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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.
Sec. Agricultural and Food Economics
Volume 8 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2024.1467162

Effects and mechanisms of digitalization to enhance the resilience of the hog breeding industry: Evidence from China

Provisionally accepted
Junguo Hua Junguo Hua 1Chunhui Ma Chunhui Ma 1Wei Li Wei Li 2Zejun He Zejun He 1*Panpan Zhu Panpan Zhu 1*
  • 1 Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
  • 2 China Agricultural University, Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

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    With the rapid development of digital agriculture, digitalization has gradually become a key factor affecting the resilience of China's pig farming industry.From both the test results and the theoretical point of view, the individual fixed-effect model is more suitable for this paper's study. Therefore, based on the panel data of 31 provinces in China from 2011 to 2022, this study constructs an individual fixed-effect model to examine how digitization affects the resilience of China's pig farming industry.The findings indicated that digitization significantly enhanced the resilience of China's hog breeding industry, especially in potential growth areas. Improving breeding technology and scale is a crucial avenue for digitalization to bolster the industry's resilience. Digitalization exerts a double threshold effect on the industry's resilience, with its promotional impact only realized within a specific range. The article proposes policy suggestions, such as strengthening infrastructure construction and giving play to regional advantages.

    Keywords: digitization, the pig breeding industry, Industrial Resilience, breeding technology level, Scale level, sustainable development

    Received: 19 Jul 2024; Accepted: 02 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Hua, Ma, Li, He and Zhu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Zejun He, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, Henan Province, China
    Panpan Zhu, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, Henan Province, China

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