Effects of Land Transfer on Agricultural Carbon Productivity and Its Regional Differentiation in China

Xisheng Liao, Shaoyi Qin, Yajuan Wang, Hongbo Zhu and Xuexiang Qi ()
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Xisheng Liao: Department of Land Resource Management, School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Shaoyi Qin: Department of Land Resource Management, School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Yajuan Wang: Department of Land Resource Management, School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Hongbo Zhu: Department of Land Resource Management, School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Xuexiang Qi: Law School, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 7, 1-15

Abstract: Facing the realistic threat of natural environment deterioration and frequent extreme weather, improving agricultural carbon productivity has become an objective requirement for achieving the goal of double carbon and for promoting the high-quality development of agriculture. As an important path toward improving land-use efficiency and promoting agricultural technological progress, land transfer has a potential positive effect on improving agricultural output and inhibiting agricultural carbon emissions. Based on the current situation of land transfer and the characteristics of agricultural carbon productivity in China, this study used the panel data of 30 provinces, from 2006 to 2019, in China to empirically test the relationship between land transfer and agricultural carbon productivity via the spatial Durbin model. The results show that (1) land transfer has a positive effect on agricultural carbon productivity; (2) agricultural carbon productivity has a spatial correlation, and the impact of land transfer on agricultural carbon productivity has a spillover effect; and (3) there are regional differences in the impact of land transfer on agriculture carbon productivity. Based on the results of the study, this paper puts forward policy recommendations from three aspects through which to optimize land transfer and enhance agricultural carbon productivity.

Keywords: land circulation; agricultural carbon productivity; regional differentiation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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