Evaluation of main production factors of profitable agriculture in the mountain areas of Zhejiang

Key words: 
• mountainous area /
• profitable agriculture /
• production factors /
• Zhejiang

Abstract: Developing profitable agriculture is a fundamental approach to increase farmers income .The level of profitable agriculture development depends on the development of production factors to a great extent .The development conditions as well as deficiencies of three main production factors including capital , technology , and information were studied .The main deficiencies were as follows : (1)The capital input into agriculture from government and financial sectors doedid not match the contribution that agriculture has made , and the farmers are short of enough capital to develop agriculture .(2)The outlay for agriculture research and development was not sufficient and the reforms of technique promotion systems and institution operation are delayed .(3)The information network was not perfect ;the farmers depended on the traditional channels to collect relevant information .Based on the above limitations , the followings countermeasures to improve profitable agriculture development were put forward :(1)Increase governments and financial sectorsinvestment in agriculture and enhance farmers capacity to invest in agriculture field .(2)Establish a multiple investment system for agriculture research and development , in which government still shall play a leading role ;gradually set up a perfect agriculture technique promotion system and its operation mechanism which is fit for the market-oriented economy system.(3)Build agriculture information release channels and enhance the construction of agriculture information network .[ Ch , 2 tab .12 ref .]