Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2023, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (3): 676-687.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2023.03.21

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Can Climate-Smart Agriculture Project reduce agricultural carbon emission: experience evidence from Climate-Smart Staple Crop Production Project in Anhui, China

WEI Xinyan1,2(), LIU Ying3,*(), ZHANG Junbiao1,2   

  1. 1. College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
    2. Hubei Rural Development Research Center, Wuhan 430070, China
    3. School of Economics and Management, North China University of Technology, Beijing 100144, China
  • Received:2022-02-23 Online:2023-03-25 Published:2023-04-07

Abstract:

Based on the panel data of 23 counties in Anhui, China during 2011-2019, under the guidance of Joseph Schumpeter’s innovation theory and Baud’s innovation-driven theory, the synthetic control method was adopted to evaluate the effects of the Climate-Smart Staple Crop Production Project on agricultural carbon emissions in Huaiyuan County and to explore the corresponding action mechanism. It was shown that the Climate-Smart Staple Crop Production Project had certain time lag effect on agricultural carbon emission, as it did not inhibit the per capita agricultural carbon emissions in Huaiyuan County in the initial stage, but it effectively suppressed per capita agricultural carbon emissions in Huaiyuan County from 2016 to 2019. It was calculated that the average annual decline of per capita agricultural carbon emissions was 1.977 6 kg (or 1.43%) in Huaiyuan County during 2015-2019. The intermediary test results showed that the project had promoted the innovation of agricultural development pattern by using modern technology and ideas, and had produced structural and technological effects through innovation, by promoting the structural transformation and upgrading of agriculture in Huaiyuan County and the development of biochemical technologies. Thus, the agricultural carbon emissions in Huaiyuan County has been curbed.

Key words: agricultural carbon emission, climate smart agriculture, synthetic control method, Huaiyuan County, innovation theory, innovation-driven theory

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