Study On The Agricultural Total Factor Productivity Of Gansu

A long history of Chinese agriculture has always played a pivotal role in theentire national economy. It is a strategic industry that stabilizes common feelings ofpeople to install the world. Agricultural economic growth bases on increasedagricultural productivity. Agricultural productivity can be increased in two ways:firstly, to increase agricultural production inputs, the second is to improveagricultural production factor productivity. However, population pressure and thescarcity of economic resources decide that the development of modern agriculturemust rely on the continuous improvement of factor productivity, rather than relyingon the unlimited expansion of factor inputs. Therefore, we must strive to achieve theagricultural economic growth mode from extensity to intensity, and continuousimprovement of agricultural total factor productivity, TFP’s contribution toagricultural growth.This article is also based on this starting point. Through literature review oftotal factor productivity, a collection of relevant information and data in14cities ofGansu Province, by using Malmquist productivity index based on data envelopmentanalysis, a measurement and decomposition of Gansu Agricultural total factorproductivity is carried out at the level of Gansu provinces, various counties and cities.Then, the method of economics convergence analysis is adopted to give convergenceanalysis to Gansu agricultural total factor productivity, so as to explore the sourcesof the growth of Gansu agriculture total factor productivity and its region differencesand changes in trends, and finally the recommendations on how to improve theGansu agricultural total factor productivity are put forward on the basis ofconclusions. Conclusions of this study show that: Gansu agricultural total factorproductivity levels in general were the trend of volatility increments; Agriculturaltotal factor productivity differences around the cities showed a divergent trend on thewhole; Productivity differences are in the expansion over time, but also have theband of convergence process. Through a TFP decomposition, we can see, GansuAgricultural total factor productivity growth was mainly caused by technologicalprogress, and technical efficiency does not contribute to the total factor productivity.To raise the level of Gansu Agricultural total factor productivity, it is necessary to increase investment in rural education, agricultural infrastructure and agriculturalscience and technology and to accelerate the promotion and popularization ofagricultural technology. Skills and experience and other resources in each regionbetween the Gansu are fully shared around the city. Agricultural total factorproductivity gap continued to narrow in the actual production, thereby increasing theoverall level of agricultural development in Gansu.