The Influence of Agricultural Agglomeration on Farmers’ Income in Western China: Moderating Effect Based on The Level of Regional Industrialization——Moderating Effect Based on Regional Industrialization Level
The Influence of Agricultural Agglomeration on Farmers’ Income in Western China: Moderating Effect Based on The Level of Regional Industrialization——Moderating Effect Based on Regional Industrialization Level
LI Jing
School of Economics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Abstract Based on the panel data of 12 provinces ( districts and cities ) in the western region from 2005 to 2018, this paper empirically examines the impact of the dynamic evolution of agricultural industrial agglomeration on farmers’ income in the western region, so as to provide policy reference for the western region to enhance the competitiveness of agricultural industry and promote the income growth of rural residents. The estimated results show that there is a U-shaped relationship between the dynamic evolution of agricultural industrial agglomeration and farmers’ income in the western region. In the early stage of agglomeration, the structural deviation between the increase of supply scale of agricultural products and the stability of market demand will negatively affect the income of rural residents. In the period of agglomeration and development, the improvement of agricultural production efficiency and the rise of related secondary and tertiary industries brought about by agricultural industrial agglomeration can have a positive impact on the income of rural residents from the aspects of industrial value-added sharing, employment opportunities and wage income. In the U-shaped relationship between the evolution of agglomeration and the increase of farmers’ income, the development level of industrialization in the western region has played a positive regulatory role. Industrial development strengthens the relationship between the evolution of agricultural industrial agglomeration and farmers’ income by absorbing the employment of rural labor force, improving agricultural production technology and improving the supply level of agricultural infrastructure. The above research conclusions provide a series of policy implications for the western region to build a modern industrial system based on the agglomeration of agricultural industries with regional characteristics, to enhance the degree of household organization by relying on modern agricultural management organizations, and to enhance the level of industrialization in the western region by relying on regional industrial transfer.
LI Jing. The Influence of Agricultural Agglomeration on Farmers’ Income in Western China: Moderating Effect Based on The Level of Regional Industrialization——Moderating Effect Based on Regional Industrialization Level. Economic Survey, 2023, 40(2): 045.
2023, Vol. 40 
