Development of Agricultural Service Industry:Paths and Trends
It is the industrialization process,which started after the reform and opening in rural area,that overcomes the long-term"involution"pattern of agriculture and rural areas,and initiates the process of specialization and interaction between urban and rural areas.The development paths and trends of China's agricultural service industry reflect this urban-rural interaction.This paper finds that there are two paths for the development of the agricultural service industry:one is endogenous agricultural service that is formed and developed after the implementation of household contract responsibility system in rural areas,with a large number of agricultural laborers going out to work,accepting the agricultural production links transferred by farmers,and primarily focusing on agricultural machinery operation services;another one is exogenous agricultural service that existed before the implementation of household contract responsibility system in rural areas,and developed beyond the scope of farmers.Both of the two kinds of agricultural services show the tendency of specialization and non-agricultural development with the deepening of social division of labor,and grow to be a specialized sector connecting urban and rural areas.The cross-temporal and spatial services to agriculture brought by digital agriculture,and the expansion of agriculture into the field of experiential consumption driven by the development of agricultural consumer services,further promote the above development trends.
Social DivisionEndogenous Agricultural ServiceExogenous Agricultural ServiceCross-Temporal and Spatial Service of Science and Technology