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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2): 158-164.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb17120073

Special Issue: 现代农业发展与乡村振兴

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Regional Differences of Input-Output Effect of Agricultural Comprehensive Development Based on DEA-Tobit Model

  

  • Received:2017-12-17 Revised:2018-12-24 Accepted:2018-02-06 Online:2019-01-11 Published:2019-01-11

Abstract: The input-output efficiency of agricultural development projects in each province and autonomous region in China was different due to different natural resources endowments and socioeconomic conditions. It is of certain significance to calculate the input-output efficiency of agricultural development projects in different regions, analyze the reasons and promote the agricultural supporting funds to transfer to the higher efficient areas under the limited financial support for agriculture. Based on the above perspectives, this paper used DEA-Tobit model to empirically analyze the regional differences in input-output efficiency of agricultural development projects from 2006 to 2015 and studied the factors affecting the efficiency. The results showed that the comprehensive efficiency increased during the ten years, and the average value in 2015 was greater than 0.9. The project of agricultural development could meet the efficiency and fairness of benefiting and returning to the destination under certain conditions. The sample provinces and autonomous regions showed “central was the highest, western was lower, eastern was the lowest ”efficiency distribution pattern. In 2015, pure-technically effective areas accounted for 83.87% of the total sample provinces, except Beijing, Liaoning, Sichuan, Guizhou and Xinjiang, all the other sample regions reached the technical effective level. The effective scale areas accounted for 70.97% of the sample provinces, the areas with poor efficiency were mainly in economically developed provinces such as Beijing, Liaoning and Guangdong, as well as in western provinces and autonomous regions like Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Tibet, Gansu and Xinjiang; the average level of per local government expenditure and the share of the total population were the two important factors that affect the input-output efficiency of agricultural development projects. Finally, some suggestions were put forward to optimize the layout of agricultural development projects and to reduce the difference in regional efficiency.