Regional Assessment at the Province Level of Agricultural Science and Technology Development in China

Abstract

Science and technology innovation are crucial components underpinning agriculture. We constructed an evaluation framework including 4 pillars and 21 indicators, taking 31 provinces in China as examples to examine the level of agriculture science and technology development from a regional perspective. We found that there is an obvious gap between east and west nationwide, and that only about half of the provinces have reached the high and medium levels. It was worth noting that the innovation conditions in Shanghai and Beijing presented huge advantages, of vital importance to a first-class talent team, a complete innovation system, a stable and prosperous market, and active exchanges and cooperation. In addition, to maximize the transformation of agricultural science and technology achievements into real productivity, local government should also strengthen the construction of agricultural research and innovation platforms, technology transfer, and transformation of results. The findings advance understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the evaluation subjects’ agricultural science and technology development from a regional perspective and are expected to provide some basis for the government and stakeholders to make relevant decisions.

Comprehensive identification, localization, and validation of innovation measurement indices at the farm level in Iran

“…This questionnaire was designed by the researcher. To design a researcher-made questionnaire, first, the global innovation indices and indices related to the innovation model of the OECD were used, then these indices were localized according to the farm level, and valid sources were used to localize the indices (Dutta et al, 2018;OECD, 2018;Lei et al, 2023)…”

“…Agriculture serves as the foundation of human survival and the economic and industrial base of many countries. However, its development still faces specific challenges such as food security, imbalances in nutritional structure, and resource scarcity (Lei et al, 2023). There is a widespread belief that past technologies and experiences are no longer sufficient to address the opportunities and challenges agriculture will face in the future (Fraser and Campbell, 2019).…”

“…One of the main reasons for this is the lack of indices to measure innovation. According to studies, the indices presented in this area are either incomplete or not suitable for the farm level (Lei et al, 2023). Therefore, in addition to comprehensively identifying innovation measurement indices, it is necessary to localize these indices according to the farm level to investigate the innovation status in this field.…”