Construction and Measurement of Evaluation System for High Quality Development of Beef Cattle Breeding in Hebei Province
In order to scientifically design an indicator system to evaluate and measure the high quality develop-ment level of beef cattle breeding,an evaluation indicator system for high quality development of beef cattle breeding was constructed from four dimensions:efficient breeding,production safety,green development,and welfare improvement.Based on the micro survey data of beef cattle breeding in Hebei Province,the entropy weight method was used to study its development level.The results showed that:(1)From 2019 to 2022,the high quality development level of beef cattle breeding in Hebei Province showed a fluctuating upward trend,and the internal development was unbalanced.The dimensions of breeding efficiency and production safety were the main driving forces for the improvement of comprehensive scores.The dimension of welfare enhancement was an obstacle factor.(2)There were significant differences in the level of high-quality development of beef cattle farming among different scale farmers.Large scale farmers had the highest comprehensive score for high quality beef cattle farming,while small scale farmers had the lowest comprehensive score for it.The main driving fa ctors for the high quality development of raise in free range and small scale beef cattle farm-ing were green development and efficient farming,and those for the high quality development of beef cattle farming by medium and large scale farmers were efficient breeding and production safety.(3)Labor produc-tivity,mechanization level and slaughter rate were the main driving forces for the improvement of breeding effi-ciency,incidence rate and mortality were the main driving forces for the improvement of production safety,planting and breeding balance rate and the ability to return manure to farmland were the main driving forces for the improvement of green development,and the investment level of modern equipment was the main driving fac-tor for the improvement of welfare.The average income of each beef cattle,feed return rate,epidemic preven-tion cycle,waste resource utilization level,and feeding density are the limiting factors for the improvement of four dimensions.The feed return rate and beef cattle selling rate,epidemic prevention cycle,planting and breed-ing balance rate,ability of returning manure to farmland,and modern equipment level were the main driving forces for the promotion of four dimensions of scattering raising-households and small scale farmers.The average daily gain,mortality and incidence rate,waste recycling level,and feeding density were the limiting factors.Labor efficiency,mortality and incidence rate,resource utilization intensity,and modern equipment level were the main driving forces for medium and large scale farmers to improve in four dimensions.The average daily gain,epidemic prevention cycle,planting and breeding balance rate,and feeding density were the limiting factors.The countermea-sures and suggestions were proposed to promote the green and efficient development of beef cattle breeding by combining planting and breeding as the starting point,improving the modernization development level of beef cat-tle farming,and guiding small and medium scale farmers to improve the high quality development level.