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Development Pathways and Policy Recommendations for the Meat Rabbit Industry in Zigong City from Perspectives of Resource Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability

Environment and Resource / 2025,7(1): 149-157 / 2025-09-30 4 0

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• Authors: Maoshan Zhong¹² Ji Luo¹
• Information:

  1. School of Economics, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Yibin;
  2. Zigong Committee of China Democratic League, Zigong

• Keywords:
  Meat rabbit industry; Resource efficiency; Environmental sustainability; Location quotient; Circular agriculture; Policy recommendations
• Abstract: Zigong’smeatrabbitindustryholdsfour“nationalfirsts”inChina.Whileitsscaledevelopmentbringssignificanteconomicbenefits,italsoleadstoenvironmentalconcernssuchasresourceconsumption,wastemanagement,andcarbonemissions.Basedonlocationquotienttheory,fieldinvestigations,andpolicytextanalysis,thisstudysystematicallyevaluatestheperformanceofZigong’smeatrabbitindustrychainintermsofresourceutilizationefficiency,environmentalcarryingcapacity,andpotentialforgreentransformation.TheresultsshowthatZigonghassignificantagglomerationadvantagesinmeatrabbitproductionandprocessing,withalocationquotientconsistentlyabove2.However,challengesremaininareassuchasexternaldependenceonfeedgrains,resourceutilizationofbreedingwaste,andapplicationoflow-carbonprocessingtechnologies.Fromtheperspectivesofresourcerecycling,environmentalgovernance,andindustrialecologicalintegration,thispaperproposessystematicpolicyrecommendationstopromotethegreen,low-carbon,andcirculardevelopmentofZigong’smeatrabbitindustry,providingempiricalevidenceandpathwayreferencesforthesustainabledevelopmentofanimalhusbandry.
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• Cite: Zhong, M. S., Luo, J. (2025). Development Pathways and Policy Recommendations for the Meat Rabbit Industry in Zigong City from Perspectives of Resource Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability. Environment and Resource, 7(1), 149-157.