EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ON THE CHANGE OF THE PRODUCTION SPACE LAYOUT OF MUTTON SHEEP IN SOUTHWEST CHINA

Abstract

Abstract. This paper expounds the current situation of mutton sheep industry development in the dominant meat producing areas in southwest China by combing the existing literature, analyzes the characteristics and trends of mutton sheep yield variation in the dominant meat producing areas in southwest China, and analyzes the comparative advantages of meat sheep production in the dominant meat producing areas in Southwest China by using the comprehensive comparative Advantage Index (AAI). And the regression analysis was used to explore the factors affecting the mutton sheep production layout in southwest China, and it was concluded that the traffic, policy, economy and urbanization level had a very prominent influence on the mutton sheep production layout.