Grain Production in Turkey and Its Environmental Drivers Using ARDL in the Age of Climate Change

Ismail Bulent Gurbuz () and Irfan Kadioglu
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Ismail Bulent Gurbuz: Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Bursa Uludag University, Gorukle Campus, Nilufer, Bursa 16059, Turkey
Irfan Kadioglu: Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Bursa Uludag University, Gorukle Campus, Nilufer, Bursa 16059, Turkey

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: This study aims to evaluate the long-run and causality relationships between the annual grain production (kg per hectare) in Turkey, fertilizer used in agriculture, the number of tractors, agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, and grain production area from 1988 to 2018. The study’s data for the years 1988–2018 were taken from the World Bank and Turkish Statistical Institute (Turkstat) databases. The autoregressive distributed lag bounds (ARDL) test was applied to estimate the cointegration between the variables. The cointegration test results confirmed a long-run relationship between the variables. The short-run estimation revealed that the error correction coefficient was negative and statistically significant. The result obtained for the error correction term estimated that the deviations from the short-run equilibrium would be corrected, and the system would converge to the long-run equilibrium within 1.05 years. Further, the long-run estimation showed that all variables included in the model had a statistically significant effect on the dependent variable. While this relationship was negative for grain production amount and carbon emission, it was positive for fertilizer use and the number of tractors. The grain areas estimated as the dependent variable in the ARDL model were in a feedback relationship with the current production and number of tractors variables, while the fertilizer and carbon emission variables were in a unidirectional causality relationship towards the grain production area. There is a negative relationship between grain production (kg per hectare) and grain production areas (hectares). A 1% increase in grain production leads to a decrease of approximately 0.30% in grain production areas. Agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, another variable that stands out with its negative impact in ARDL long-run estimation results, indicate that product groups produced as an alternative to grain have a higher emission-generating power. The other long-run estimation results reveal that the tractor variable positively affects grain production areas.

Keywords: sustainability; grain production; fertilizer usage; greenhouse gas emissions; Toda–Yamamoto causality test (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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