Research on Agricultural Total Factor Productivity and its Influencing Factors in the Central Plains

Abstract

In the current era of promoting rural revitalization, it is very important to improve the efficiency of agricultural production and then improve the level of agricultural modernization, which will help achieve poverty alleviation and build a beautiful countryside. Focusing on the theme of the improvement of agricultural total factor productivity in the Central Plains region, this paper uses the agricultural production efficiency theory and the nonparametric index method of DEAP-Malmquist to construct a measurement model of agricultural production efficiency in the Central Plains region. Data, the agricultural total factor production efficiency (TFP) and its decomposition values, such as: pure technical efficiency index and scale efficiency change index, carry out horizontal and vertical comparative analysis, to explore the differences in agricultural productivity in various regions and their sources of growth. Then use the panel data regression model to analyze many influencing factors of agricultural TFP, such as: economic development level, labor quality and so on. Finally, according to the empirical results, some policy references are put forward to ensure the safety of grain production in the Central Plains and improve the level of agricultural modernization.