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Arid Land Geography ›› 2023, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (4): 667-677.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2022.074

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Spatial-temporal pattern and inducement of agricultural technology innovation in China

LIANG Chang’an1(),DU Guoming1,2(),HAO Jun3   

  1. 1. School of Economics and Management, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, Heilongjiang, China
    2. Public Administration and Law School, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, Heilongjiang, China
    3. School of Resources and Environment, Henan University of Economics and Law, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan, China
  • Received:2022-02-28 Revised:2022-06-09 Online:2023-04-25 Published:2023-04-28

Abstract:

This study uses agricultural patent application data from 2000 to 2018 to characterize the spatial-temporal pattern of agricultural technology innovation output and explores the patterns by inductive methods. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) The overall spatial-temporal trend in the evolution of agricultural technology innovation in China is more consistent with the route of the Schmookler hypothesis. The number of agricultural patent applications has grown exponentially. The high-high agglomeration phenomenon shifts from the northeast region to the Yangtze River Delta region. The low-low agglomeration area is stable in the western region but tends to expand. (2) The spatial-temporal evolution of agricultural technology innovation output in China is influenced by the composite of the Hicks-Speedwater-Latan-Binswanger hypothesis and the Schmokler hypothesis, and the induced characteristics of market demand are more obvious. The spatial pattern of agricultural technology innovation output shows different induced characteristics due to different technology types. The spatial clustering of technological innovation outputs of combined operating machinery strongly correlates with factor price inducements. In contrast, technological innovation outputs in crop control, livestock breeding, and fishery production are strongly induced by market demand. Simultaneously, the effects of public goods’ characteristics, path dependence, and institutional arrangements are also evident. The study provides a reference for optimizing the layout of agricultural production and the rational allocation of agricultural science and technology innovation resources, which has a positive significance for promoting the development of agricultural modernization.

Key words: agricultural technology innovation, inducement, technological characteristics, spatial pattern, China