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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Digital Rural Construction and
Carbon Emission Intensity of Animal
Husbandry: Evidence from China
1
College of Economics and Management, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
2
School of Economics, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
3
Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
4
College of Finance, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
5
College of Business, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian 223001, China
6
College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Submission date: 2024-04-02
Final revision date: 2024-06-13
Acceptance date: 2024-08-15
Online publication date: 2024-12-18
Publication date: 2025-08-20
Corresponding author
Yanjun Jiang
Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(5):6079-6090
KEYWORDS
digital rural constructionanimal husbandrycarbon emission intensitytechnological progressagricultural structure
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
The booming digital economy is a new engine for sustainable agricultural development. However,
there are few studies on the impact of digital rural construction on carbon emissions from animal
husbandry, and this study utilized China’s provincial panel data from 2011 to 2020 and employed
fixed effect models and instrumental variable methods to investigate such effects. Results indicate that
digital rural construction significantly inhibits carbon emission intensity in animal husbandry. Further,
regional and livestock species heterogeneity exists in terms of how digital rural construction affects
local animal husbandry’s carbon emission intensity reduction process; beef cattle, live pigs, and animal
husbandry in central regions are more likely to benefit from it. Lastly, promoting technological progress
and optimizing agricultural structure are the key paths for digital rural construction to achieve carbon
reduction. Therefore, the government needs to emphasize the role of digital rural construction in the
green development of agriculture while developing the rural areas according to local conditions.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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