Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to scientifically evaluate the development level of urban modern agriculture in Foshan and promote multifunctional and coordinated development of urban modern agriculture. On the basis of clarifying the connotation of urban modern agriculture, a multifunctional evaluation index system of urban agriculture was constructed, which contained four primary indicators, including scientific and technological innovation support, production supply guarantee, social life guarantee, and ecological conservation and restoration, and fourteen secondary indicators. Then, the entropy value method was applied to determine the index weights and measure the level of multifunctional development of urban modern agriculture in Foshan and its districts. The results showed that the development level of urban modern agriculture in Foshan increased from 19.88 in 2015 to 80.13 in 2020, with a significant growth trend in the four primary indicators. In terms of the development of each district, the multifunctional development level of urban modern agriculture in Shunde District and Gaoming District were in the forefront, while that in Chancheng District was the lowest. The multifunctional development of urban modern agriculture in Foshan, including science and technology, production, life and ecology, showed a rising trend of fluctuation. Besides, the functional characteristics of urban modern agriculture in each district are distinctive. Therefore, the urban modern agriculture development in Foshan should adopt the strategy of "One district, one policy", so as to promote the differentiated development according to local conditions.

Key words: urban modern agriculture, multifunction, evaluation index system, entropy method