Abstract:

Seizing the opportunity of the digital economy era in the new period and accelerating the process of valorization of data elements are of great significance for the high-quality development of agriculture. The article used the panel data of 16 cities in Shandong Province’s from 2015 to 2021, to accurately calculate the level of the digital economy and the degree of quality development of agriculture of Shandong Province and the 16 cities under its jurisdiction. The results show that, the level of the digital economy and quality development of agriculture has been steadily improved, but the regional differences are obvious, and the gap is relatively large; the agricultural quality development in Shandong Province has been significantly promoted by the digital economy, and the promotion effect is better in the areas with good marketization and urbanization; the digital economy empowers high-quality agricultural development by enhancing the potential of talent resource development and regional innovation and development vitality; there is a threshold effect in the impact of Shandong Province's digital economy on high-quality agricultural development. Based on this, the article proposes countermeasures and suggestions to improve the level of digital infrastructure construction in agriculture and rural areas, enhance the penetration of digital economy in all aspects of the agricultural industry chain, and improve the ability of farmers to apply digital technology.

Key words: digital economy, high quality agricultural development, enabling effect, Shandong Province