Study on the Professionalization Degree of Tobacco Farmers in China and Its Influencing Factors
A total of 1085 tobacco farmers in different producing areas in China were investigated. K-means algorithm,principal component analysis method,small square path model and stochastic forest analysis method were used to study the professionalization degree of tobacco farmers in China,and the influences and importance of various factors on the professionalization cultivation of tobacco farmers were analyzed. The results showed that the factors affecting tobacco farmers' professionalization could be divided into five aspects:tobacco farmers' profes-sionalization thought,tobacco viscosity,production level,skill level and production management ability. These factors were significantly positive-ly correlated with tobacco farmers' professionalization degree,among which tobacco farmers' ideas and skill level had the closest influences on tobac-co farmers' professionalization degree.It was an important means to enhance the professionalization degree of tobacco farmers for promoting the im-provement of tobacco farmers' ideas and skills,especially increasing the construction of online resources for tobacco farmers' cultivation.
Professional tobacco farmersCultivationIdeological conceptsSkill level