Empowering Sustainable Farming: Harnessing Digital Technology for Green and Low-Carbon Agricultural Practices

Yanju Song and Min Liu ()
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Yanju Song: School of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao 125105, China
Min Liu: School of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao 125105, China

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 4, 1-20

Abstract: Agricultural digitization is crucial for enhancing agricultural productivity and efficiency and promoting green low-carbon development. Based on the provincial panel data of China from 2012 to 2021, this study employs the entropy value method and the GML index based on SBM-DDF to quantify agricultural digitization and agricultural green total factor productivity. It utilizes two-way fixed effects, group regression, and threshold effect models to examine the influence of agricultural digitization in agriculture on the green and carbon-reduction progression of farming practices, as well as to clarify the underlying mechanisms behind these effects. The study finds that agricultural digitalization significantly promotes agricultural green low-carbon development. Green innovation and scale operation mediate the impact path of agricultural digitalization, and there is a threshold effect of digital financial inclusion. Moreover, agricultural digitization has a significant impact on the eastern region and a smaller impact on the central and western areas, and the effect is better in regions with high levels of innovation. The results of the study provide a scientific basis for the synergizing of agricultural digitization and agricultural development that is green and low-carbon, as well as for the construction of relevant subjects for interest cooperation and sharing mechanisms.

Keywords: green and low-carbon agriculture; dual-carbon goal; agricultural digitization; green innovation; large-scale farming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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