Development Efficiency of Leisure Agriculture Based on DEA Model in the Background of Rural Revitalization

Abstract

The rural revitalization strategy has injected vitality into the reform of the supply side of agriculture. In addition, leisure agriculture is the focus of rural supplyside reform. In order to break through the stalemate in agricultural development, Chinese leisure agriculture has gradually sprouted at the end of the last century. Nowadays, leisure agriculture, as a direction of agricultural modernization with Chinese characteristics, has important signifi cance for the development of agricultural industrialization, the rise of agricultural economy, and the development of urban integration. First, we briefl y introduce the relevant theories of leisure and sightseeing agriculture. Then we elaborated on the situation of rural revitalization and leisure agriculture development. This paper studies the current situation of leisure and sightseeing agriculture in Anhui Province through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). We evaluated the effi ciency of leisure agriculture in Anhui Province. On this basis, we analyzed its current status and existing problems. We have put forward some suggestions, which have certain guiding signifi cance for the improvement of leisure agriculture effi ciency in Anhui Province. The research results show that the production level and development scale of leisure agriculture in Anhui Province are not optimal. Due to diff erent production technology levels and resource endowments, there is a certain gap in the development of leisure agriculture between diff erent regions in Anhui Province. These gaps are mainly refl ected in the diff erence in pure technical effi ciency. Therefore, we propose to reduce the scale of leisure agriculture development and carry out concentrated resource development. We suggest strengthening the construction of soft and hard facilities on the basis of reasonable planning. We believe that we can make full use of information technology to innovate agricultural development models to promote the development of leisure agriculture in Anhui Province.

High-Quality Development of Leisure Agriculture in Jiangsu Province in the New Period: From the Perspective of Non-Technological Innovation

“…It is a "destructive innovation" and an innovation that breaks away from the old "framework" of enterprises. As for experience service, one of the core products of leisure agriculture, it means that the production and processing of traditional agriculture are directly or indirectly participated by tourists, and the production process and consumption process are synchronized [11]. Now most young people, children and a large number of urban people have long been divorced from rural life and know nothing about the traditional rural farming culture, but our farming culture and some farming activities have great attraction for them.…”

Spatially Illustrating Leisure Agriculture: Empirical Evidence from Picking Orchards in China

“…The government has seen leisure agriculture as an opportunity to stimulate rural development and fight poverty. Therefore, leisure agriculture as a rural industry is promoted by local governments all over China [63]. The rapid development of agritourism has been widely acknowledged, examined, and debated [103][104][105][106], and the spatial pattern and spatial drivers of agritourism need to be investigated.…”

“…Through agritourism, rural residents can get additional income and more job opportunities by providing recreational services and tangible cultural resources and intangible cultural heritage rather than the traditional single farming mode [61,62]. Many rural households incorporating tourism into their livelihood strategy have caused the rapid expansion of leisure agriculture activities in China in light of economic needs and poverty alleviation [63]. All these call for a specific framework to understand the overall picture of leisure agriculture development in China.…”

Multivariate Analysis of the Phenological Stages, Yield, Bioactive Components, and Antioxidant Capacity Effects in Two Mulberry Cultivars under Different Cultivation Modes

“…Within the contexts of a rural revitalization strategy and the increasing pursuit of human leisure, leisure agriculture has developed into an emerging avenue for rural economic growth and industrial upgrading [1]. This agriculture has been vigorously promoted by national governments as a rural industry [2]. As a critical portion of the leisure agriculture industry [3], picking orchards are extensively used for various vegetables and fruits, including potatoes, cucumbers, mini-pumpkins, cherries, apples, grapes, and Chinese strawberries [1].…”