Abstract:

The paper aims to analyze the progress of agricultural science and technology innovation, adopting the scientometrics method based on the National Science and Technology Awards in the field of agriculture in 2001-2018. The result showed that the number of the Science and Technology Progress Awards accounted for more than 80% of the total number of awards, and the number of the Natural Science Awards and the Technology Innovation Awards increased on a yearly basis. The awards covered 13 first-class disciplines, and the number of awards related to crop science accounted for a predominant percentage of 23.25% of the total number of awards. With regard to the first authorship, the research organizations at the national level and colleges and universities accounted for 72.88% of all awards, and enterprises were still far from becoming the main body of technology innovation. Young and middle-aged groups won 63.16% of the awards, and only 17.74% of the awards were won by group under the age of 45. The study shows that greater incentives are still needed to encourage and support young talents to carry out innovative research.

Key words: Agriculture, Science and Technology Awards, Achievement Cultivation, Innovation, Scientometrics, Scientific Research Progress