Impact of Digital Villages on Agricultural Green Growth Based on Empirical Analysis of Chinese Provincial Data

Jiaxuan Li and Zhiyuan Peng ()
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Jiaxuan Li: College of Economics and Management, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
Zhiyuan Peng: College of Economics and Management, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 21, 1-27

Abstract: The construction of digital villages has progressed in tandem with the transformation of traditional production methods, offering new perspectives for agricultural green growth and sustainable development. This study employs the entropy value method alongside the super-efficient global SBM (Slacks-Based Measure) mixed function model, which assesses efficiency by accounting for both inputs and outputs, thereby facilitating a comprehensive evaluation of agricultural green growth. This methodology facilitates the examination of the correlation between digital villages and agricultural green growth, as well as the influence of digital villages on this growth. Furthermore, the utilization of financial resources is employed as a mediating variable to elucidate the mechanism of action. The utilization of green finance and agricultural insurance can be facilitated by the establishment of digital villages, and that has been shown to promote agricultural green growth. Additionally, the promotion of agricultural green growth by digital village construction is stronger in middle-altitude regions, non-grain-producing regions, and regions where the digital literacy of the rural labor force is higher than average, as well as areas where the use of agricultural film is higher than average. Accelerating the construction of digital villages and promoting the utilization of rural financial resources while adapting the digital village development to local conditions are crucial for effectively fostering agricultural green growth and sustainable agricultural development.

Keywords: digital villages; agricultural green growth; sustainable development; financial resource utilization; green finance; agricultural insurance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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