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ISSN: 1230-1485
ISSN: 1230-1485
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The Impact of Agricultural Industrial
Agglomeration on Agricultural Carbon
Emissions: Evidence from China
1
School of Business, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China
2
School of Public Administration, Xi 'an University of Finance and Economics, Xi 'an, China
3
School of Law, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
Submission date: 2024-06-09
Final revision date: 2024-07-25
Acceptance date: 2024-08-03
Online publication date: 2024-11-14
Publication date: 2025-08-20
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(5):6449-6464
KEYWORDS
Agricultural industrial agglomerationagricultural carbon emissionsinverted u-shapedigital rural development
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
To aid the achievement of "dual carbon" targets and high-quality agricultural development, by
analyzing data from 30 provinces in China from 2011 to 2021, this study offers insights into green
and low-carbon development. Through the application of fixed-effect, mediation, and moderation effect
models, it empirically examines the impact and mechanisms of agricultural-industrial agglomeration
on carbon emissions. The findings indicate: (1) an Inverted U-shaped relationship between agriculturalindustrial
agglomeration and carbon emissions, with a positive slope at the agglomeration's minimum
value and a negative slope at its maximum. (2) In heterogeneity analysis, the central and western,
northern, major production, and major sales areas, as well as areas of high agglomeration, demonstrate
a significant Inverted U-shaped relationship. (3) The progression of digital villages helps explain the
complex, Inverted U-shaped link between agricultural-industrial concentration and carbon emissions,
indirectly affecting the latter. (4) A substitution effect is present, wherein land use capability alters the
overall impact of agricultural-industrial agglomeration on carbon emissions and adjusts the dynamic
path of this impact with varying degrees of agglomeration. The study's conclusions provide meaningful
implications for the government to optimize agricultural industry layouts for effective control of
agricultural carbon emissions and the realization of green, sustainable development. Thus, this study
suggests expediting the development of digital villages to enhance the carbon reduction efficiency of
agricultural-industrial agglomeration.
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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