The Impact of Agricultural Socialized Service on Grain Production: Evidence from Rural China

Li, Ruisheng; Chen, Jiaoyan; Xu, Dingde

doi:10.3390/agriculture14050785

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“…However, there are few studies on water and soil resources and grain production in the literature, which undoubtedly lacks the methodological support of basic resource research in the field of agricultural production. How to stabilize the grain production capacity under hard environmental and resource constraints is of great significance to ensure grain supply in small areas and even national food security [55,56]. In light of this, this paper utilizes basic agricultural resources as a foundation to elucidate the intrinsic logic and extrinsic correlation between water and soil resources and grain production.…”

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Coupling Coordination Evaluation of Water and Soil Resource Matching and Grain Production, and Analysis of Obstacle Factors in a Typical Black Soil Region of Northeast China

Chu,

Wu,

Wang

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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The coordinated development of water and soil resource matching and grain production is essential to enhance integrated grain production capacity and promote sustainable development in agriculture. Based on the perspective of a water footprint, this article empirically evaluates the coupling coordination relationship between water and soil resource matching and grain production in typical black soil areas in Northeast China using the coupled coordination degree and the obstacle model and further analyzes the obstacle factors that affect the coordination between the two systems. The results indicate that the blue water footprint, green water footprint, and total water footprint of five grain crops are increasing year by year. Soybean has the largest water footprint per unit mass, tubers have the smallest, and rice has the largest water footprint among cereals. The overall matching degree of water and soil resources in the study area is steadily increasing. However, there are significant differences in the water and soil resource matching coefficients between regions, with the highest being observed in Hegang City and the lowest being observed in Jiamusi City. Coupling remains at a high level and coupling coordination shifts from a low–middle–high to a middle–high stage. The correlation between soil and water resource matching and grain production systems is of significant importance. The degree of matching between water and soil resources serves as the primary obstacle affecting the coupling and coordinated development of integrated systems, which fundamentally restricts the sustainable development of regional agriculture.

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Coupling Coordination Evaluation of Water and Soil Resource Matching and Grain Production, and Analysis of Obstacle Factors in a Typical Black Soil Region of Northeast China

Chu,

Wu,

Wang

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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The sustainability of grain production: the impact of agricultural productive services on farmers’ grain profits

Han,

Cui,

Chen

et al. 2024

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Increasing farmers’ grain profits is crucial for enhancing the sustainability of grain production and ensuring food security. As a widely applied agricultural management means at present, agricultural productive services are of great significance to study whether they can help increase farmers’ grain profits. This paper uses the micro-farmer data from the 2020 China Rural Revitalization Survey (CRRS). It employs an endogenous switching regression model and causal mediation analysis methods, which can address endogenous issues, to examine the impact of agricultural productive services on farmers’ grain profits and their underlying mechanisms. The results show: (1) Agricultural productive services significantly increase farmers’ grain profits and this conclusion is still robust after the robustness test. (2) The mechanism analysis indicates that agricultural productive services increase farmers’ grain profits through three pathways: yield enhancement, cost reduction, and efficiency improvement. (3) The heterogeneity analysis shows that agricultural productive services have a greater impact on increasing grain profits for farmers with lower grain profits, smaller operating scales, and lower degrees of farmland fragmentation. Our findings suggest that increasing support for agricultural productive services, fully leveraging the radiative driving role of service providers, and offering farmers various forms of productive services will be key measures to enhance farmers’ grain profits, promote sustainable grain production, and ensure food security.

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How Socialized Services Affect Agricultural Economic Resilience—Empirical Evidence from China

Zhang,

Bai,

Zhao

2024

Agriculture

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Socialized services are crucial for addressing the issue of “who will farm the land” and subsequently enhancing agricultural economic resilience (AER). However, few studies have examined the mechanisms and effects of socialized services on AER. Consequently, this study aims to elucidate the impact and mechanisms of socialized services on AER, with the objective of providing new policy recommendations for enhancing AER and ensuring food security. Based on provincial panel data from China spanning 2009 to 2021, this paper examines the impact and mechanisms of socialized services on AER using a two-way fixed effects model, a mediated effects model, and a panel threshold model. The findings reveal that socialized services significantly enhance AER. Mechanism analysis indicates that socialized services enhance AER by accelerating the substitution of machinery for manpower and promoting the efficiency of labor division. Heterogeneity analysis indicates that in regions with high grain cropping ratios and high internet penetration rates, the enhancement effect of socialized services on AER is stronger. Further analysis uncovers a significant nonlinear threshold effect of socialized services on AER. The impact becomes more pronounced when AER surpasses 0.4689. Consequently, this study argues that in the process of constructing a modern agricultural business system, it is essential to focus on improving the differentiated socialized service system and accelerating the development of rural digital infrastructure.

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The Impact of Agricultural Socialized Service on Grain Production: Evidence from Rural China

Cited by 4 publications

References 45 publications

Coupling Coordination Evaluation of Water and Soil Resource Matching and Grain Production, and Analysis of Obstacle Factors in a Typical Black Soil Region of Northeast China

Coupling Coordination Evaluation of Water and Soil Resource Matching and Grain Production, and Analysis of Obstacle Factors in a Typical Black Soil Region of Northeast China

The sustainability of grain production: the impact of agricultural productive services on farmers’ grain profits

How Socialized Services Affect Agricultural Economic Resilience—Empirical Evidence from China

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