Author(s)

XinYi Tao, YiMin Wu^*, MengJuan Xia, Jie Li

Affiliation(s)

Northern Anhui Economic Green Transformation and Upgrading Statistical Monitoring and Research Center, Suzhou University, Suzhou 234000, Anhui, China.

Corresponding Author

YiMin Wu

ABSTRACT

The application of digital technology is increasingly extensive, which has injected new vitality into China's traditional agriculture. Measurement agricultural digitization is of great significance for promoting agricultural development. In this paper, the index system of agricultural digital development in Anhui Province is constructed, the level of agricultural digital development in Anhui Province is calculated based on the entropy method, and the tire index is used to analyze the regional differences. The results show that the agricultural digital development level in Anhui Province increases year by year, and in Anhui Province, the low investment of agricultural capital assets is the biggest problem of agricultural digital development.

KEYWORDS

Digital agriculture; Entropy method; Comprehensive score; Horizontal measure

CITE THIS PAPER

XinYi Tao, YiMin Wu, MengJuan Xia, Jie Li. Measurement and analysis of digital agriculture development: a case study of Anhui province. Social Science and Management. 2026, 3(1): 1-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/ssm3074.

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