Rural Industry Research Articles

Change in community behaviour in supporting sustainable development: The case of the biogas program in Ponorogo Regency

The change in community occupation to dairy farmers and the increase in the number of livestock have caused environmental problems. This research focuses on the program’s function on changing the behaviour of the community in disposing of dairy cow manure from the phase of throwing it into the ditch to the phase of processing the manure into the biogas. This research was conducted using qualitative methods, with data collection techniques carried out through in-depth interviews, observation, documentation and literature review. The biogas problem launched by the government has proven to be able to change communities behaviour in the disposal of dairy cows manure. After receiving the biogas program, the community processed the cow dung into biogas. Interestingly, the factor that contributed the most to this behavioural change is economic. This shows that the social, environmental, and economic system have related functions and cannot be separated from each other in society. There is not much research on community behaviour change that is affected by environmental sanitation and motivated by economic factors. This study also alludes to the potential for corruption in the program. This study concludes that the biogas program is able to provide opportunities for the community to save on purchasing household fuel and minimize the waste of dairy cow waste into rivers. Apart from that, the biogas program could be a consideration for the government in creating new programs related to environmental sanitation, especially in the rural livestock industry.

Rural Industry Revitalization Can Be Energized by Land Transfer: A Case Study in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, 2013–2022

The Chinese government has vigorously promoted the transfer of land use rights, aiming to promote the scale, intensification, and efficiency of agricultural operations and achieve rural industry revitalization (RIR). However, whether and how land transfer energizes RIR remains unclear. Taking five representative cities (Nanning, Guigang, Baise, Fangchenggang, and Guilin) in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region as a case study, we quantificationally characterized RIR during 2013–2022 using eleven variables and land transfer using three difference indices. We evaluated the contribution of land transfer to RIR and compared it among cities. Results showed that all five cities in Guangxi displayed an increasing trend of land transfer and RIR over the last decade. The increase in RIR was largely contributed by the improvement in infrastructure construction and industry convergence, and, to a lesser extent, by the enhancement in agricultural production efficiency. There was a strong city-specific correlation between RIR and the land transfer indices, indicating a beneficial role of land transfer in RIR. Structural equation modeling further indicated that land transfer promoted RIR, likely through facilitating infrastructure construction, enhancing industry convergence, and improving agricultural production efficiency. These results provide strong evidence that the transfer of land use rights can promote RIR and practical reference for advancing farmers’ well-being and the overall goal of rural revitalization in the future. The framework and the methodology proposed here are applicable elsewhere in China and other countries where scattering allocation of land resources represents a key limitation to agricultural production and economic development.

Identifying the pollution risk pattern from industrial production to rural settlements and its countermeasures in China

Impacted by large-scale and rapid rural industrialization in the past few decades, China's rural settlements are confronted with the risk of heavy metal pollution stemming from industrial production, which might pose a significant threat to the rural habitat and the well-beings. This study devised a relative risk model for industrial heavy metal pollution to the rural settlements based on the source-pathway-receptor risk theory. Using this model, we assessed the risk magnitudes of heavy metal pollution from industrial production at a 10 km × 10 km grid scale and identified the characteristics of the risk pattern in China. Our finding reveals: (1) the relative risk values of wastewater, waste gas and total heavy metal pollution are notably concentrated within a confined spectrum, with only a small number of units are characterized by high-risk level; (2) Approximately 21.57 % of China's rural settlements contend with heavy metal pollution, with 4.17 %, 9.84 % and 7.55 % being subjected to high, medium and low risks, respectively; (3) The high-risk units mainly is concentrated in the developed areas such as Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, and the Beijing-Tianjin metropolitan area, also dispersed in the plain areas with high rural population density. Guided by these insights, this study puts forth regionally tailored prevention and control strategies, as well as distinct process prevention and control strategies.

Study on Rural Classification and Resilience Evaluation Based on PSR Model: A Case Study of Lvshunkou District, Dalian City, China

When implementing a rural revitalization strategy, it is of great significance to understand how to identify potential risks in different types of villages and how to achieve resilience governance. In this paper, a rural classification evaluation method is proposed from the perspective of resilience. The stress–state–response model and the TOPSIS method were used to analyze the resilience risks in different types of villages in Lvshunkou District. The results showed that the comprehensive resilience of rural areas in Lvshunkou District has the spatial distribution characteristics of “high center and low wings”, and the spatial differences of each resilience subsystem are different: the pressure resilience subsystem shows a trend of “increasing step by step” from the coast to the inland, the state resilience subsystem shows a trend of “decreasing step by step from the center to the two wings”, and the response resilience subsystem shows a trend of “blocky aggregation and balanced distribution”. This paper further proposes systematic reconstruction strategies for rural resilience related to the four aspects of rural space, industry, ecology, and governance, providing development ideas for measuring rural resilience indicators in Lvshunkou District and realizing long-term governance in different types of villages.

Research on the Logic and Path of Rural Revitalization and Development Promoted by Forest Health Industry

Forest health is to take the people as the fundamental, forest as the basis, recuperation as the key point, health as the destination. In recent years, with the promotion of the "rural revitalization and development" and the "healthy China" strategy, the forest health industry has developed vigorously. The foundation of rural revitalization strategy lies in the development of rural industry, and the excavation of forest health characteristic resources provides an effective path and countermeasure for the solution of rural development. Therefore, the development of forest health industry needs systematic policy support; refined construction standard; diversified development mode, professional talent team and living health brand. This paper starts from the inevitability of forest health industry development, assembly integration of forest health status, deconstructing analysis of forest health industry to promote the development of rural revitalization of the theory and practice logic, based on the reality of the coordinated development of rural industry revitalization, forest health industry reflect the realization path of the rural industry revitalization and the integration methods and promoting measures, to promote the development of rural revitalization provide further development Suggestions.

Research on urbanization of middle and south Hebei from the perspective of high mobility

With collaborative development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, we work on studying the history, culture, industrial system of the middle and south areas of Hebei, and sorted out the characteristics of their urbanization development. It has showed that there are so many wonderful rural enterprises with the prosperous rural economy, but being lower level of urbanization developing in above areas. Most of farmers have to work in both towns and farms at different time. As result, it caused serious environmental problems for lack of the proper mode of urbanization. The farmers from these poor areas will face more challenges for surviving and improving their lives. It is supposed that the future development of urbanization will promote reasonable population and rural industries gathering from large cities to towns. At the same time, the clean energy and renewable resources should be further developed and used to avoid the continuous global environmental pollution and climatic deterioration. What the government and industrial planning departments need to do will be to build the platform of information industry for villages and towns, to promote resources to be integrated effectively and the industry upgrading fully. Therefore, the problems about development of urbanization will be solved gradually.

Analyzing the transportation infrastructure–rural industry integration relationship in China

Transportation infrastructure is crucial to China’s economic growth because it substantially contributes to the holistic development of rural primary, secondary, and tertiary industries. This study innovatively examines transportation infrastructure and urbanization levels to explore, both theoretically and empirically, their relationship with the holistic development of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries in rural China, and the mediating role of urbanization on this relationship. We employed fixed-effects models, the entropy weight approach, mixed regression, and generalized method of moments to analyze the data of 30 provinces across China from 2013 to 2020. The results indicate that the construction of transportation infrastructure directly fosters the collective advancement of such industries in rural areas and that urbanization partially mediates the transportation infrastructure–rural industry integration relationship. However, the western region shows disparities in the integrated development of these sectors. Further analysis reveals that foreign investments amplify the positive influence of transportation infrastructure on rural industry integration. Essentially, the enhancement of rural transportation infrastructure, promotion of urbanization, implementation of strategic planning, and strengthening of support mechanisms are crucial aspects in the comprehensive development of rural industries and the achievement of rural revitalization in China.

Assessment of Rural Industry Integration Development, Spatiotemporal Evolution Characteristics, and Regional Disparities in Ethnic Regions: A Case Study of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Counties

Ethnic regions in China primarily focus on the development of agricultural and animal husbandry economies, which are relatively underdeveloped. Rural industry integration development (RIID) is considered the foundation and guarantee for ethnic regions to achieve high-quality modernization of agriculture. The purpose of this article is to measure the level of rural industrial integration in ethnic minority areas, analyze the spatial evolution and regional differences, and explore the actual situation of RIID in these regions. The aim is to provide a decision-making basis for local governments to effectively promote the development of rural industrial integration. Based on the improvement of the evaluation index system for rural industrial integration development, this paper takes the counties of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region as the research area. Utilizing panel data from the statistical yearbooks of 68 banners and counties in Inner Mongolia from 2011 to 2020, the panel entropy weight TOPSIS method is employed to assess the average level of rural industrial integration in the research area. The ArcGIS natural breakpoint method is employed to classify the level of RIID in county areas. Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) and GeoDa are utilized to analyze the spatial distribution characteristics of RIID. Finally, the Theil index is employed to analyze the regional differences in the level of RIID. The results show the following: (1) The overall level of RIID in ethnic regions is relatively low, with the contributions of the four dimensions in the evaluation index system as follows: integration path > integration foundation > integration sustainability > integration effect. The level of RIID in the study area is as follows: western region > eastern region > central region. (2) Spatially, there are positive correlations and significant spatial clustering in the level of RIID, with the spatial clustering effect of RIID weakening. (3) There are regional differences in the level of RIID, which are expanding. The inter-regional differences are decreasing, while the intra-regional differences are increasing. (4) The construction of agricultural processing facilities, financial investment, financial support, and talent policies are important influencing factors for the current stage of RIID in ethnic regions. Therefore, in the low-level development stage of RIID in ethnic regions, it is necessary to fully utilize the advantages of resource endowment, increase investment in rural infrastructure, and strengthen the guidance of talent flow into rural revitalization construction.

Inovasi Pengembangan Film Dokumenter Sinematografi Sebagai Upaya Akselerasi Aset Digital Marketing Industri Tape Desa Banjarsari

The development of innovations in the production of cinematographic documentaries aims to accelerate digital marketing assets for the tape industry in Banjarsari Village. Through a methodology that includes analyzing digital marketing needs, designing documentary concepts, and evaluating the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, the documentary is designed to showcase the tape-making process in depth and engaging, as well as promote local cultural values. A significant increase in brand awareness and consumer interest in tape products from Banjarsari Village was revealed from the results of this activity. Evaluations conducted through in-depth surveys and interviews confirm the effectiveness of this approach in supporting digital marketing strategies and expanding market reach. The innovations applied in this cinematographic documentary not only increase consumer interest but also play an important role in strengthening marketing strategies and expanding market reach through an engaging visual approach. Thus, an important contribution is made to the development of innovative digital marketing assets for the rural tape industry, demonstrating that this approach is effective in supporting digital marketing strategies as well as expanding the market and increasing brand awareness of local products.

Research on the Cultivation of Cultural Industry Management Talents in Undergraduate Universities Based on the Background of Rural Revitalization

On the path of realizing rural revitalization, the role of cultural industry has become an important part of the strategic plate. Under the background of rural revitalization, the training of management talents of cultural industry in undergraduate universities is particularly important. This is because the cultural industry, as an important part of the rural economy, can not only promote the transformation and upgrading of rural industry, enhance the power of rural culture, but also promote the development of rural tourism, cultural creativity and other related industries, and help the implementation of rural revitalization strategy.

The Role of Indian Rural Industries led by Coir in Building Value and their Performance - An Analysis

India is an agricultural country. One third of population depends on the agricultural agro based industry sector directly or indirectly. Agriculture plays a vital role in the manufacture sector, agricultural products demand linking with manufacturing sector. Indian Agricultural product are exporting to other countries like USA, Australia, Gulf countries etc., One among the exporting Agricultural Product is Coconut and its by products. The coconut industry occupies an extremely important position in the economy of India. Among the extraordinary number of products derived from the coconut palm, copra, coconut oil, fresh coconuts, desiccated coconut, coir and shell products have high demand in local and International markets. India is one of the top producers and exporters of coir and coir products in international market. This article analysis export performance of coir industry in India from 2017-18 to 2021-2022.

Research on Multi-objective Layout Optimization Model of Rural Industry based on Improved Ant Colony Algorithm Under the Background of Digital Economy

Research on Multi-objective Layout Optimization Model of Rural Industry based on Improved Ant Colony Algorithm Under the Background of Digital Economy

The role of tourism targeted assistance in enhancing endogenous motivation among the economically disadvantaged: a quasi-natural experiment

ABSTRACT Stimulating the endogenous motivation of the impoverished individual is crucial to prevent the reoccurrence of widespread poverty, consolidate efforts of poverty eradication, and achieve rural revitalization. Considering whether villages receive tourism-targeted assistance as a quasi-natural experiment, using the Double Machine Learning (DML) method and six periods of balanced panel data from 392 impoverished households, the research analyzes the impact of tourism-targeted assistance on endogenous motivation. Findings indicate that, through promoting rural industry development and facilitating local employment, tourism-targeted assistance stimulate the endogenous motivation of the impoverished individuals efficiently. This effect is more pronounced in impoverished households with affluent labor force, high level of education and those engaged in tourism. Consequently, future efforts for rural revitalization should refine the strategy of targeted assistance based on the resource and demand of the rural development.

Enhancing Urban–Rural Integration in China: A Comparative Case Study of Introducing Small Rural Industries in Huangyan-Taizhou

Strengthening urban–rural linkages (URLs) has been proposed by UN-Habitat within the framework of ‘Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’ to narrow down urban–rural differences via shaping new urban–rural relationships. Like URL, the aim of urban–rural integration (URI) has been promoted by the Chinese government since 2019 to address existing urban–rural divides. This concept underlines the ‘rural revitalisation’ strategy and emphasises a two-way flow of urban–rural development factors. Introducing and upgrading ‘appropriate’ rural industries is crucial to stimulate and facilitate the circulation of urban–rural development factors. This research studied three neighbouring villages, situated in urban–rural interface areas in Huangyan-Taizhou, China, each driven by different types of small industries supported by URI. It analyses the impact of small rural industries on the flow of development factors between urban and rural areas. The results showed that small-scale rural industries have been enhanced URL by decreasing urban–rural differences by creating new job opportunities to attract an in-flow population, increasing investments, and upgrading public services and infrastructure. Indigenous industries demonstrated lower profitability but exhibited greater resilience compared to industries linked to global production chains and rural tourism. Thus, this study demonstrates the imperative to carefully consider the opportunities and potential risks associated with pursuing strategies of URI through rural industry development. By providing empirical insights from URI projects in China, this study contributes to theoretical and policy dialogues concerning the concepts of both URL and URI by exploring the localization of SDGs. Furthermore, it offers valuable practical knowledge and experience for other global regions confronting similar challenges to urban and rural development.

Research on the Influencing Factors of Cultural and Tourism Service Quality in Huizhou Area

This study investigates the elements that influence the quality of cultural and tourism services in the Huizhou region, seeking to improve the region’s tourism competitiveness and revive the growth of the local rural tourism industry based on the background of cultural and tourism integration. This article builds an evaluation index system for the influencing variables of culture and tourism service quality by choosing 20 indicators from three categories: public service quality, cultural service quality, and tourism industry performance. The entropy weight Topsis method is employed to assess the service quality of three districts and five counties in the Huizhou area, which serves as the research object. Research has shown that (1) the number of five-star hotels, the number of A-level scenic spots, and the number of overseas tourists received have a significant weight, and these have become important factors affecting the effective supply of high-quality rural tourism; (2) there is a significant difference in the quality of cultural and tourism services in different areas across the Huizhou region, with Tunxi District and Yi County having the highest level of service quality, while Qimen County and Jixi County have the lowest level; (3) The overall quality of cultural and tourism services in Huizhou region is relatively high, with six districts and counties rated medium or above, accounting for about 75% of the total. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the infrastructure construction, improve the quality of public services, maintain the local and regional culture, accelerate the integration of culture and tourism, and enhance the high-quality development of regional tourism in Huizhou.

Problems and Countermeasures of Rural Ecol-ogical Environment in Anhui Province under the Background of Rural Revitalization

With the rapid development of economy, although people's living standards are constantly improving, the ecological environment has been destroyed. Improving the rural ecological environment governance is the only way for rural all-round revitalization. This paper starts from the present situation of rural ecological environment governance in Anhui province, puts forward the problems existing in the new era of rural ecological environment governance, explore the new era of rural ecological environment governance ways and methods, put forward to strengthen the villagers ecological protection consciousness, improve the rural population living environment, promote the green transformation of rural industry, policy oriented management mode innovation measures.

Based on the Design of Regional Cultural Symbols under the Rural Revitalization Policy

The study of design translation of regional cultural symbols based on rural revitalization policy aims to explore how regional cultural symbols can be effectively translated and applied to rural revitalization practice through design means. The study analyzes and excavates local cultural resources and uses modern design concepts and technologies to transform traditional cultural symbols into design works with contemporary value and significance. In this way, it not only enhances rural cultural confidence and promotes cultural inheritance and innovation but also enhances the development of rural tourism and cultural industries, ultimately achieving sustainable revitalization and economic growth in the countryside. China has rich resources of "local specialties," which have cultural and historical value and great market potential. In the background of rural revitalization strategy, this paper analyzes the design ideas of Malu grapes, a local specialty of Shanghai, and explores how to design cultural and creative products combining unique regional culture and local specialties. Tapping and developing these local specialties can effectively promote regional economic development and rural industrial revitalization. Through the creative design around the local specialties, it increases the added value of the products, inherits and carries forward the local culture, creates brand influence, enhances product recognition, strengthens the competitiveness of the products, enriches the consumption experience, and promotes the image and quality of the local specialties.

Research on Landscape Complexes in the Context of Rural Revitalization

Agriculture is the foundation of a country and the foundation of a strong country. In 2024, the No. 1 document of the Central Committee proposes that "to promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, it is necessary to ensure national food security, ensure that there is no large-scale return to poverty, improve the level of rural industry development, improve the level of rural construction, improve the level of rural governance, and strengthen the party's overall leadership over the "three rural" work". Based on the strategy of rural revitalization, the construction of landscape complex is of positive significance for creating a unique rural landscape and promoting the rapid development of rural areas in the new era. Based on the case study of "Pastoral Lujia" in Anji County, Zhejiang Province, this paper deeply explores the landscape complex from the perspective of rural revitalization, and summarizes the design strategies of the landscape complex. This provides theoretical support and specific case reference for the future construction of rural areas, and has far-reaching practical significance for rural revitalization.

Research Progress of China's Rural B and B Based on CiteSpace Analysis

The rapid development of rural B&B has gradually become an important carrier of domestic tourism development and an important way of rural revitalization. The article takes 95 pieces of Chinese core literature published in the CNKI database from 2010 to 2022 as the research object, and carries out bibliometric analysis from the amount of articles, time, authors and institutions, and keywords, and then combs out the research contents of five aspects, namely, lodging and rural tourism, design of rural lodging, rural lodging industry, development of lodging and countermeasures, to find out the shortcomings of the research on rural lodging in our country, and to put forward the future development of rural lodging, which should focus on the diversity of research perspectives, and the diversity of research contents. B&B should focus on the diversity of research perspectives and the plurality of research contents, such as the research on the characterization of B&B, the quality enhancement of B&B industry and other contents, as well as the comparative study of B&B industry in different regions, in order to provide reference and inspiration for the in-depth research in this field, and to further understand and promote the practice of rural B&B tourism in China.

The assembly of locally rooted industrial networks in the Pearl River Delta region: insights for the regeneration of industrial land

ABSTRACT Locally rooted industrial networks pose significant challenges to the sustainable regeneration of industrial land in China. This paper examines the process of rural industrialization in the Shunde District of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region and its relationships to current regeneration practices from a historical perspective. Drawing on assemblage thinking, the paper traces the four stages of Shunde’s industrial networks assembly process and depicts the ongoing regeneration activities, delving into how heterogeneous entities come together and (re)assemble unique networks attached to the locality over time. The findings show that the assembly and regeneration of industrial networks are subject to diverse interactions between multiple translocal assemblages and Shunde as a place-assemblage. These interactions are conditioned by the distributed agency that emerges from the components of the place-assemblage. Local agency’s enactment of sustainable futures requires a comprehensive understanding of the historical development of local industrial networks and the socio-spatial relationships between heterogeneous entities within or across assemblages to inform and precede interventions such as sustainable regeneration policies and practices.