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eISSN: 2083-5906
ISSN: 1230-1485
ISSN: 1230-1485
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Green Agriculture: An Assessment
of the Effectiveness of Centralized Management
of Contaminated Cropland in China
1
College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
2
School of Management Science & Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
Submission date: 2024-05-27
Final revision date: 2024-08-04
Acceptance date: 2024-08-15
Online publication date: 2024-11-06
Publication date: 2025-08-20
Corresponding author
Chengcheng Zhu
School of Management Science & Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
School of Management Science & Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(5):6237-6250
KEYWORDS
Centralized management of contaminated croplandgreen agriculturelow-carbon agriculturegreen agricultural technology innovationdifference-in-differences model
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
The development of green agriculture is crucial in the context of increasing pollution of arable land
in China. In this study, the centralized treatment of contaminated cropland in China, initiated in 2016, is
used as a quasi-natural experiment to assess its effectiveness through a difference-in-differences model
(DID model) based on panel data from 30 provinces from 2011 to 2021. The study finds that, firstly,
the centralized treatment of contaminated cropland has achieved remarkable results, increasing the area
of cropland and agricultural output value in the treated areas. Secondly, the mechanism of the effect
of centralized management of polluted cropland is green agricultural technology innovation. Finally,
the centralized management of polluted cropland further reduces the intensity of agricultural carbon
emissions through green agricultural technology innovation. The conclusions of the study provide
suggestions and experiences for the centralized management of polluted croplands in China in the future.
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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