed based on the evaluation results. The study found that:from 2013 to 2023, the comprehensive index of sustainable realization capacity of ecological products value in Inner Mongolia increased from 30.38 to 60.55,at the same time, the ecological resource support capacity index showed a fluctuating downward trend, the ecological products service value realization capacity index fluctuated upward, but the overall score was still low, and the ecological protection and restoration capacity fluctuated greatly due to factors such as geological disasters. Accordingly, it was proposed to improve the top-level system design,establish a systematic ecological products value accounting and property rights trading system; construct an ecological resource protection technology innovation system,optimize the ecological products value transformation path; innovate the ecological restoration technology system break the bottleneck of ecological governance; and establish a long-term incentive mechanism for ecological protection and restoration to promote the sustainable transformation of ecological products value, transforming the ecological advantages of Inner Mongolia into economic advantages through institutional innovation and industrial upgrading, and providing a regional demonstration for the realization of ecological products value in China, especially in the northern ecological barrier area.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    KANG Wei, ZHANG Yan, WU Zhendong, SONG Xia
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(1): 21-27.
    Study the current situation of agricultural development in China and the United States, find out the disparities in China and the United States agricultural development, analyze the reasons and put forward policy suggestions to promote the process of agricultural modernization in China. The research showed that although China and the United States had different agricultural production practices and fundamental conditions, the development trends were similar. The disparities in China and the United States agricultural development were mainly reflected in eight aspects: production cost, scale, mechanization, science and technology, industrialization, subsidy policy, resource and environmental protection, and external dependence. Therefore, the article put forward policy suggestions on actively fostering moderate scale operations, emphasizing the development of agricultural equipment strength, continuously improving agricultural science and technology level, vigorously promoting industrial integration, refining the new agricultural management system, consistently increasing agricultural policy support, promoting green and sustainable development of agriculture, and improving the self-sufficiency of agricultural products.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    HE Lingling, LIN Miaochan
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(3): 93-97.
    The modernization of agriculture and rural areas is an important task in the basic realization of socialist modernization in China. However, due to the unbalanced development of agricultural and rural modernization in different regions, it is necessary to take differentiated measures to promote the process of agricultural and rural modernization in accordance with the actual situation in each region. Based on the unique geographic location, complexity of rural society, and diversity of agricultural production in the China and Vietnam border areas, this paper scientifically analyzed the current challenges facing the China and Vietnam border areas in promoting the modernization of agriculture and rural areas, concluded that we should promote the modernization of agriculture and rural areas in four aspects: strengthening the construction of infrastructure, optimizing the efficiency of resource allocation and speed up the development of industrial integration, increasing the expansion of the collective economy and promoting the diversified development of the countryside, and strengthening the strategy of talents support and stimulating the enthusiasm of talents, in order to provide assistance in formulating precise and effective policy measures to promote the healthy and rapid development of agriculture and rural areas in border areas.
  • Special article
    DU Fulin
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(4): 3-8.
    In order to implement thoroughly the opinions on the promotion of high-quality development of Inner Mongolia strive to write a new chapter of Chinese-style modernization, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region focuses on the primary task of achieving high-quality development of agriculture and animal husbandry,and comprehensively constructs a new pattern of high-quality development of modern agriculture and animal husbandry. At present, pastoral development has once again come to a new historical turning point. Whether to continue maintaining the low-level quantitative development model of protecting while overgrazing, or to choose a new high-level and high-quantity modernization path that can achieve a harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, has become a major choice for Inner Mongolia pastoral areas.This is a severe test to be withstood in order to fully utilize the ecological barrier function and safety and stability barrier function of the north, and to ensure the stable and safe supply of green agricultural and livestock products.It is also a historic new proposition bestowed given by the new era.
  • Rural revitalization
    XIONG Wantong, LI Qi, WEN Yingxian, MOU Zhixuan
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(4): 9-18.
    The strategy of rural revitalization is a major decision and deployment of the CPC for the work of “agriculture, rural areas and farmers” in the new era. Rational choice is a process of coupling with the goal of rural revitalization. Through field investigation in Yantang Village, Wulong District, Chongqing City, this paper analyzed the development achievements and predicaments from five dimensions of economic rationality, life rationality, cultural rationality, ecological rationality and social rationality, pointed out that the development of Yantang Village should coordinate from economy, organization, talent, culture and improve from the coordination of industrial upgrading and development, gathering professional talents for retention and education, stimulate farmers’ subjective consciousness and improve the efficiency of cultural supply.
  • Ecological and environmental protection
    LI Pengcheng, YANG Haizhen
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(3): 98-104.
    Grassland, known as the “skin of the earth”, is the largest ecological protection barrier on land, which provides a lot of ecological product value. This study took Tianjun County, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in the alpine region of Qinghai Province as an example, constructed a differentiated ecological product value accounting system based on the characteristics of rich grassland resource endowment. From three aspects of material supply, regulation service and cultural service, this paper used the water balance method and soil loss equation to calculate the value of grassland ecological products in Tianjun County, and proposed the value transformation path of grassland ecological products. The results showed that the realization of the grassland ecological products value in Tianjun County mainly relied on ecological protection and ecological compensation. The total value of ecological products of grassland ecosystem in Tianjun County was around 15.206 billion yuan, of which the value of material supply was around 360 million yuan, accounting for around 2.37% of the total value, the value of regulation services was around 14.422 billion yuan, accounting for around 94.84% of the total value. Among the regulation service value, the value of local climate regulation> water conservation> carbon sequestration and oxygen release> soil conservation value. The value of cultural services was around 424 million yuan, accounting for around 2.79% of the total value. The value of grassland ecological product regulation service was the largest, which was in line with the provincial positioning of “three largest” and the characteristics of resource endowment in alpine region of Qinghai Province. By exploring the value accounting of grassland ecological products, this paper is helpful for the government to formulate ecological compensation policies, promote the rational utilization and sustainable development of resources, and provide references for the protection and high-quality development of grassland resources.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    XIONG Yuchen, DANG Guoying
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(3): 24-33.
    The close integration of digital economy with rural development provides opportunities for the green and low-carbon transformation of agriculture. This study used the panel data of 62 prefecture-level cities in the Yellow River Basin from 2011 to 2021,empirically examined the effect, mechanism, and regional heterogeneity of digital economy on carbon emissions using fixed-effect model,mediating effect model and threshold effect model. The research found that the development of digital economy had significant negative effects on agricultural carbon emissions,and industrial structure upgrading played an obvious intermediary role in the transmission mechanism of digital economy promoting agricultural carbon emission reductions. In addition, digital economy had threshold effects on regional agricultural carbon emissions. The agricultural carbon emission reduction effects were stronger in regions with relatively advanced digital economy development level and industrial structure upgrading level. Regional regression had clear regional heterogeneity. The agricultural carbon emission reduction effect of digital economy was more significant in the middle and downstream regions. The agricultural carbon emission reduction effect of the downstream was stronger than that in the middle stream because of the “digital dividend”.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    LIAO Xuanxiang, LI Ping
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(2): 15-25.
    Agricultural and rural modernization is an important part of Chinese-style modernization. Accelerating agricultural and rural modernization is the foundation and support for achieving the goal of agricultural powerful country. The article constructed the evaluation index system of agricultural and rural modernization based on the panel data of 31 provinces(autonomous regions) and municipalities (except Hong Kang, Macao and Taiwan) in China from 2011 to 2021,measured the level of agricultural and rural modernization of each province by entropy method,explored the spatial-temporal patterns of agricultural and rural modernization in China by spatial exploration analysis,and analyzed the main obstacles hindering the development of agricultural and rural modernization by the obstacle degree model. The study showed that: the level of agricultural and rural modernization in China was generally on a steady upward trend,with the increase in the level of modernization of rural livelihood making the greatest contribution;the areas with high levels of agricultural and rural modernization or above were mainly distributed along the east coast,while the areas with low levels or below were mainly concentrated in the southwest,northwest and northeast areas. In addition,the level of agricultural and rural modernization in China had significant spatial correlations,with the high-high agglomeration shifting from the southeast coastal regions to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region,while the low-low agglomeration shrinking and decreasing from the west to the center. The modernization of rural governance and services,represented by the coverage rate of township cultural stations and the rate of soil erosion control,was the main source of obstacles to the development of modernization of agriculture and rural areas. The rate of farmland production,the rate of effective irrigated area and the disposable income of rural residents were also important obstacles. The findings of the study can provide references for the formulation of relevant policies to further promote agriculture and rural modernization in China.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    YU Liwei
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(2): 37-45.
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    Food security is a matter of national livelihood, and an important element of national security. As the main body of grain cultivation, it is of great significance to enhance farmers’ enthusiasm for growing grain for ensuring national food security. Based on the survey data of 1 263 farmers in Shaanxi Province and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, this article utilized the Logit-ISM model to explore the influencing factors of farmers’ enthusiasm for growing grain and their internal correlations and hierarchical structure. The results showed that: the factors influencing farmers’ enthusiasm for growing grain could be categorized into deep, middle and surface factors. Whether the farmland rights were confirmed, the years of education, and whether farmers had received agricultural training were the deep factors, which influenced the middle indirect factors such as whether to transfer in the farmland or not, whether to transfer out the farmland or not, the sensitivity of the information, and whether to participa in agricultural insurance or not, and acted on the surface factors including the opportunity cost perception of farming, the livelihood strategy, and the ability to get loan from bank, influencing the famers’ enthusiasm for growing grain. Therefore, it is recommended to further consolidate the effects of land ownership, increasing the training intensity for farmers, improving the comparative income of grain cultivation, and increasing the financial support for farmers to grow grain.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    BAI Enlai, WANG Jingyao, LI Siman
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(6): 69-78.
    Agricultural modernization is an important content of comprehensively promoting the construction of socialist modernization, and agriculture is a weak industry, which needs continuous support and assistance from the government. Based on the theoretical analysis of sci-tec innovation inputs on the improvement of agricultural productivity, the article take nine provinces and regions in the Yellow River basin from 2010 to 2021 as the research object, constructed the evaluation system of agricultural modernization, and analyzd the effectiveness of government inputs in promoting the process of agricultural modernization through panel regression model. The study shows that sci-tec innovation inputs played a very limited role and had a significant effect in promoting farm mechanization operations in the upper and middle reaches. The core of government assistance in agricultural development was to enhance agricultural productivity. In further research, through the coupling analysis of sci-tech innovation inputs, non-sci-tech innovation inputs on agricultural productivity, it was found that the primary reason for the limited effect of sci-tech innovation input on agricultural modernization in 9 provinces of the Yellow River basin was the imbalance between sci-tech innovation input and agricultural production efficiency. Accordingly, relevant policy recommendations are put forward to lay a theoretical foundation for further optimizing government inputs and taking the “last mile” of agricultural scientific and technological achievements transformation.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    OU Lin, QUAN Lihua
    Modern Agriculture. 2024, 49(6): 96-104.
    New quality productivity is an important breakthrough and core point to promote the high-quality development of agriculture and realize agricultural modernization. At the historical aspect, the new quality productivity empowered agricultural modernization follows the development law of the new round of scientific revolution and industrial change. At the theoretical aspect, it inherits and develops the Marxist theory of productivity. And it meets the realistic needs for the development of agricultural modernization in the new era at the practical aspect. The mechanism of the new quality productivity for agricultural modernization is to improve the efficiency of agricultural production and the quality of agricultural products, lead the transformation and upgrading of the agricultural industry, ensure a stable and secure supply of food and important agricultural products, increase the economic income of farmers, and promote ecological environmental protection and sustainable development. To develop new quality productivity, should fecus on comprehensively promoting agricultural modernization in innovation-driven, industrial reshaping, talent supporting and green transformation.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    CHEN Hongchuan, ZHANG Yan, HUANG Xiaojun, LIU Chunzhen
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(1): 17-25.
    As the main direction of modern agricultural development, the development of smart agriculture plays a crucial role in promoting the overall leap in agricultural modernization and agricultural sustainability. In this article, the composite synergy model and the Moran index were used as analytical tools to evaluate the system synergy degree of the development level of smart agriculture from four subsystem dimensions, agricultural mechanization and production factor allocation level, agricultural output, agricultural scientific and technological innovation, and support for the agricultural development environment,respectively, in the 29 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities of China (excluding Shanghai City,Xizang Autonomous Region,Hong Kong,Macao and Taiwan region) from 2018 to 2022 as the research objects. The results showed that: The mean value of the synergy degree of the development level of Chinese smart agriculture in 2018 to 2022 was only 0.23, which was a low value, and there were significant regional differences; from 2018 to 2022, the mean values of the order degree of the development level of subsystems about Chinese smart agriculture mechanization and production factor allocation level, agricultural output level subsystems, agricultural science and technology innovation level, and agricultural development environment support level were 0.51, 0.53, 0.42, and 0.36, respectively,of which the order degree of the smart agriculture development environment support level subsystems was the lowest. There is no significant spatial positive correlation in the development level of smart agriculture in China at present. According on the results of the study propose development suggestions and provide reference for the development of smart agriculture in China.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    YUAN Shiyi
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(3): 95-104.
    To gain an in-depth understanding and enhance the adaptability and sustainable development of agriculture in China, this article employed the agricultural resilience index, Theil index, and the factor detection function of a geographical detector to analyze the evolutionary characteristics and driving factors of agricultural resilience in China. The study found that, the evolution of agricultural resilience in China generally showed a fluctuating upward trend, with significant regional differences and stage-specific characteristics. The proposal of supply-side structural reforms and the new economic normal provided institutional guarantees for the sustainable development of agriculture. The improvement of agricultural resilience in the central and western regions reflected the effectiveness of policy support and infrastructure enhancements, while the decline in agricultural resilience in the northeastern region highlighted the constraints posed by a singular industrial structure and ecological environmental issues on agricultural development. The decomposed interval contribution rate showed a declining trend, with the intra-regional contribution rate being the main reason for differences in agricultural resilience. The spatial distribution pattern of agricultural resilience was gradually shifting from positive clustering to negative clustering, unaffected by the direct influence and homogenization trend of neighboring areas. The agricultural resilience in China has basically formed a multi-layered, multi-dimensional pattern based on locational factors and ecological environment, with policy systems as the pathway, and production efficiency and technological innovation as key factors.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    HAN Chang, ZHANG Yujia, Siqinmenghe, ZHONG Yi, WU Lingxin, LU Pengjie, HAN Luming, XUE Zhipeng, ZHANG Jia
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(4): 59-72.
    As a major spring rapeseed producing area and an important base for agricultural and livestock products in China, Inner Mongolia plays a crucial role in the national strategy of "increasing domestic oil supply in the oil bottle ". Based on the macro statistical data of Inner Mongolia and its 12 leagues/cities from 2012 to 2023, this study systematically explored the overall production characteristics of oil crops in Inner Mongolia, with a specific focus on analyzing the regional differences, development potential and practical dilemmas of the rapeseed industry by adopting data analysis methods. It also revealed issues related to rapeseed processing and market promotion, and proposed corresponding recommendations to enhance the overall efficiency of the rapeseed industry. The study showed that: from 2012 to 2023, the sown area and total output of oil crops in Inner Mongolia showed an overall trend of "steady growth with fluctuations", although rape was not a dominant crop, its sustained and stable production was of great value. It could not only optimize the planting structure of oil crops in Inner Mongolia and mitigate the risk of over-reliance on a single crop, but also support the supply of regional characteristic oilseeds. From the perspective of regional differences, rapeseed producing areas in Inner Mongolia were divided into four categories, Hulun Buir City as the core area, Xing′an League and Ulanqab City as the potential areas, Chifeng City and Tongliao City as the auxiliary producing areas, and Wuhai City and Alagxa League as the areas with minimal rapeseed cultivation. The rapeseed industry in Inner Mongolia had three major development potentials: superior natural conditions, improved planting technologies, and strong policy support. However, there were problems such as weak seed source foundation and outdated cultivation techniques in the planting process. In terms of industrial chain extension, it faced problems including lagging intensive processing, weak industrial chain coordination, and obstacles in technology promotion. Accordingly, specific measures were proposed, including strengthening technological research on breeding and other fields, building an intelligent agricultural production system, improving the intensive and deep processing technology system and enhancing relevant facilities and equipment, intensifying the interest linkage mechanism and strengthening brand building and international cooperation, increasing government support to promote the technology popularization across the entire industrial chain, and establishing a mechanism for provincial-level overall planning and coordination among leagues and cities to improve overall efficiency. These measures were aimed at providing references for the high-quality development of the rapeseed industry in Inner Mongolia.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    CUI Ruiyao, ZHANG Zhi
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(6): 88-96.
    Digital transformation is an important path for agricultural enterprises to improve the quality of development, and its also an inevitable choice for advancing agricultural modernization. Based on the data of A-share listed companies from 2007 to 2024, this paper employed the ordinary least squares method and panel fixed-effect model to analyze the impact of digital transformation on the high-quality development of agricultural enterprises, and tested the mechanism of action through the mediating effect model. The results showed that: digital transformation had a significant positive impact on the high-quality development of agricultural enterprises, and R&D investment played a mediating role, that meant digital transformation could drive the high-quality development of agricultural enterprises by increasing R&D investment. Heterogeneity analysis showed that the digital transformation exhibited more significant positive enabling effect for agricultural enterprises with diversified operations, high financing constraints and those located in the eastern region. Accordingly, agricultural enterprises need to increase resource investment to unlock the value of digital technology, financial institutions need to provide diversified financial services to alleviate the financing difficulties of enterprises, government needs to develop digital technology according depend on local conditions to maximize its benefits, in order to provide a reference for agricultural enterprises to enhance their core competitiveness and build a modern agricultural operation system.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    ZHENG Junchuan, TU Pingping, CHEN Huilun
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(5): 30-44.
    Cultivating new quality productive forces of grain is an important measure to build a modern agricultural country and lay the foundation for food security. Based on the panel data of 31 provinces in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) from 2013 to 2024, empirical methods such as entropy method, Dagum Gini coefficient, Kernel density estimation, ArcGIS, and obstacle model were used to systematically study the development level, regional differences, spatial and temporal evolution and obstacle factors of China′s new quality productive forces of grain. The results showed that: China′s new quality productive forces of grain had steadily improved, but the overall level of development was weak and the growth rate was slow; the development level of new quality productive forces of grain in the three major grain-producting functional areas was the main production area > the main sales area>the production and sales balance area, the development level of new quality productive forces of grain in the three major geographical locations was eastern > central > western; the new quality productive forces of grain in China showed a slow and progressive evolution trend in time sequence, and the spatial distribution showed a better evolution trend in the eastern region, while the evolution process in the central and western regions was relatively slow; the intensity of agricultural research funding, the proportion of rural residents receiving higher education, the per capita electricity consumption in rural areas, and the per capita grain output were the main obstacle factors that restrict the improvement of new quality productive forces of grain. Based on this, measures such as strengthening agricultural technology support, cultivating high-quality "new farmers", promoting good farmland and laws, and implementing differentiated development were proposed to provide theoretical guidance for promoting the coordinated development of new quality productive forces of grain in various regions.
  • Agro-pastoral economy
    XIE Jingjing
    Modern Agriculture. 2025, 50(6): 33-45.
    Agricultural supply-side structural reform is a key measure and inevitable path for promoting the sustainable and healthy development of agriculture in the new era. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities(directly under the central government)in China(excluding Tibet Autonomous Region, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan regions)from 2010 to 2023, this study adopted the improved CRITIC-entropy weight method, Dagum Gini coefficient decomposition method, and obstacle degree model to quantitatively evaluate the effect of agricultural supply-side structural reform, analyzed the spatial differences and their sources, and identified the main obstacle factors. The results showed that: from 2010 to 2023, the overall effect of China′s agricultural supply-side structural reform presented a fluctuating upward trend, showing a regional growth pattern of "the central and western regions leading the growth while the eastern region lagging behind". The spatial distribution of the reform level was continuously optimized, with the number of provinces at a low level substantially reduced, provinces at a medium level slightly increased, and provinces at a high level remarkably increased; . The overall spatial difference in the reform effect showed a continuous narrowing trend, with the difference mainly derived from super variable density, followed by intra-regional differences, and finally inter-regional differences. The intra-regional differences in the eastern and western regions decreased, while the intra-regional differences in the central region showed an expanding trend, the inter-regional differences between the eastern and western regions decreased significantly, while the inter-regional differences between the eastern and central regions increased. The reform effect faced common constraints across regions, and the coverage depth of agricultural insurance, per capita output of commercial crops, and agricultural credit level were the three core obstacle factors affecting the improvement of the reform effect. Accordingly, it is suggested to continue deepening the agricultural supply side structural reform, strengthen agricultural insurance and credit services, optimize the agricultural production layout, and coordinate the safeguarding of food security and enhance the value of characteristic industries.