Does Cleaner Household Energy Promote Agricultural Green Production? Evidence from China

Li, Fanghua; Liang, Wei; Zang, Dungang; Chandio, Abbas Ali; Duan, Yinying

doi:10.3390/ijerph191610197

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“…The goal of clean production is to minimize the environmental impact of agricultural activities while maximizing resource efficiency and sustainability. Adopting clean production practices can reduce pollution, protect biodiversity, and safeguard human health [86]. Clean agricultural production involves two aspects: reducing the use of chemical inputs and improving the efficiency of energy resources.…”

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confidence: 99%

Research on the Level of Agricultural Green Development, Regional Disparities, and Dynamic Distribution Evolution in China from the Perspective of Sustainable Development

Zhou

Chen

2023

Agriculture

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Green development is a concept of sustainable development, aiming to protect the environment and ecosystems while meeting economic development needs. In the field of agriculture, green development has emerged as a crucial pathway for reconciling the conflicts between agricultural development and ecological conservation. To investigate the level of green development in Chinese agriculture, regional variations, and the evolutionary patterns, this paper is based on the framework of sustainable development theory. This study establishes a comprehensive evaluation system for agricultural green development and applies methods such as entropy-weighted TOPSIS, Dagum’s Gini coefficient, kernel density estimation, Moran’s I index, and Markov chains to analyze the level of agricultural green development, regional disparities, and dynamic evolution in China. The findings of this study reveal that: (1) The overall level of agricultural green development in China is steadily improving, with notable differences in the level of agricultural green development among different regions and provinces. There are significant disparities in agricultural green development between regions, and the overall disparities exhibit a fluctuating downward trend characterized by periods of increase followed by decrease. The regional disparities are identified as the primary cause of the overall disparities in agricultural green development in China. (2) The eight major economic regions in China are experiencing steady development in agricultural green practices, but there are varying degrees of polarization due to different development speeds. (3) This study also highlights a clear spatial positive correlation in the level of agricultural green development in China, with most provinces showing clustering in the first and third quadrants, indicating a “high–high” (H-H) and “low–low” (L-L) agglomeration pattern. (4) The study reveals that the level of agricultural green development in China exhibits a certain degree of stability. Over time, the probability of transitioning from lower-level regions to neighboring higher-level regions increases, and the agricultural green development level in neighboring regions can influence the spatial transfer probability within a given region. Therefore, agricultural green development demonstrates significant spatial dependence.

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Section: Entropy Methods and Weighted Topsis Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Research on the Level of Agricultural Green Development, Regional Disparities, and Dynamic Distribution Evolution in China from the Perspective of Sustainable Development

Zhou

Chen

2023

Agriculture

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“…The contribution of the study is also important due to the lack of knowledge about the nature of SD, as was found out [ 111 ], and because different actions that have a positive impact on today’s world become an inevitable trend in the SD era [ 112 ]. Sustainable solutions play a significant role [ 113 ] in contributing to global SD [ 114 ] and must be supported also by theoretical contribution represented by the newly developed model in this study. Recently, the world economy has faced many unexpected situations, e.g., economic crisis, economic expansion, and special situations such as natural disasters or pandemics (e.g., the COVID-19 pandemic) and new models explaining how to make supply chains more resilient and flexible as well as efficient and sustainable are understudied.…”

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Boosting Sustainable Operations with Sustainable Supply Chain Modeling: A Case of Organizational Culture and Normative Commitment

Lazar

Potočan

Klimecka-Tatar

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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The importance of sustainability in supply chain management is growing worldwide. It is possible to find reasons for this using various phenomena that negatively affect humanity, e.g., climate change, scarce materials, supply disruptions, and complex fossil fuel dependency. Because of that, is extremely important to constantly look for new ways to systematically increase sustainability in enterprises and their logistics and supply chain processes by considering different stakeholders and influential factors. Therefore, this paper explores how different types of organizational culture and normative commitment impact sustainability and each other in business logistics and supply chains and develops a conceptual model to manage this challenge. Gaining new insights is valuable especially for managers to obtain better information on how to improve sustainability not just by integrating green technologies but mainly by changing culture, attitude, and perception in their enterprises. The research is focused on employees from global logistics or related branches in micro, small, medium, and large enterprises with the primary activity mostly related to manufacturing, transport, and storage. The findings are based on the questionnaire which was sent directly to 1576 employees from 528 enterprises. A total of 516 employees from enterprises that are mostly located in 34 countries responded to requests for participation. The results reveal statistically significant positive and negative impacts, e.g., clan culture has a positive statistically significant impact on the sustainable development of supply chains. Most of the connections to the eighth Sustainable Development Goal by the United Nations (decent work and economic growth) were also found, which was the enterprise’s highest priority with a share of 52.99%. A contribution to the theory development is gained using the developed model that considers both positive and negative statistically significant impacts studied.

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“…Access to clean technologies can significantly impact food production by reducing environmental damage and waste while increasing resource efficiency in the food-production processes. Bhandari, 2018;Gorjian et al, 2022;Li et al, 2022;Nwachukwu, 2023;Sargentis et al, 2021;Zhang et al, 2022). This technology can help to make the cleaning process more efficient, resulting in cost savings in the production process.…”

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“…Hence, enhanced access to clean cooking technologies can potentially improve food safety and quality, meeting the stringent standards of export markets. Some studies have discussed the potential of renewable energy integration in agriculture, including cooking, as a means to promote sustainable food production and enhance export competitiveness (Aganbegyan et al, 2020; Bhandari, 2018; Gorjian et al, 2022; Li et al, 2022; Nwachukwu, 2023; Sargentis et al, 2021; Zhang et al, 2022). This technology can help to make the cleaning process more efficient, resulting in cost savings in the production process.…”

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The trilemma of food production, clean energy, and water: COP27 perspective of global economy

Zhou,

Liao,

et al. 2024

Land Degrad Dev

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Food production is an essential component of global society, providing sustenance to the world's growing population. Countries export food to leverage their comparative advantages in agricultural production, satisfy the demands of international markets, and generate economic benefits. Additionally, food exports contribute to global food supply chains, which ensures the availability of food in places with limited production due to resource limits, climate conditions, or seasonal variations. As a reaction to these challenges, there has been a rise in the number of efforts made to promote food systems that are sustainable and resilient, to enhance food security. In recent years, green technologies have become increasingly crucial to the food production industry as they offer ways to minimize agriculture's environmental impact, encourage sustainable practices, and create high‐quality food. This study examines the impact of access to green technologies for cooking, CO2 emissions, arable land, and water productivity (WP) on global food production from 1990 to 2022. The study provides valuable insights for policymakers, academia and researchers regarding sustainable agricultural practices, trade development, and environmental conservation. Using advanced parametric approaches, the results show that access to clean technology for cooking, gross domestic product, and the availability of arable land positively affect food exports. On the other hand, WP demonstrates a negative influence on food exports. This highlights the requirement for environmentally responsible methods of water management.

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Does Cleaner Household Energy Promote Agricultural Green Production? Evidence from China

Cited by 8 publications

References 56 publications

Research on the Level of Agricultural Green Development, Regional Disparities, and Dynamic Distribution Evolution in China from the Perspective of Sustainable Development

Research on the Level of Agricultural Green Development, Regional Disparities, and Dynamic Distribution Evolution in China from the Perspective of Sustainable Development

Boosting Sustainable Operations with Sustainable Supply Chain Modeling: A Case of Organizational Culture and Normative Commitment

The trilemma of food production, clean energy, and water: COP27 perspective of global economy

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