Can Land Transfer Promote the Green and Low-carbon Development of Agriculture?

Jieyu Liu; Fengjie Ran

doi:10.54097/rx5tsv87

Authors

Jieyu Liu
Fengjie Ran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/rx5tsv87

Keywords:

Land Transfer, Agricultural Carbon Productivity, Green and Low-carbon

Abstract

Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2005 to 2022, this paper uses the two-way fixed effect model, the mediating effect model and the instrumental variable method, this paper systematically examines the impact of land transfer on agricultural carbon productivity and its mechanism. The empirical results indicate that: (1) land transfer contributes substantially to the improvement of farm carbon productivity, a result that verifies the two-pronged advantage of carbon reduction and efficiency elevation; (2) moderate scale management is the key intermediary path for land transfer to promote agricultural carbon productivity; (3) regional heterogeneity analysis shows that land transfer has a significant role in promoting agricultural carbon productivity in the eastern and western regions, followed by the Northeast region, while the central region is restricted by resource endowment and utilization mode, the impact is not significant. Based on this, this paper provides a theoretical basis and empirical support for optimizing the design of land transfer policy and promoting the low-carbon transformation of agriculture.

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