Open AccessStudy on the Appropriate Size of Scale Breeding Family Farms
Author(s) -
Zhengtao He
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/774/1/012147
Subject(s) - scale (ratio) , agriculture , china , resource (disambiguation) , family farm , circular economy , agricultural economics , business , economies of scale , agricultural science , geography , economics , environmental science , marketing , ecology , computer science , biology , computer network , cartography , archaeology
Scale-breeding family farms can meet the demand of meat market and increase the farmers’ income. However, they may cause serious environmental problems to some extent if the waste is not properly handled. In this paper, the appropriate scale of scale breeding family farms was studied from the circular economy theory. Results show that the resource loss rate of middle-scale family farms is lowest among three kinds of scale-breeding family farms. Therefore, the middle-scale should be chosen as optimistic size for sustainable development of agricultural economy in China.