【文章题目】How digital technology can improve new quality productive forces? ——Perspective of total factor agricultural carbon productivity

【文章摘要】As a catalyst for high-quality economic development, digital technology presents significant opportunities for promoting agricultural new quality productive forces and realizing “dual carbon” goals. This study comprehensively explores the connotation and extension of new quality productive forces, integrating it with the unique characteristics of agricultural production to thoroughly investigate the impact and mechanisms of digital technology on total factor agricultural carbon productivity. The findings reveal a notably positive influence of digital technology on total factor agricultural carbon productivity, primarily driven by advancements in techno-logical catch-up. Heterogeneity analysis shows that digital infrastructure and technology innovation exert a stronger influence. Moreover, regions with robust policy support, particularly in central and western provinces, reap greater benefits from digital technology adoption. Mechanism test indicates that digital technology contributes to agricultural carbon productivity by saving resource input, advancing low-carbon technology progress, and promoting waste recycling. These insights hold significant implications for policy making endeavors aimed at nurturing agricultural new productive forces and facilitating the modernization of agricultural and rural sectors.

数字技术作为推动经济高质量发展的新引擎，是发展农业新质生产力、推动实现碳达峰碳中和目标的重要抓手。本研究全面探索新质生产力的内涵与外延，结合农业生产的独特特点，深入探究数字技术对全要素农业碳生产率的作用效果及影响机制。研究表明，数字技术对农业全要素碳生产率有显著的积极影响，且主要体现在前沿技术追赶方面。异质性分析表明，在区分数字技术不同维度后，数字基础设施和数字技术创新的影响更大。此外，政策支持力度大的地区,特别是中西部省份，从采用数字技术中获益更大。机制检验表明，数字技术通过节约资源投入、推动低碳技术进步、促进废弃物循环利用三条路径促进农业碳生产率的提高。本文证实了数字技术的节能减碳效果，为培育农业新质生产力、推进农业农村现代化提供决策参考。

【关键词】Digital technology; Agricultural new quality productive forces; Total factor agricultural carbon productivity; Resource input; Low-carbon technology; Waste recycling

【文章作者】Hongman Liu, Xixi Li

【作者单位】College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing, PR China

【发表期刊】Journal of Asian Economics

【基金资助】 The Humanities and Social Science Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (23YJA790049); The 2023 Higher Education Scientific Research Planning Project of China Association of Higher Education (23BR0205). 

【原文链接】How digital technology can improve new quality productive forces？Perspective of total factor agricultural carbon productivity.pdf