Regional eco-efficiency of the agricultural sector in V4 regions, its dynamics in time and decomposition on the technological and pure technical eco-efficiency change

Richterová, Eva; Richter, Martin; Sojková, Z.

doi:10.24136/eq.2021.020

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“…In the last decade, the sustainable use of natural resources has received increasing attention in European Union (EU) policies as a smart way to achieve environmental, climate, economic efficiency, and security of supply (Richterová et al 2021). It also is a central element of the 2050 Vision for Europe as set out in several strategy papers of the European Union (2011, 2013, 2013a, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021).…”

Section: Resource Efficiency Within the Eumentioning

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Resource efficiency and decarbonisation of economies in the European Union

Clodnițchi

Tudorache

2022

Management &Amp; Marketing. Challenges for the Knowledge Society

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People have always been interested in improving their quality of life. But how is this possible when the population is constantly growing, and the planet’s resources are dwindling? The efficient use of resources is not only believed to increase the general quality of life but also to contribute to the creation of a cleaner environment. But what is the relation between resource efficiency and a cleaner environment? The European Commission and the United Nations have been dealing with this key issue for many years now and the EU has forced member countries to meet certain targets. This paper presents some of the UN and EU’s policies with regard to climate change and resource efficiency and offers an independent evaluation of the achievements of Member States. We assumed that the implementation of the objectives of the EU climate and energy package improves the resource productivity and reduces its negative impact on the environment, relation analysed with the help of a linear regression model. Further, we have performed a critical study on the performance of EU-member states in meeting their GHG-emission targets correlated with the resource intensity of their economies, modelled using Microsoft Excel. Resource efficiency and the low-carbon economy have emerged as central themes in global discussions on the transition to a sustainable economy, and this paper sheds new light onto the connection between the two subjects.

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Section: Resource Efficiency Within the Eumentioning

confidence: 99%

Resource efficiency and decarbonisation of economies in the European Union

Clodnițchi

Tudorache

2022

Management &Amp; Marketing. Challenges for the Knowledge Society

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“…The micro level mainly included the agricultural acreage, the scale of farmers [28], the characteristics of farmers, agricultural technology training [6], farmers' education years [29] and so on. At the macro level, it mainly included financial development [30], technological progress [31], GDP [32], agricultural informatization [33], farmland transfer [34], level of agricultural mechanization [35], urbanization level [36,37] and agricultural policy included smart agriculture, environmental regulation and lowcarbon trade pilot [38][39][40]. In terms of the zero growth of fertilizer action, existing studies included the driving factors of fertilizer reduction [39][40][41][42][43][44] and the contribution of fertilizer to agricultural pollution reduction [45][46][47].…”

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Effect of Zero Growth of Fertilizer Action on Ecological Efficiency of Grain Production in China under the Background of Carbon Emission Reduction

2022

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At present, the problem of non-point source pollution and carbon emissions caused by excessive application of fertilizer is increasingly serious and has caused damage to the ecological environment. The “zero growth of fertilizer use by 2020 action plan” was introduced to solve the related ecological and environmental problems. Based on the panel data of 31 provinces in China from 1998 to 2020, this paper used the super efficiency SBM model to measure the ecological efficiency of grain production in China, and further verified the mediating effect of fertilizer application amount on the effect of zero growth of fertilizer on the ecological efficiency of grain production using the mediating effect model. The results showed that (1) zero growth of fertilizer action had a significant effect on the ecological efficiency of grain production. That is, the implementation of zero growth of fertilizer action can help improve the ecological efficiency of grain production. (2) The application amount of fertilizer played a mediating role in the mechanism of the effect of zero growth of fertilizer action on the ecological efficiency of grain production. (3) The implementation of the zero growth of fertilizer action effectively reduced the amount of fertilizer application and reduced fertilizer non-point source pollution and carbon emissions, which improved the ecological efficiency of grain production. According to the results of empirical research, to promote the sustainable development of agricultural production, more relevant ecological and environmental protection policies should be introduced and relevant subsidies should be increased.

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“…Numerous studies have been conducted in the past on the relationship between material well-being, environmental concern, and pro-environmental behaviour, both at the societal and the individual level (Franzen, 2003;Egea & Garcia-de-Frutos, 2013;Richterová et al, 2021;. In general, it was proved that country wealth is positively related to mitigating climate change behaviour (Ortega-Egea, Garcia-de-Frutos, & Antolin-Lopez, 2014).…”

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Material well-being as sustainable consumption driver: Results of European studies

Dunković¹,

Knežević²,

Borusiak³

2022

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The objective of the article is to examine the causality between material well-being indicators of all the EU-27 countries and sustainable consumption behaviour indicators of the corresponding consumers. The authors assumed that the material well-being construct is determined by net income and actual individual consumption variables. In contrast, the sustainable consumption construct captures five selected behavioural variables. Research Design & Methods:The hypothesis was that material well-being significantly determines sustainable practices in European countries. The research model was tested by structural equation modelling (SEM) using path coefficients and developed construct predictors. Two sets of statistical data were used. The first was data on material well-being from Eurostat 2019, and the second was a public opinion poll covering the EU-27 countries as stated in the 2019 'Special Eurobarometer 501.' Findings: Consumers in countries with lower material well-being indicators had a lower capacity for implementing consumers' sustainable practices. Implications & Recommendations:The reported causality is essential for policy decision-makers to regulate measures more reliably according to specific countries and distribute scarce resources relevant to their sustainable consumer practices capability. Contribution & Value Added:The article contributes to the sustainable consumption theory by developing new theoretical construction that combines the different sustainability featured variables. Introducing policy measures for sustainable consumer behaviour, which simultaneously require sacrifice, will depend on consumer income and the ability to meet the costs of environmentally friendly activities. Article type:research article

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Regional eco-efficiency of the agricultural sector in V4 regions, its dynamics in time and decomposition on the technological and pure technical eco-efficiency change

Cited by 22 publications

References 34 publications

Resource efficiency and decarbonisation of economies in the European Union

Resource efficiency and decarbonisation of economies in the European Union

Effect of Zero Growth of Fertilizer Action on Ecological Efficiency of Grain Production in China under the Background of Carbon Emission Reduction

Material well-being as sustainable consumption driver: Results of European studies

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