On the Agricultural Amelioration of Anhui Province during the Late Qing Period
During the late Qing period,the organizations of agricultural amelioration were gradually established and an agricultural amelioration system formed which includes agricultural administrations,peasant associations,organizations of spreading agricultural technologies,and institutions of agricultural research and education. The ameliorative activities mainly included farming investigations,propagating the knowledge of agriculture science and technology,researching and spreading improved breeds,introducing new agricultural implements and chemical fertilizer,preventing and controlling plant diseases and pests,etc. Although the agricultural amelioration worked to a certain extent,it did not change the backward agriculture of Anhui Province at the time.