Digital transition and green growth in Chinese agriculture

Zhiyang Shen, Songkai Wang, Jean-Philippe Boussemart and Yu Hao

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2022, vol. 181, issue C

Abstract: As the primary industry in an economy, sustainable agricultural growth has attracted much attention from researchers and policy-makers worldwide. Digitalization reform and information technology greatly impact agriculture, rural areas, and farmers, improving high-quality development and green growth in the agricultural sector. Based on a measure of digitalization and a green productivity indicator, this paper investigates the impact of internet development on the economic and environmental performance of Chinese agriculture. The empirical results suggest that substantial green growth is observed in Chinese provincial agriculture, which is largely motived by technological progress. Internet popularization and digital technology indeed promote sustainable development in agriculture. Furthermore, the corresponding policy implications are provided to create a new path for steady growth in Chinese agriculture.

Keywords: Green growth; Internet development; Digitalization; Agricultural productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 O47 P28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121742

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