Patterns of urban circular agriculture based on agricultural industries — A case study of Fangshan District of Beijing City

This paper analyzes valuable experiences from Fangshan District of Beijing, a typical urban modern agricultural area. Industrial chain extension, agricultural castoff resource utilization, boosting peasant income and improving the life and environment of the countryside are analyzed based on circular agricultural theory, agricultural industrial development and other circular agricultural scenarios of Fangshan District. Circular agriculture patterns are summarized as follows: multi-utilization pattern of agricultural castoff based on edible fungi industry; circular agriculture garden pattern of production, processing of high quality bean and development of new productions; circular livestock industry pattern of breeding, output processing and clean production; circular fruit industry pattern of planting, processing, fruit-culture tour and fruit castoff utilization; and new countryside construction pattern of resource-saving utilization and cleansing district establishment. The existing problems and future modes of development of Fangshan District are advanced as well.