The Forms, Channels and Conditions of Regional Agricultural Carbon Emission Reduction Interaction: A Provincial Perspective in China

Abstract

Agricultural emission reduction is a key objective associated with sustainable agricultural development and a meaningful way to slow down global warming. Based on the comprehensive estimation of agricultural carbon emissions, this study applied the traditional spatial Durbin model (SDM) to analyze the type of regional emission reduction interaction and explore whether it is a direct or an indirect interaction caused by technology spillovers. Moreover, geographic, economic, and technical weights were used to discuss the channels of emission reduction interactions. The partitioned spatial Durbin model was applied to explore the realization conditions of regional emission reduction interactions. We found that: (1) comprehensive emission reduction interactions were identified in various regions of China, including direct and indirect interactions, in which geographic and technical channels were the major pathways for direct and indirect emission reduction interactions, respectively; (2) regions with similar economic development levels are more likely to have direct interactions, whereas regions with low technical levels are more willing to follow the high-tech regions, and the benchmarking effect is noticeable; (3) emission reduction results promoted by economic cooperation may be offset by vicious economic competition between regions, and more emission reduction intervention measures should be given to regions with high economic development levels; (4) to achieve better technological cooperation, regions must have similar technology absorption capabilities and should provide full play to the driving force of technical benchmarks.

The influences of the advancement of green technology on agricultural CO2 release reduction: A case of Chinese agricultural industry

“…Moreover, the layout of the agricultural industry structure needs to be adjusted effectively. The degree of agglomeration of the agricultural industry is not enough to form a specific comparative advantage (He et al, 2022). Therefore, it needs to be expanded appropriately to form a professional market grid prospect by integrating planting, production, processing, and sales in a proper organizational structure.…”

Time, Spatial and Component Characteristics of Agricultural Carbon Emissions of China

“…According to the sources of the agricultural carbon emissions, total agricultural carbon emissions (ACE) can be generally decomposed into 5 classifications [3,26]: (1) carbon emissions of the agricultural machinery, ACE AM ; (2) carbon emissions of the production and use of agricultural plastic film, ACE PF ; (3) carbon emissions of the production and use of pesticide, ACE PE ; (4) carbon emissions from irrigation, ACE IR ; and (5) carbon emissions of the production and use of fertilizers, ACE FE . Their simple mathematical relation is shown by Equation (1).…”

“…Yang et al [25] found significant positive spatial spillover effect in the carbon emissions, and therefore, they believed that local environmental governance is more important. He et al [26] also concentrated on the spatial spillover effect and found evidence that local governments with a low level of economic development tend to follow the carbon emission reduction policies provided by the highly developed surrounding regions. Guo et al [27] found that financial support will directly affect the agricultural carbon emissions and will also indirectly affect the agricultural carbon emission through the use of chemical fertilizer.…”

Investigation into the Performance Characteristics of the Organic Dry Farming Transition and the Corresponding Impact on Carbon Emissions Reduction

“…The pathways for the low-carbon transformation of Chinese cities encompass the digital economy, industrial transformation and upgrading, and the spatial transfer of carbon emissions [22]. Furthermore, a comprehensive approach to straw utilization [12], investment in technological innovation [23], the enhancement of agricultural land-use types [24], economic and technological cooperation [25] and conservation tillage [26] can also make major contributions to reducing carbon emissions.…”