Abstract:

Cultivating new quality productive forces(NQPF) is of significant importance for feed enterprises in inreducing costs, improving quality and efficiency, upgrading the feed industry structure, and constructing a modern livestock powerhouse. Based on the comprehensive evaluation index system of NQPF in feed enterprises, the level of this study first measured the level of NQPF, in feed enterprises was first measured, and its spatio-temporal evolution characteristics were analyzed. The obstacles to the development of NQPF in feed enterprises were revealed, and the specific path for cultivating high-level NQPF was explored through antecedent configuration analysis. Research had found that: Firstly, although the overall level of NQPF in feed enterprises had fluctuated and increased, regional differentiation characteristics were obvious; enterprises in the central region demonstrated a relatively favorable development trajectory (“starting low but rising high”), surpassing the overall annual average level; the western region exhibited the opposite trend (“starting high but declining”); the change trend in the eastern region was relatively consistent with the overall trend, and ultimately remained stable; the northeast and eastern regions were symmetrically distributed, but the development momentum in the later stage was insufficient, and the gap with the overall situation continued to widen; differences in NQPF levels among feed enterprises within each region were the key driver of overall disparity. Secondly, the uneven development of various components of NQPF in feed enterprises was the main reason for individual differences; the two types of factor layers of new labor materials and new workers were the main obstacles to their development, and the factor layer of new labor objects had the lowest degree of obstacles. Thirdly, based on multidimensional antecedent condition configuration analysis, it was found that the cultivation of high-level NQPF in feed enterprises relied on the collaborative driving force of multidimensional antecedent conditions such as technology, organization and environment; specifically, it could be divided into four types, including large-scale high economic level dominant type, enterprise self dominant high support auxiliary type, environment dominant scale auxiliary type, and large-scale, high economic level dominant high support auxiliary type; among them, government financial support could effectively replace the profitability of feed enterprises, promote the cultivation of high-level NQPF in feed enterprises in a similar way; the strong strength of feed enterprises could compensate for the low level of regional economic development. Therefore, feed enterprises should strengthen technological leadership and focus on innovative breakthroughs; they should promote the entrepreneurial spirit, leverage strengths and address weaknesses, promote the transformation of feed industry productivity towards a new quality to achieve high-quality development of the feed industry.

Key words: feed enterprise, new quality productive forces, level estimation, development retardation, cultivation path