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Explora: Environment
and Resource Evaluating agricultural efficiency and sustainability

4.2. Analysis of pure TE 4.2.4. Potential for upgrades and the direction of

Based on the data analyzed in Table 3 and Figure 4, the future enhancement
pure TE of agricultural production in Shaanxi province has Although Shaanxi province has maintained a consistent
consistently remained at 1 from 2012 to 2021. Throughout level of pure TE throughout the study period, there is still
the study period, Shaanxi province maintained the room for further enhancements in the overall agricultural
technically optimal level of agricultural input management, production. Improvements in scope and incorporated
utilizing all available resources to achieve the highest efficiencies could provide a fresh impetus to the overall
possible outputs. There was no deficiency of pure TE in improvement of efficiency. To improve the overall efficacy
any of the years. According to this performance, Shaanxi and sustainability of the agricultural system, Shaanxi
province maintains a consistent technical efficacy between province can leverage the technical administration that
inputs and outputs and a high technical level of agricultural has been established to investigate innovative methods of
production. scaling up and optimizing resource allocation.
4.2.1. The stability of sheer technical efficacy From 2012 to 2021, the pure TE of Shaanxi agriculture
has consistently maintained an optimal level, which is
Over a 10-year period, the pure TE of agriculture in indicative of the effective management of inputs and the
Shaanxi had been maintained at 1, demonstrating the application of agricultural technology. There is still some
high efficiency and stability of agricultural production. space for optimization in terms of scale efficiency and
Throughout this period, Shaanxi’s agricultural comprehensive efficiency, despite the fact that there is no
production has maintained a high level of TE, effectively way to enhance TE. The future work could concentrate on
avoiding resource waste caused by inadequate technical the further optimization of scale management to facilitate
management, despite fluctuations in external conditions. the overall enhancement of agricultural production
The technical management of Shaanxi’s agricultural efficiency in Shaanxi province and to establish a more
production system is highly adaptable and risk-resistant, sustainable agricultural development model.
as evidenced by this stability, which demonstrates its
efficacy in the application and management of agricultural 4.3. Rewards of scale analysis
technology. In the fields of economics and management, SE is a critical
4.2.2. Pure TE in comparison to other efficiencies factor in determining the rational allocation of resources
and the optimal scale of production. Scale efficiency is
On further examination, it is evident that the value of the ratio of pure TE to comprehensive efficiency, which
pure TE was consistently equivalent to 1, whereas SE and is employed to assess the efficiency of resource utilization
OE were usually <1. According to this discrepancy, the within the current scale of inputs and outputs. When the
technical administration of agricultural production in SE is 1, it suggests that the scale of production is optimal
Shaanxi province had achieved its maximum efficiency; and resource allocation is reasonable. Conversely, when
however, there is still space for development in SE. For the SE is <1, it suggests that the scale of production can be
instance, the level of SE did not surpass 1 between 2013 expanded to further optimize resource allocation. This is
and 2018, indicating that the production scale could be evident in Table 4.
further optimized during this period.
4.3.1. Modifications in the nature of returns to scale
4.2.3. The effect of sheer technical efficacy
The scale remuneration in Shaanxi Province agriculture
Agricultural production can optimize resource allocation experienced two phases between 2012 and 2021, as shown
by relying more on the extant technical management in the table: “fixed scale remuneration” and “increasing
system when fluctuations in pure TE are minimal. At scale remuneration”.
the same time, the fundamental conditions for further
optimizing scale efficiency are established by the high The coefficient of returns to scale (when SE = 1) was 1
value of pure TE (1). The efficiency of agricultural in 2012, 2016, 2019, 2020, and 2021. This indicates that the
production in Shaanxi province is anticipated to be scale of agricultural production in these years has already
further enhanced by the appropriate expansion of the reached the optimal level, the allocation of resources is
scale of agricultural production and the improvement reasonable, and the relationship between inputs and outputs
of the scale management strategy in years when the has remained stable. Consequently, there is no need to
SE does not reach 1. This is expected to maintain the improve efficiency by manipulating the scale of production.
technical optimality while enhancing the comprehensive In 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018, the coefficients
efficiency. of returns to scale were <1, suggesting that the scale of

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