Analysis of Coupling and Coordination Between High-Quality Agricultural Development and Digital Economy
Abstract
Enhancing the efficiency of agricultural resource allocation is a key driving force for achieving high-quality agricultural development. As an emerging engine, digital economy can optimize the structure of agricultural resource allocation to the greatest extent, promoting the digital transformation of agricultural production, thereby facilitating the synergistic progress between the digital economy and high-quality agricultural development. This paper uses the entropy method to calculate the comprehensive index of high-quality agricultural development and the comprehensive index of digital economic development for six provinces in central China from 2011 to 2022, and constructs a coupling coordination model to measure and analyze both indices. The results show that the comprehensive index of high-quality agricultural development and the comprehensive index of digital economic development in the six central provinces are generally at a high-level coupling stage. In terms of coupling coordination, Anhui Province, Henan Province, Hubei Province, and Hunan Province are at the initial coordination level, Jiangxi Province is at the barely coordinated level, and Shanxi Province is on the verge of imbalance. To strengthen the coupling coordination between the digital economy and high-quality agricultural development, this paper proposes countermeasures and suggestions for promoting high-quality agricultural development, including enhancing the application of digital technology in agriculture, driving the digital transformation of the entire agricultural industry chain, cultivating digital agriculture talent and innovative ecosystems, and improving the policy and legal system related to agricultural digitalization.
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