Modes of recycle agriculture in Hubei Province

Traditional recycle agriculture patterns based on substance circle have long been established in the history of agricultural development in Hubei Province. These patterns have evolved into resource-saving and environment-friendly modern agricultural production modes. On the basis of this study, we classify 16 recycle agriculture modes in Hubei Province into four categories — three-dimensional high-efficiency and low-cost recycle agriculture, combined recycle agriculture of plantation and livestock, coupled industrial chain of farm production processes and ecological homestead villages. By analyzing natural conditions and developmental status, Hubei Province is divided into five regions of recycle agriculture development — suburb recycle agriculture in Wuhan-E Zhou-Huangshi, hilly area recycle agriculture in eastern Hubei, Jianghan Plain recycle agriculture, hillock recycle agriculture in northern Hubei and mountain recycle agriculture in western Hubei. This research headlights development of modern recycle agriculture to promote sustainable development of agriculture in Hubei Province.