Abstract
Agricultural production efficiency is vital to the development level and quality of agricultural production. China is at a crucial stage of agricultural transformation, and it is of great significance to measure and calculate agricultural production efficiency by scientific methods. This paper conducts a case study of Chinese agriculture and Canadian agriculture, and measures and calculates the average values of gross agricultural output and the variations of agricultural production efficiency based on data envelopment analysis. According to the research results, firstly, Canadian agricultural production efficiency is much higher than that of China, holding a leading position in the world. Secondly, from 2005 to 2015, the agricultural production efficiency of both China and Canada showed an overall rising trend, but there were obvious upward fluctuations in Chinese agricultural production efficiency. Thirdly, Chinese technical efficiency showed a rise and then a decline while the scale efficiency showed a decline at first and then a rise, and the overall efficiency showed a rise with fluctuations. At the same time, Canadian agriculture technical efficiency, scale efficiency and overall efficiency were all on the rise with fluctuations, and the efficiency values were significantly higher than those of China. Next, the Malmquist indices of both China and Canada appeared to change, but the rate of change of Canada was lower than that of China. Finally, based on Canadian agricultural production experience and combined with China's national conditions, this paper also puts forward the suggestions on improving Chinese agricultural production efficiency.
Highlights
Agriculture production is the basic activity for guaranteeing the survival and development of mankind
This paper refers to numerous relevant literature, uses the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method to measure and calculate the agricultural production efficiency of Canada and China, and makes the comparative analysis of the differences in agricultural production efficiency between China and Canada. On this basis, according to the successful experience of Canadian agricultural production, and combined with the national conditions of Chinese agricultural development, this paper provides the suggestions on decision-making for the improvement of China's agricultural production efficiency
When the scale efficiency change is more than 1, it is suggested that the scale efficiency get improved; when the pure technical efficiency change is more than 1, it is suggested that the agricultural management practices successfully improve the agricultural production efficiency; when the technical efficiency change is more than 1, it is suggested that the technical progress is realized during the research; when the above indices is less than 1, it is shown that the efficiency drops off
Summary
Agriculture production is the basic activity for guaranteeing the survival and development of mankind. The development of domestic agriculture is constrained by the factors such as scarcity of domestic resources and environmental protection, and faced with competition and impact from foreign agricultural products markets It is of both theoretically academic significance and reference value for promotion of Chinese agriculture production efficient to compare Chinese agricultural production efficiency with other countries, reveal the gaps, and to study on the causes and mechanisms of such gaps. This paper refers to numerous relevant literature, uses the DEA method to measure and calculate the agricultural production efficiency of Canada and China, and makes the comparative analysis of the differences in agricultural production efficiency between China and Canada On this basis, according to the successful experience of Canadian agricultural production, and combined with the national conditions of Chinese agricultural development, this paper provides the suggestions on decision-making for the improvement of China's agricultural production efficiency
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