Studies on Countermeasures of Agricultural Mechanization in Mountainous Areas in Southern China: A Case Study of Wencheng County

Abstract

Based on the systematic analysis of agricultural machinery and equipment data in mountainous areas of Wencheng County for nine consecutive years from 2012-2020, the result shows that the total agricultural machinery power is low with only 3.86 kilowatts per hectare and the progress of development is slow, especially the degree of agricultural mechanization in the three links of farming, planting and harvest is low, and the degree of mechanization in the links of plant protection and irrigation is slightly higher. Furthermore, this paper analyzes favorable conditions and the restriction factors of agricultural mechanization in mountainous areas in Southern China, and puts forward some suggestions, such as intensifying organizational coordination, increasing financial support, strengthening the infrastructure construction of agricultural mechanization, innovating service mechanisms of agricultural machinery, applying suitable agricultural machinery and promoting intelligent agriculture for promoting agricultural mechanization in mountainous areas in Southern China.