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Can High-Standard Farmland Construction Reduce Carbon Emissions from Agricultural Land Use?—Evidence from China
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: Received: 25 March 2024 / Approved: 25 March 2024 / Online: 26 March 2024 (08:36:18 CET)
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Liu, F.; Lin, J. The Impact of High-Standard Farmland Construction Policies on the Carbon Emissions from Agricultural Land Use (CEALU). Land 2024, 13, 672. Liu, F.; Lin, J. The Impact of High-Standard Farmland Construction Policies on the Carbon Emissions from Agricultural Land Use (CEALU). Land 2024, 13, 672.
Abstract
Agricultural activities are the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, and carbon emissions from agricultural land use (CEALU) have become a hot issue across the world. However, few scholars explored the impact of agricultural land policies on carbon emissions, such as the High-standard farmland construction(HSFC) in China.Thus，by relying on provincial panel data for China for the period 2005-2017, the effect of the high-standard basic farmland construction policy on carbon emissions from agricultural land use per unit area and its regional differences were quantitatively analyzed using the difference-in-difference (DID) model. The results showed that: 1) China's CEALU per unit area presented a fluctuating upward trend during the period 2005-2017, from 392.58 kg/ha to 457.72 kg/ha, with an average annual growth rate of 1.31%. 2) The high-standard farmland construction(HSFC) policy produced a significant carbon emission reduction effect in agricultural land use, and reduced the CEALU per unit area by 10.80% on average. With the promotion of this policy, its carbon emission reduction effect in agricultural land use presented an overall increasing trend. 3) The carbon emission reduction effect of the high-standard farmland construction policy in agricultural land use was significant in central China, but non-significant in eastern China and western China.
Keywords
High-standard farmland construction(HSFC); Land consolidation; Carbon emissions from agricultural land use (CEALU); Difference-in-difference (DID)
Subject
Social Sciences, Geography, Planning and Development
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