| Since the 1970s,the development of high and new technology by the representation of modern information technology revolution which breaks industry developing status quo with clear boundary and developing individually among three industries during industrial age.The trend of industry convergence emerges among international industries,the boundary between industries becomes vague.There not only emerges industry converging among information communication industries,but the trend of high and new technology permeating into trational industries (industry and agriculture) and that of extending convergence among three industries are getting distinct.The development of agriculture occurs the trend of permeated converging by high and new technology and converging with the second industry and the tertiary industry,some new agriculture forms including information agriculture,biotechonology agriculture, agritourism,etc,spring up in west developed agriculture countries and some developing agriculture countries such as China.The research on the topic of agriculture converging with telated industries is very meaningful in enriching and perfecting the theory of agriculture development and guiding the modern agriculture developing practice.Based on the principles of combining description analysis with positive analysis and that of qualitative analysis with quantitative analysis,by using the methods of PEST analysis,case analysis, Herfindhal Index analysis,questionnaire analysis and SPSS software statistical analysis,the dissertation demonstrates the inevitability of agriculture converging with related industries,analyses China's macro environment for agriculture converging with related industries,brings out the inner mechanism of agriculture converging with related industries,establishes one observing and evaluating system for measuring converging extent of agriculture converging with related industries, infers the whole converging extent of agriculture converging with related industries in China based on the measuring converging extent of China's agriculture converging with biotechonology and sums up the main reasons,analyses the economic prerformance of agriculture converging with related industries,and puts forward some countermeasures and advices for guiding China's agriculture converging with related industries.The main achievements are as follows:1.The inevitability of agriculture converging with related industries.The information technology revolution changed the vertical connection between traditional industries, horizontal connection between traditional industries formed step by step,the world industry structure appeared the trend of converging development,so, agriculture converging with related industries becomes inevitable;modern agriculture plays multifuctions which are keeping food safety,protecting ecology,stablizing society,carrying out culture education,ect, agriculture converging with related industries is needed to expand the above functions;it is necessary to integrate the function of the whole industry system to keep agriculture sustainable develepment, agriculture converging with related industries is the fundamental path; agriculture informationization is the key content of the development of modern agriculture which will lead to agriculture converging with information and other industries.2.China's macroenvironment for agriculture converging with related industries. Political factors,comprehensive arrangement for urban and rural development supplies converging political structure,policies made for Constructing New Socialist Countryside shows the course for converging development,stable rising investing in "three-dimension rural" field solidates the foundation in phical conditions for converging development. Economic factors, urban and rural citizens'rising need for improving agriculture physical products quality and that for agriculture cultural and ideological products consumption bring large markets for agricultural products with converging industrial characteristics. Social factors, "two-oriented agriculture" construction is needed for forming "two-oriented society", which brings good opportunity for discarding traditional thought in agriculture development,integrating industry functions,saving resource,protecting enviornment, increasing agriculture benefits and competitive power in market.Technology factors,the key modern agriculture technology progress and its applying represented by agribiotechnology and agriinformation techonology supply very important support.3.The mechanism of agriculture converging with related industries.The inner economic logic of agriculture converging with related industries is aiming for saving transaction cost:it is necessary to lower the speciality of assets for enchancing the efficiency of resource distribution,new technology permeating into agriculture helps to bring about technology converging,and then economic organization and institution innovation for saving transaction cost.Agriculture idustrialization and agriculture converging with related industries are two agriculture developing patterns related and differed each other. From the viewpoint of agriculture industrial chain, agriculture industrialization forms the vertical agriculture chain and makes agriculture to be the whole industry of market economy, the agriculture industrial chain extending from middle to upper and down link of agriculture producting process is the basic logic of increasing agriculture value added for agriculture idustrialization; agriculture converging with related industries expands the space for agriculture development,forms horizontal agriculture chain,to expand horizontal agriculture chain is the fundamental motivation for agriculture converging with related industries and increasing agriculture value added. Agriculture industrialization is an important basis for agriculture converging with related industries,but there are no new agriculture forms emerged,so,it can not be belonged to industry converging. Agriculture converging with related industries can be classified into four categories which are high and new technology permeating into agriculture,integrative converging among inner agriculture different subindustries,cross converging between agriculture and tourism,and comprehensive converging among different industries. Agriculture converging with related industries not only improves the quantity of agriculture,lowers producting and operating cost of agriculture,but also expands agriculture functions and its developing space,forms the modern agriculture industry systems with the characteristics of mutifunction and extensive developing space which consist of biotechnology agriculture, information agriculture, space agriculture, ecological agriculture, agritourism,factory agriculture,etc.4. Observing and evaluating system for measuring converging extent of agriculture converging with related industries.Basing on the positive research by using Herfindhal Index analysis method,as the fairly distinct converging trend of agriculture converging with related industries, the converging extent of biotechonology permeating into agriculture in China is still in lower and elementary stage. So,it can be infered that agriculture converging with the second and the tertiary industry, with information technology industry,converging among crop farming,aquaculture and livestock breeding, these are also in lower and elementary stage. So,after comprehensive judging,the conclusion can be got that the overall converging extent of China's agriculture converging with related industries is still in lower and elementary stage.The main reasons include delayed reform in agriculture management system,slow scicentific and technological advances of agriculture, not having nurtured sufficient powerfull agribusiness operating unit,not enough public service supply corresponding with agriculture converging with related industries.5.The economic performance of agriculture converging with related industries. There are comprehensive economic prerformances in agriculture converging with related industries.The main macro economic prerformances are promoting economic growth, perfecting resource distribution,adding social warefare,enchancing industry market competitive power.While the main micro economic prerformances are adjusting the single agriculture structure,increasing farmers'income,and bettering the rural ecological surroundings.Based on the questionnaire of developing agri-tourism,the positive analysis tells us there exsist distinct ecnonomic effects in developing agri-tourism which include perfecting agriculture structure, increasing farmers'income,and bettering the rural ecological surroundings, so,the development of agri-tourism accords with the overall demands of Constructing New Socialist Countryside.6.Countermeasures and advices for guiding China's agriculture converging with related industries.These measures should be taken including deepening reform of agriculture management system,advancing the construction of agriculture scicence and technology sysetm,supporting the nurturing of agribusiness operating unit,perfecting the supply of corresponding public service,so as to offer good policy system for agriculture converging with related industries.For deepening reform of agriculture management system,super-ministry system reform should be carrrried forward and realize the integrated agriculture management,expand the scope of agriculture management and take extensive management,bestow effective power and measures to bureaus of agriculture management,so as to provide good support in management system. For advancing the construction of agriculture scicence and technology sysetm,the developing stragegy for agriculture scicence and technology should be adjusted,support converging agriculture scicence and technology R&D,increase the effect of technology progressing and innovate the mode of technology promotion,so as to offer powerful technology support.For supporting the nurturing of agribusiness operating unit,the capability of agribusiness should be improved,increase the investment in rural human capital,so as to bettering the quality of converging unit.For perfecting the supply of corresponding public service,industry policies system beneficial to agriculture converging with related industries should be established, strengthen the construction of standards and regulations for industry converging,so as to improve the supply level of public service. |
