Importance and share of agribusiness in the Chinese economy (2000–2014)

Mrówczyńska-Kamińska, Aldona; Bajan, Bartłomiej

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02884

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“…Due to the release of labor to other sectors of the economy, labor is substituted by capital in agriculture. This leads to a situation in which, after this process is concluded, an increase in intermediate consumption is necessary to increase output [ 45 ]. Intuitively, a similar situation should be expected in the case of the relationship between the material intensity of the food industry and the emission intensity of food production systems; however, in this case, the obtained results were not statistically significant.…”

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“…To examine the emission intensity of food production, the global output of food production was calculated using the Mrówczyńska-Kamińska and Bajan [ 45 ] method. This method assumes that food production consists the agriculture activities, the food industry activities, and other sectors’ activities that deliver inputs and services to agriculture and the food industry.…”

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Greenhouse gas emissions intensity of food production systems and its determinants

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It is estimated that about 1/4th of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions may be caused by the global food system. Reducing the GHG emissions from food production is a major challenge in the context of the projected growth of the world’s population, which is increasing demand for food. In this context, the goal should be to achieve the lowest possible emission intensity of the food production system, understood as the amount of GHG emissions per unit of output. The study aimed to calculate the emission intensity of food production systems and to specify its determinants based on a panel regression model for 14 countries, which accounted for more than 65% of food production in the world between 2000 and 2014. In this article, emission intensity is defined as the amount of GHG emissions per value of global output. Research on the determinants of GHG emissions related to food production is well documented in the literature; however, there is a lack of research on the determinants of the emission intensity ratio for food production. Hence, the original contribution of this paper is the analysis of the determinants of GHG emissions intensity of food production systems. The study found the decreased of emission intensity from an average of more than 0.68 kg of CO2 equivalent per USD 1 worth of food production global output in 2000 to less than 0.46 in 2014. The determinants of emission intensity decrease included the yield of cereals, the use of nitrogen fertilizers, the agriculture material intensity, the Human Development Index, and the share of fossil fuel energy consumption in total energy use. The determinants of growth of emission intensity of food production systems included GDP per capita, population density, nitrogen fertilizer production, utilized agriculture area, share of animal production, and energy use per capita.

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“…An inverse way of looking at this indicator would be how many economic units of GDP are produced by the consumption of units of energy, which is a definition of economic energy efficiency-the indicator commonly used in national statistics and energy efficiency research [61]. In order to calculate the energy intensity of food production systems, we followed Mrówczyńska-Kamińska and Bajan's [62] method, which is consistent with the developed method of calculating food production energy use. It allows us to calculate the GDP of each of three food production aggregates.…”

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Economic Energy Efficiency of Food Production Systems

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The current global population growth forecast carries with it a global increase in demand for food. In order to meet this demand, it is necessary to increase production, which requires an increase in energy consumption. However, forecasted energy production growth is insufficient and traditional sources of energy are limited; hence, it is necessary to strive for greater energy efficiency in food production systems. The study aimed to compare the economic energy efficiency of food production systems in selected countries and identify the sources of diversification in this field. As a measure of energy efficiency, the indicators of the energy intensity of food production were used in this study. To calculate these indicators, a method based on input-output life-cycle assessment assumptions was used, which enables researchers to obtain fully comparable results between countries. The study showed that despite an increase in energy consumption in the food production systems of the analyzed countries by an average of 27%, from 19.3 EJ to 24.5 EJ, from 2000 to 2014, their energy intensity decreased, on average, by more than 18%, from 8.5 MJ/USD to 6.9 MJ/USD. This means that energy efficiency improvements are possible even under conditions of increased energy consumption, which in turn, means that food production can increase significantly. In the case of developed countries, the main inefficiencies are found in agricultural production, while in developing countries, they are observed in the food industry. Decision-makers should also pay attention to the high level of energy intensity that results from the supply of inputs to agriculture and the food industry because there is great potential for the improvement of energy efficiency in this field, especially because energy consumption associated with supply constitutes a major part of total consumption in the food production systems of developed countries.

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“…These educational fields provide students with a wide range of competencies, which enables them to undertake various types of work in widely-understood agribusiness. In Poland, this sector employs more than 20% of the total workforce and generates 6.6% of the gross value added [24]. Due to its complexity, it generates employment not only in food production, processing, distribution and consumption areas but also in clothing production as well as storage and shelter space solutions [1].…”

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“…The first stage involved performing a Mann-Whitney U test, which showed that experience has a significant impact (p < 0.05) only in the case of three features, i.e., irregular working hours (7), social benefits received (12) and working alongside competent colleagues (24). A Wald-Wolfowitz runs test was also performed, and in this case, experience turned out to be significant for the evaluation of five features of an ideal job, i.e., high task variability (4), irregular working hours (7), skill improvement opportunities (17), combining private and professional life in a relatively seamless way (20) and a sense of pride in one's work (28).…”

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Agribusiness as an Attractive Place to Work––A Gender Perspective

Kozera-Kowalska

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2021

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Agribusiness is both a complex social process and a market structure, consisting of many independent economic entities that generate demand for labour in the sector. The role of people whose activity is directly or indirectly related to the production of food products, the acquisition of resources, and the processing and production of ready food was considered. The way gender affects people’s decision to work in this sector and university graduates’ perception of agribusiness being an ideal job were also analysed. A total of 485 students, from four fields of study, from the Poznań University of Life Sciences were surveyed between 2016 and 2019. In the case of undergraduate students, it was determined that while they perceive that working in agribusiness is an interesting career stage, they are also convinced that they could easily find a job outside of this sector. Additionally, from a gender perspective, men and women view working in agribusiness differently. Women see it as an opportunity for self-development and building good social relations as well as acting for the benefit of the environment. For men, job-related prestige and economic benefits are much more important. Men were found to have higher aspirations for pursuing their own businesses, whereas women were more likely to pursue further education. The attitudes towards working in agribusiness represented by the respondents are a good predictor of meeting its knowledge needs.

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Importance and share of agribusiness in the Chinese economy (2000–2014)

Cited by 13 publications

References 56 publications

Greenhouse gas emissions intensity of food production systems and its determinants

Greenhouse gas emissions intensity of food production systems and its determinants

Economic Energy Efficiency of Food Production Systems

Agribusiness as an Attractive Place to Work––A Gender Perspective

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