Agricultural transformation: Exploring the impact of digitalization, technological innovation and climate change on food production

Abbas Ali Chandio, Waqar Akram, Anna Min Du, Fayyaz Ahmad and Xiaoping Tang

Research in International Business and Finance, 2025, vol. 75, issue C

Abstract: Agricultural transformation is crucial for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainable food production has become a key driver of this transformation, with China playing a vital role as a major global food producer. We investigate the long- and short-term impacts of technological innovation (R&D investment), digitalization (Internet and mobile phone use), and temperature changes on food production in China. We confirm long-run equilibrium relationships between these variables using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing. Findings indicate that the long-term usage of mobile phones and the Internet significantly increases food production. Similarly, long-term R&D expenditures significantly enhance food production, as long-term temperature increases reduce food production. Governments should facilitate information and communications technologies, research and development, and affordable financing to achieve food sustainability and adapt to climate change.

Keywords: ICT; Food production; R&D investment; Climatic changes; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2025.102755

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