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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE

Evaluation of agricultural efficiency and influencing factors in the context of sustainable land management

Lei Wen1*
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1 Department of Environmental Art and Design, Art Design and Culture Media Academy, Guangxi City Vocational University, Chongzuo, Guangxi, China
EER, 5129 https://doi.org/10.36922/eer.5129
Submitted: 12 October 2024 | Revised: 31 December 2024 | Accepted: 31 December 2024 | Published: 20 January 2025
© 2025 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
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Abstract

Given the growing global focus on sustainable development, sustainable land management has emerged as a critical concern in contemporary agricultural development. The efficacy of agricultural production and its influencing factors in Shaanxi province of China, from 2012 to 2021, were analyzed using the Data envelopment analysis (DEA)-Banker, Charnes, Cooper model. Input and output indicators of agricultural production were selected for analysis. Inputs consist of land, machinery, water, and fertilizer. Specific indicators include the total sown area of crops, effective irrigated area, total power of agricultural machinery, and total reservoir capacity. Fertilizer inputs include the discounted amount of fertilizer applied for agricultural use. The output indicators considered include the gross output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery, the economic value added from agricultural production, and the production of cereal and fruit are all considered output indicators. From 2012 to 2018, the scale remuneration of agricultural production in Shaanxi province increased, suggesting gradual improvement in scale efficiency. Conversely, the efficiency of agricultural production has remained at the “DEA strong efficient” level from 2019 to 2021, suggesting effective management of scale efficiency. The investigation indicates that the allocation of resources and the administration of agricultural production in Shaanxi province have improved in recent years, contributing to the fostering of sustainable agricultural development.

Keywords
Agriculture in Shaanxi province
Food production
Land production efficiency
Data envelopment analysis-Banker
Charnes
Cooper model
Funding
This study is funded by the following entities: Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of the Ministry of Education of China: Research on Cultural Genetics and Contemporary Remodeling of Landscape Formation of Han and Tang Villages (23XJC760003); Shaanxi Provincial Social Science Foundation Project: Research on Survey Data Mining and Resource Value of Revolutionary Cultural Relics in Shaanxi (2023GM03); Shaanxi Provincial Social Science Planning Project: Research on Evaluation Indicator System of Outstanding Popularization Achievements in Social Sciences (2023ZD1825).
Conflict of interest
The author declares that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
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