Synergistic Interconstruction of the Green Development Concept in Chinese Rural Ecological Agriculture

Hongyun Tan () and Xiaolie Qi ()
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Hongyun Tan: Department of College of Teacher’s Education, Guangdong University of Education, Guangzhou 510303, China
Xiaolie Qi: College of New Media and International Communication, South China Business College Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou 510545, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-17

Abstract: The development of industrialization has overwhelmed an ecological environment damaged by the modern agricultural method. The development of a circular economy, which focuses on green development while balancing the development of agricultural production capacity, has led to the emergence of ecoagriculture. This study examines the impact of the green development concept on farmers’ income, using the practice of the green development concept of ecoagriculture in Guangdong province, China, as an example. The study uses the entropy method to verify whether the green development concept advocated by top-down policies genuinely benefits farmers’ living standards. The study results are as follows. First, the green development concept’s application in Guangdong province’s agricultural production and the two-way granger causality relationship between farmer income and food production interact. Second, chemical fertilizers and pesticides have played an important role in promoting the development of agricultural production. Third, in the long run, the greater the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides will reduce farmers’ incomes. In summary, from the perspective of sustainable development, green development will promote increased income for China’s farmers and improve rural development. It is essential to implement the concept of green development in the process of rural modernization.

Keywords: ecological agriculture; green development; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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