[Assessment of rice achievable productivity and its application in rice production management division: a case study in Fuyang County of Zhejiang Province, East China].

Rice productivity is the key factor affecting rice production and its sustainable development. Based on the gradation of cultivated land quality at county-level, this paper evaluated the rice productivity in Fuyang County of Zhejiang Province, and, through selected sampling field investigation and according to the land productivity index of paddy field quality, a model for assessing rice achievable productivity was established, aimed to analyze the regional rice productivity and its achievable productivity. In the study area, there was a positive correlation between the land productivity index and rice yield. For single cropping rice, its achievable productivity was 1.70 x 10(5) t, being 1.6 times of its realistic productivity (1.04 x 10(5) t). In 2009, the realistic rice productivity per unit area was 7676 kg x hm(-2), and the achievable productivity was 8831 kg x hm(-2), with a production potentiality of +15%, a big potential of rice production capacity in the county. Through the analyses of rice productivity, relative superiority of rice production scale, and its growth potential index in the villages and towns, the rice production of Fuyang County was divided into three regions, i. e., key enhancement region, optimization construction region, and development protection region.