
Agriculture, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(11), P. 1898 - 1898
Published: Oct. 26, 2024
Food security serves as the cornerstone of national security, intricately linked to social stability and economic progress. Currently, with swift evolutions in economy, logistics transport, information dissemination, technological advancements, there has been a marked increase cross-regional flow food production, distribution, consumption. Consequently, spatial interdependence across different regions grown increasingly salient. This paper investigates interrelationship levels China through network analysis framework, examining its determinants dynamics. The findings offer valuable insights for decision-makers aiming optimize agricultural resource allocation enhance levels. research establishes comprehensive evaluation index system assessing four dimensions: production distribution supply consumption security. Employing data from 30 provinces between 2008 2022, entropy method quantifies levels, while modified gravity model underpins construction association network. framework subsequently examines network’s structural characteristics factors influencing formation. results reveal that: (1) China’s demonstrate consistent upward trajectory over study period, though significant regional disparities persist. central region surpasses average, eastern western lag. Recently, shown accelerated improvements followed by area, maintaining steady growth. (2) A structurally robust correlation emerged, characterized variations number relationships, fluctuations density, decline efficiency still exhibiting pronounced small-world characteristics. (3) displays clear core-periphery structure, Shanghai, Beijing, Jiangsu positioned centrally, playing pivotal intermediary roles, whereas remote such Gansu, Ningxia, Liaoning occupy periphery. (4) major sparse internal connectivity yet inter-regional ties, resulting spillover effects. (5) Various factors, including geographic distance, provincial proximity, development marketization, differences human capital, land productivity, significantly impact establishment correlations affirmative influences distance neighboring relations, along beneficial shifts disparities, suggest that technology resources plays crucial role reinforcing connections.
Language: Английский