Research Article

Ecoefficiency of Intensive Agricultural Production and Its Influencing Factors in China: An Application of DEA-Tobit Analysis

Table 3

Statistical description of input-output indicators in 31 provinces.

IndicatorUnitObs.Min.Max.MeanStd. dev.

Agricultural land area103 hm231264.9411890.264306.672799.88
Total employed persons104 persons3136.302711.70909.91694.10
Power of agricultural machinery 104 kw31112.7012419.903308.363065.86
Pesticide consumptiont31963.00164812.0057645.1946429.94
Chemical fertilizer consumption104 t314.80673.70184.01149.25
Diesel oil consumption104 t313.90290.9068.0063.46
Gross output value of agriculture108 yuan3153.403960.601514.211097.84
Ammonia nitrogen emissiont31140.0013737.004889.193927.66
Total nitrogen emissiont311453.00261322.0050908.5553365.31
Total phosphorus emissiont3179.0013730.003506.903070.60