Game analysis of agricultural science and technology information resource sharing in China – based on multi-scenario perspective of government and enterprise

ABSTRACT

Since the introduction of China's ‘Golden Agriculture Project’ in 1994, the government has been actively promoting agricultural informatization, digitalization, and intelligence. This paper utilises game theory to develop a model for the sharing of agricultural science and technology information resources between the government and enterprises in four scenarios. The study reveals that cost and benefit are critical variables influencing all actors, leading the government and enterprises to adopt strategies that maximise their own benefits. Key measures for the government include strengthening enterprise supervision, actively sharing agricultural science and technology information resources with enterprises, and promptly meeting their sharing needs. The strategy choices of enterprises are influenced by various factors. When both the government and enterprises act as suppliers and demanders, enterprises may exhibit free-riding behaviour. In situations where the government is the supplier and enterprises are the demanders, the optimal strategy for enterprises is to actively share and request the agricultural science and technology information resources provided by the government. This research provides valuable insights for formulating policies aimed at achieving sustainable sharing of agricultural science and technology information resources and further promoting agricultural modernization.

KEYWORDS:

• Agricultural science and technology
• information resources
• game theory
• multiple situations

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Notes on contributors

Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Xiansheng Chen and Longshun Xu. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Longshun Xu and Xiansheng Chen; Huange Xu was in charge of translating and writing for the school team and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. Professor Jiang Shuoliang changes the final manuscript and controls the overall process.

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Funding

Youth Project of Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation of Ministry of Education: "Research on the Mechanism and Policy Effect of Cross-basin Horizontal Ecological Compensation on Enterprises' High-quality Development" (grant number 22YJC630172). Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Planning Fund Project: "Pudong New Area to build a Leading area of Socialist Modernization Construction" (grant number 2021BZZ002).