Research on Regional Comparative Advantage and Space Distribution of Agricultural Products in Counties of Shanxi Province

By applying the method of location quotient value to measure location advantages of agricultural products of 96county- level administrative areas in Shanxi(excluding 23 municipal districts), this paper makes advantage of crop distribution map by combining spatial geographic data. On the base of traditional cultivation of food crops and economic crops in Shanxi, it provides empirical analysis to construction of county one industry, country one product for Shanxi province. The results show that comprehensive comparative advantages reflect different characteristics in different agricultural crops. Wheat regions of Shanxi are mainly distributed in Yuncheng basin, Linfen basin and Taiyuan basin. Corn plantation mainly lies in Taihang mountainous area, Jinzhong, Datong, Xinding four basins; coarse grain production is mainly in Xinding basin and Taihang mountainous area. Vegetables grow mainly in five basins.Oil- bearing crops also distribute in different areas. Rapeseed mainly concentrates in winter rapeseed production areas in southern Shanxi.And sunflower distributes in northwest concentration area of Xinzhou city along the Yellow River. Peanuts in Shanxi distribute in basins along Fen River and Qin River. It is given priority to flaxseed plantation in northwestern Shanxi.