Development of modern agricultural logistics in Hunan: An evaluation based on factor analysis

Author

Xin, Lei

Author_Institution

Dept. of Econ. & Trade, Hunan Vocational Coll. of Commerce, Changsha, China

fYear

2011

fDate

8-10 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

1065

Lastpage

1068

Abstract

The modernization of agricultural logistics involves the operating efficiency and quality of the entire economy, agricultural modernization and the fundamental interests of farmers. Thus the development of modern agricultural logistics is one of the important means to the promotion of competitiveness of agricultural produces. Adopting the factor analysis model, this article analyzes the conditions of agricultural labor force, fund, and technological investment in each prefecture/city of Hunan Province as well as their contributions to the development of agricultural logistics; based on this, this article also evaluates the development levels of modern agricultural logistics in each prefecture/city of Hunan Province.

Keywords

agriculture; industrial economics; investment; labour resources; logistics; Hunan province; agricultural fund; agricultural labor force; agricultural logistics; agricultural modernization; economy quality; factor analysis model; operating efficiency; technological investment; Agricultural machinery; Cities and towns; Indexes; Investments; Loading; Logistics; Roads; factor analysis; modern agricultural logistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Artificial Intelligence, Management Science and Electronic Commerce (AIMSEC), 2011 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Deng Leng

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0535-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AIMSEC.2011.6010621

Filename

6010621