Systematic measurement and spatiotemporal evolution of agricultural versatility in China

In this study, the entropy weight method was used to measure the agricultural versatility of 30 provinces in China (excluding Tibet, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) from 2008 to 2019. In addition, the Theil index method and kernel density estimation were used to analyze the spatiotemporal characterist...

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Published in中国人口·资源与环境：英文版 Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 80 - 90
Main Authors Yafei Wang, Qijia Zhang, Ming Xu, Ying Bai, Xiaohang Wu
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published 中国可持续发展研究会等 28.03.2022
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Theil index
Agricultural versatility
Entropy weight method
Kernel density estimation
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ISSN2096-9589

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Summary:In this study, the entropy weight method was used to measure the agricultural versatility of 30 provinces in China (excluding Tibet, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) from 2008 to 2019. In addition, the Theil index method and kernel density estimation were used to analyze the spatiotemporal characteristics of the agricultural versatility in each province. The results show that the agricultural product supply and social security functions rapidly developed, but the economic development was weak. From 2008 to 2019, the total functional index of agriculture increased by 6.74%; the functional index of the agricultural product supply, social security, and ecological services increased by 12.72%, 5.53%, and 2.05%, respectively; and the functional index of economic development decreased by 1.32%. The development of agricultural multifunctions in China is regionally heterogeneous. Based on the Theil index method, the differences in the agricultural functions of the three regions are mainly due to intragroup differences.
ISSN:2096-9589