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Arid Land Geography ›› 2026, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (7): 1385-1394.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2025.343

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Spatiotemporal evolution and driving factors of ecological efficiency of cultivated land use in counties of Xinjiang

WANG Ziyang1(), XIA Yong1(), WANG Fuhong1,2, DING Ning1, LYU Yi1, SU Zechen3   

  1. 1 College of Economics and Management, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, Xinjiang, China
    2 School of Agriculture and Forestry Economics and Management, Lanzhou University of Finance and Economics, Lanzhou 730101,Gansu, China
    3 College of Public Administration, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, Xinjiang, China
  • Received:2025-06-12 Revised:2025-07-02 Online:2026-07-25 Published:2026-07-07
  • Contact: XIA Yong E-mail:wsqy113@163.com;x0991y@163.com

Abstract:

An understanding of the evolution of ecological efficiency in cultivated land use is a fundamental resource for the agricultural development of oases in arid regions and is important for regional socio-economic development and ecological conservation. Using cultivated land use data from 85 counties in Xinjiang, China, from 2014 to 2021, this study employed the Super-SBM model, Moran’s I, and fixed-effects model to analyze the spatiotemporal evolution patterns and driving factors of ecological efficiency in cultivated land use in Xinjiang. The findings indicate that (1) The ecological efficiency of cultivated land use in Xinjiang was relatively low from 2014 to 2021 and showed a fluctuating upward trend, increasing by 17.02%. (2) The spatial distribution of high-high agglomeration areas in the ecological efficiency of cultivated land use in Xinjiang transitioned from a dual-core agglomeration to scattered distribution, while low-low agglomeration areas exhibited a pattern of initial agglomeration, followed by dispersion, and then re-agglomeration. (3) The rate of water and soil coordination, agricultural specialized services, per capita agricultural output value, mechanization level, and plastic film coverage rate are important factors that influence changes in the ecological efficiency of cultivated land use in Xinjiang. In the future, to enhance the ecological efficiency of cultivated land use in various counties of Xinjiang, attention should be paid to the coordination among various factors such as water resources, production technology, and economic level, which promotes the increase of cultivated land productivity while it reduced the negative externalities of cultivated land use.

Key words: ecological efficiency of cultivated land use, spatiotemporal evolution, driving factors, Super-SBM model, Xinjiang