Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (24): 5299-5314.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2025.24.015

• AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT • Previous Articles    

Evolutionary Trends and Influencing Factors of Global Agricultural and Rural Modernization

WANG Wei(), CHEN YangFen*()   

  1. Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081
  • Received:2025-03-25 Accepted:2025-07-11 Online:2025-12-22 Published:2025-12-22
  • Contact: CHEN YangFen

Abstract:

【Objective】Agricultural and rural modernization needs to be grounded in both general global patterns and unique Chinese characteristics. From a global perspective, investigating its evolutionary trends and influencing factors is of great significance for advancing China's comprehensive rural revitalization. 【Method】This study constructed an evaluation index system incorporating two dimensions: agricultural modernization and rural modernization. Based on the measurement of agricultural and rural development levels in 152 countries from 2000 to 2022, three-dimensional kernel density estimation and spatial Gini coefficient were employed to reveal the evolutionary trends of global agricultural and rural modernization. Furthermore, the optimal-parameter geographical detector was utilized to identify the intensity and interaction effects of socio-economic and agricultural factors. 【Result】Over the past two decades, global agricultural and rural modernization level has shown a steady upward trend. The gap between low-income and middle-income countries has been narrowing annually, yet a substantial gap with high-income countries persists. China has made remarkable progress in its agricultural and rural modernization, with its international ranking climbing from 78th to 57th. Regarding general patterns, economic development level remained a key driver. The roles of industrial structure and agricultural trade openness have become increasingly prominent. The contribution of agricultural technological progress remained important but exhibited a diminishing marginal trend, while the impact of agricultural land use structure was characterized by long-term complexity. In terms of differentiated patterns, informatization level was the primary driver for low- and lower-middle-income countries to achieve catch-up, whereas its influence diminished in upper-middle- and high-income countries. Population aging has become the dominant constraint hindering agricultural and rural modernization in middle-income countries, with a relatively minor impact on high-income countries. Environmental protection intensity showed significant differentiated effects across different income groups. The proportion of negative interaction effects between factors in low-income country groups has significantly decreased. Interaction effects among factors in lower-middle-income country groups have entirely transitioned to positive synergistic effects. Synergistic enhancement effects were prevalent among factors in upper-middle-income and high-income country groups. This indicated that the spatial-temporal differentiation of global agricultural and rural modernization was a result of the combined influence of socio-economic and agricultural factors. 【Conclusion】In advancing comprehensive rural revitalization, China should adhere to a "dual-driven" approach of concurrently promoting agricultural modernization and rural modernization. It was crucial to coordinate the relationships among economic development, social progress, and environmental protection to ultimately achieve integrated urban-rural development.

Key words: agricultural and rural modernization development, agricultural modernization, rural modernization, global patterns, Chinese characteristics

Table 1

Evaluation indicator system for agricultural and rural modernization"

维度层
Dimension layer
指标层
Indicator layer
指标释义
Indicator definition
属性
Attribute
权重
Weight
农业现代化
Agricultural modernization
(0.5)
农业劳动生产率
Agricultural labor productivity
农林牧渔业增加值/农业就业人员(万美元/人)
Added value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery/Agricultural employment (104 USD/person)

Positive
0.3312
粮食单产
Grain yield per unit area
粮食产量/粮食播种面积(吨/公顷)
Grain output/Grain sown area (tons/hectare)

Positive
0.1723
农业资本投入强度
Agricultural capital input intensity
农林牧渔业资本存量/农业用地面积(万美元/公顷)
Capital stock of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery/Agricultural land area (104 USD/hm2)

Positive
0.0569
农产品国际市场占有率
International market share of agricultural products
农产品出口额/世界农产品出口额(%)
Agricultural export value/World agricultural export value (%)

Positive
0.2884
谷物自给率
Cereal self-sufficiency rate
谷物产量/(谷物产量+谷物进口量-谷物出口量)(%)
Cereal production/ (Cereal production+Cereal imports-Cereal exports) (%)

Positive
0.0718
食物供应量
Food supply
食物供应总量/总人口/当年天数(千卡/人/天)
Total food supply/Total population/Days in the year (kcal/person/day)

Positive
0.0643
农用化学品使用强度
Agrochemical use intensity
化肥农药使用量/耕地面积(千克/公顷)
Fertilizer and pesticide use/Cultivated land area (kg·hm2)

Negative
0.0087
农业碳排放强度
Agricultural carbon intensity
农业碳排放量/农林牧渔业增加值(吨/万美元)
Agricultural carbon emissions/Added value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery (tons/104 USD)

Negative
0.0064
农村现代化
Rural modernization
(0.5)
乡村人口比重
Rural population proportion
农村人口/总人口(%)
Rural population/Total population (%)

Negative
0.1045
非农就业占比
Non-agricultural employment share
非农就业人员/就业人员(%)
Non-agricultural employment/Total employment (%)

Positive
0.0792
农业相对劳动生产率
Agricultural relative labor productivity
农林牧渔业增加值份额/农业就业人员份额(—)
Share of added value in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery/Share of agricultural employment (—)

Positive
0.0852
农村通电率
Rural electrification rate
获得电力供应的农村人口/农村总人口(%)
Rural population with access to electricity/Total rural population (%)

Positive
0.1956
农村供水率
Rural water supply rate
至少使用基本饮用水服务的农村人口/农村总人口(%)
Rural population using at least basic drinking water services/Total rural population (%)

Positive
0.0700
农村清洁能源使用率
Rural clean energy usage rate
获得清洁燃料和烹饪技术的农村人口/农村总人口(%)
Rural population with access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking/Total rural population (%)

Positive
0.3508
农村卫生设施普及率
Rural sanitation facility coverage rate
至少使用基本卫生服务的农村人口/农村总人口(%)
Rural population using at least basic sanitation services/Total rural population (%)

Positive
0.0913
营养不良发生率
Malnutrition incidence rate
营养不良人口/总人口(%)
Undernourished population/Total population (%)

Negative
0.0234

Fig. 1

Box plot of global agricultural and rural development level"

Fig. 2

Three-dimensional kernel density map of global agricultural and rural development level"

Table 2

Spatial differences in global agricultural and rural development level"

年份
Year
总体基尼系数
Overall Gini coefficient
各部分贡献度Contribution of each part (%)
组内差异
Within-group differences
组间差异
Between-group differences
超变密度
Super-variate density
2000 0.2444 11.25 85.01 3.74
2002 0.2414 11.20 85.15 3.64
2004 0.2380 11.38 84.86 3.75
2006 0.2315 11.47 84.57 3.96
2008 0.2275 11.62 84.59 3.79
2010 0.2223 11.82 84.39 3.79
2012 0.2182 11.97 84.35 3.68
2014 0.2141 12.06 84.41 3.53
2016 0.2085 12.05 84.50 3.45
2018 0.2024 12.01 84.76 3.24
2020 0.1994 12.00 84.80 3.20
2022 0.1967 12.17 84.71 3.12

Fig. 3

Within-group differences in global agricultural and rural development level"

Fig. 4

Between-group differences in global agricultural and rural development level"

Table 3

Factor detection results of spatial differentiation of agricultural and rural development level in 2000"

影响因素
Influencing factor
低收入国家组
Low-income country group
中低收入国家组
Lower-middle-income country group
中高收入国家组
Upper-middle-income country group
高收入国家组
High-income country group
q
q-value
排序
Rank
q
q-value
排序
Rank
q
q-value
排序
Rank
q
q-value
排序
Rank
经济发展水平(X1
Economic development level (X1)
0.7683 1 0.5486 1 0.2150 4 0.6942 1
信息化水平(X2
Informatization level (X2)
0.1847 8 0.4026 3 0.2943 2 0.5191 2
产业结构(X3
Industrial structure (X3)
0.5163 2 0.1541 7 0.1557 6 0.1391 8
人口老龄化水平(X4
Population aging level (X4)
0.3024 4 0.2673 5 0.2896 3 0.1845 7
农产品贸易开放(X5
Agricultural trade openness (X5)
0.2306 7 0.1714 6 0.1766 5 0.1917 6
农业技术进步(X6
Agricultural technological progress (X6)
0.2732 5 0.3131 4 0.3347 1 0.3544 3
环境保护力度(X7
Environmental protection intensity (X7)
0.3682 3 0.4768 2 0.0878 7 0.2113 5
农地利用结构(X8
Agricultural land use structure (X8)
0.2564 6 0.1386 8 0.0623 8 0.2502 4

Table 4

Factor detection results of spatial differentiation of agricultural and rural development level in 2022"

影响因素
Influencing factor
低收入国家组
Low-income country group
中低收入国家组
Lower-middle-income country group
中高收入国家组
Upper-middle-income country group
高收入国家组
High-income country group
q
q-value
排序
Rank
q
q-value
排序
Rank
q
q-value
排序
Rank
q
q-value
排序
Rank
经济发展水平(X1
Economic development level (X1)
0.2253 7 0.5707 2 0.2599 2 0.6212 1
信息化水平(X2
Informatization level (X2)
0.4710 1 0.6074 1 0.2313 4 0.4186 2
产业结构(X3
Industrial structure (X3)
0.2551 6 0.3590 4 0.1657 6 0.2463 4
人口老龄化水平(X4
Population aging level (X4)
0.3025 5 0.4561 3 0.7159 1 0.1128 8
农产品贸易开放(X5
Agricultural trade openness (X5)
0.4378 3 0.1309 8 0.2516 3 0.2469 3
农业技术进步(X6
Agricultural technological progress (X6)
0.3285 4 0.2700 5 0.2154 5 0.1935 6
环境保护力度(X7
Environmental protection intensity (X7)
0.4601 2 0.1758 7 0.1085 8 0.2385 5
农地利用结构(X8
Agricultural land use structure (X8)
0.1907 8 0.2244 6 0.1445 7 0.1621 7

Fig. 5

Interaction detection results of influencing factors of agricultural and rural development level in 2000"

Fig. 6

Interaction detection results of influencing factors of agricultural and rural development level in 2022"

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