Based on the value of agricultural farm products produced by different subsectors in China, the foregoing analysis reveals the dynamic character of agricultural diversification by which, this study seeks to examine the evolutionary process of Chinese agriculture through a quantitative study of agricultural diversification at both national and provincial levels. In the initial stages of reform and opening up, the degree of agricultural diversification in the southwest was relatively high; then the center of agricultural diversification gradually moved to the southeast of China; finally, the degree of agricultural diversification in the economically developed eastern provinces was obviously higher than those in other regions in 2019. It was seen that some provinces in the eastern and central south regions moved toward increasing diversification in one direction, and other provinces changed direction, first moving toward diversification and later toward concentration or vice versa. These oscillations implied that there was a cyclic tendency of agricultural diversification along with an increase in per capita GDP. Generally speaking, the patterns of diversification differed across regions due to diversified agricultural subsectors resulting from different natural and socio-economic circumstances. In particular, in less developed regions with lower agricultural diversification levels, farming agriculture persistently dominated the leading position with relatively more resistance to modernizing trends in other aspects of agriculture. It is urgent for the Chinese government to figure out ways off reconciling agricultural productivity with environmental quality through the ecological intensification of agriculture.
Using field surveyed data of 144 hog producers in Sichuan province 2013, this paper aims to examine factors affecting evolution of farmers' hog production scale,.Regression results suggest that the farmers with capital advantages prefer larger scale than others. The capital include generations in the village, relatives in the government, family fixed assets, expericence of hog production and the costs for operation, whether join the cooperative, the distance from the highways, and land availability. To realize scale economy of hog production, it is necessary for the government to provide supports with more property and social capital to hold large scale hog farming and employ those who don't have the forementioned advantages. In addition, the government should design and build enough transportation facilities and ameliorate the circulation of rural land.
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