Agricultural Mechanization Service Costs and Plot Size in Chinese Villages

584 villages and 586 service providers across Jiangsu, Sichuan, and Jilin provinces in China were surveyed to understand agricultural mechanization dynamics. The data, last updated in April 2026, analyzes how plot size influences service costs and efficiency, suggesting local services as an alternative to cross-regional options. Author Qiufen Zheng released this 5.5 KB Excel file under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between plot size and service costs based on village-level survey data.
• Comparing the efficiency of local versus cross-regional agricultural services across different provinces.
• Analyzing factors driving the evolution of agricultural mechanization services in China.
• Informing policy on optimizing agricultural machinery service organization and land management models.

Strengths

• Data covers 584 villages and 586 service providers, providing a multi-province sample.
• Specific focus on plot scaling and its impact on costs and service efficiency.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for broad reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope or aggregated summary data.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the three surveyed provinces in China.

Provenance

Source

Qiufen Zheng via figshare.

Collection Method

Village and service provider survey.

Time Range

Recent years (explicit dates not provided).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 17:37:45; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Jiangsu, Sichuan, and Jilin provinces, China.