The output data of crop farming, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in the Hubei Statistical Yearbook-2009 is used to analyze the features of agricultural structure change in Hubei Province since 1983; according to the relevant data in Hubei Statistical Yearbook and China Statistical Yearbook in 2005 and 2009, and adopting the shift-share analysis model, the difference in agricultural economic growth between Hubei and other provinces in Central China as well as the difference among the 17 regions of Hubei Province during 2004-2008 are analyzed. Results show that, the agriculture in Hubei Province shows significant overall advantages in central China and has stronger competitiveness, but its crop farming and fishery structure are not quite reasonable,... |