Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the extent of aging in the agricultural labor force and its effect on farm production in a province of China. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis uses panel data for the years 2004 through 2008 from a representative sample of farm...

This paper makes a brief description of the definition and methods of data mining. It describes the characteristics of agricultural data (value delivery, specialization, spatio-temporal bidimensionality) and the status of application of data mining technology in agriculture.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the extent of aging in the agricultural labor force and its effect on farm production in a province of China. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis uses panel data for the years 2004 through 2008 from a representative sample of farm...