Coupling Coordination of China’s Agricultural Environment and Economy under the New Economic Background

Shengtian Jin, Zihan Mei and Kaifeng Duan
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Shengtian Jin: School of Finance, Anhui University of Finance & Economics, Bengbu 233000, China
Zihan Mei: Institute of Statistics and Applied Mathematics, Anhui University of Finance & Economics, Bengbu 233000, China
Kaifeng Duan: School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China

Agriculture, 2022, vol. 12, issue 8, 1-21

Abstract: On the basis of the panel data of 31 provinces in China from 2011 to 2020, this paper first constructs an index system through the Pressure-State-Response (PSR) model and conducts a comprehensive evaluation of China’s agricultural environment according to the entropy weight TOPSIS model. Second, a coupling coordination degree model is established to calculate the degree of coupling coordination between the agricultural economy and the environment in each province. Finally, a spatial Durbin model is established to analyze the influencing factors of China’s agricultural economy. Results show that: ① the overall environment in the eastern region has little change, and the overall level is relatively backward; the agricultural environment in the central region is uneven; the agricultural environment in the western region is quite different from north to south. ② The regions with a high level of coupling coordination are mainly concentrated in the central and southern regions, and the performance is relatively intensive. The agricultural economy and the environment in the western region are extremely uncoordinated, and as is the overall coupling coordination between the agricultural economy and the environment in the eastern region in general. Further improvement is also needed. ③ Fixed asset investment, total power of agricultural machinery, rural electricity consumption, rural population, and rural per capita disposable income all have important influences on China’s agricultural economy. ④ The rural population size has a positive and the largest effect on the agricultural economy, whereas rural per capita disposable income has a negative effect on the agricultural economy. Moreover, improving farmers’ enthusiasm for farming is one of the key issues to be solved urgently.

Keywords: agricultural economy; agricultural environment; spatial measurement; coupling coordination degree (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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