| 【Objective】The study was carried out to analyze the current situation and problems of financial support
for agriculture, evaluate the efficiency of financial support for agriculture in Guangdong Province, and provide policy
recommendations for Guangdong Province to improve the efficiency of the use of financial support for agriculture and the
high-quality development of agriculture.【Method】The three-stage DEA model was used to measure the efficiency of
financial support for agriculture in Guangdong Province from 2000 to 2018 and that of 20 cities from 2010 to 2018.【Result】
The overall efficiency of financial support for agriculture in Guangdong Province showed a downward trend. The pure
technical efficiency was relatively high, but the low scale efficiency led to low overall efficiency. Most cities were in a state of
diminishing returns to scale. After the removal of three environmental factors including the regional GDP, damaged area of crops and number of agricultural technology associations and random interference items, the efficiency of financial support for
agriculture in each city has changed to a certain extent. The overall efficiency of 11 cities has increased, the overall efficiency
of 7 cities has decreased, and that of the provincial level has increased. Twenty cities were divided into four types of regions
based on pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency of 0.9, and each type of region should be improved according to different
situations. From the administrative area, the overall efficiency and scale efficiency of the Pearl River Delta region were low,
while the pure technology efficiency in northern Guangdong was low, and the gap between the three efficiency values in the four
regions was constantly shrinking.【Conclusion】Based on the research results, corresponding countermeasures and suggestions
are proposed, including scientifically and rationally allocating financial support for agriculture, gradually establishing a modern
system of financial support for agriculture; attaching importance to the impacts of external conditions on efficiency, creating a
good environment for financial support for agriculture and actively guiding the continuous development of green agriculture to
promote the implementation of relevant supporting policies. |
