Changing returns-to-scale and deepening of factor-endowments-induced specialization: Exploring broader linkage between agricultural mechanization and agricultural transformation in Nepal

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Social Capital, Crop Specialization and Rural Industry Development—Taking the Grape Industry in Ningling County of China as an Example

“…In the context of "small farmers in a big country", how can we further promote the regionalization and large-scale expansion of agricultural production and form regional crop specialization so as to promote the improvement of agricultural production efficiency and the development of modern agriculture? Currently, from such perspectives as economics and management, scholars believe that we should devote ourselves to transforming the scattered product market into a centralized large-scale market [18], government subsidies [19], integration into large-scale agricultural organizations [20], improvement of the mechanization level [21], land consolidation [22], but the implementation effect is not satisfactory [22][23][24]. According to the endogenous growth theory, the fundamental motivation of regional development lies in the region itself.…”