Can New Digital Infrastructure Promote Agricultural Carbon Reduction: Mechanisms and Impact Assessment
文献类型： 外文期刊
作者： Shi, Qiaoling 1 ; Zhao, Congyu 2 ; Yao, Gengchen 1 ; Yang, Chuqiao 1 ; Yang, Runfeng 3 ;
作者机构： 1.Hebei Univ, Coll Econ, Baoding 071030, Peoples R China
2.Univ Int Business & Econ, Sch Int Trade & Econ, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
3.Henan Acad Agr Sci, Inst Agr Econ & Rural Dev, Zhengzhou 450002, Peoples R China
关键词： new digital infrastructure; agricultural carbon emissions; impact assessment; mechanisms
期刊名称：SUSTAINABILITY （ 影响因子：3.3； 五年影响因子：3.6 ）
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年卷期： 2025 年 17 卷 16 期
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收录情况： SCI
摘要： The development of new digital infrastructure enables the construction of intelligent agricultural production systems, enhances agricultural sustainability, and supports the national "dual-carbon" goals. Based on a theoretical analysis and using panel data for 31 Chinese provinces during 2011-2023, this study constructs a two-way fixed-effects model to empirically test the impact of new digital infrastructure on agricultural carbon emissions, and provides insights for differentiating provincial heterogeneity, as well as impact mechanism. The main findings are as follows: (1) New digital infrastructure is negatively correlated with agricultural carbon emissions, and this conclusion holds after a series of robustness and endogeneity tests. (2) Heterogeneity analysis reveals that, by geographic location, new digital infrastructure has a significant carbon reduction effect in eastern provinces but increases emissions in central provinces. By the digital development level, this study highlights the dual importance of digital infrastructure and financial supports. Contrary to those provinces leading in digital infrastructure development, there is a positive correlation in lagging areas. By policy support level, the significant carbon reduction effect is only observed in provinces with advanced digital-inclusive finance support. For green development policy support, it significantly reduces agricultural carbon emissions in pioneer regions but increases emissions in follower regions. (3) Mechanism tests indicate that new digital infrastructure promotes agricultural carbon reduction mainly through scale-economy effects and energy efficiency upgrading effects. Policy implications to improve agricultural digital infrastructure development and accelerate carbon emission reductions are finally suggested.
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