Effect of Agricultural Production Trusteeship on Agricultural Carbon Emission Reduction

Abstract

Based on the survey data of five large grain-producing provinces in China, this paper studies the effect of agricultural production trusteeship on agricultural carbon emission reduction by using a propensity score matching method. The empirical results show that the carbon emission of wheat reduces by 7.107 kg/mu, with a decrease rate of 15.5% after participating in agricultural production trusteeship. Among them, chemical fertilizers, manpower input, agricultural chemicals and diesel oil, respectively, reduce with rates of 14.2%, 27.7%, 14.1%, and 6%. However, there are differences in the facilitation effects of different trusteeship services, with the best promotion effect of field management services, followed by cultivation, planting and harvest services, and then agricultural material supply services, for which the average treatment effects on treated (ATT) is −6.160, −5.732 and −5.530, respectively. Meanwhile, there are differences in the promotion effects for farm households with different factor endowments. The promotion effect is better for small farm households with one type of agricultural machinery or less, and an operation scale of 7 mu or less. Therefore, in order to better play the role of agricultural production trusteeship in agricultural carbon emission reduction, the government should vigorously support its development and guide more smallholders to choose agricultural production trusteeship.

Research on Strategy Optimization of Green Agricultural Production Trusteeship to Promote Black Land Protection

“…Based on the analysis of the influencing factors of black land protection, Qu et al demonstrated that green agricultural production can promote black land conservation tillage [40]. The proposal of "Agricultural Production Trusteeship Service-Application of Green Production Technology-Agricultural Carbon Emission Reduction" mechanism can better analyze the internal interaction process between black land protection and green agricultural production trusteeship [41]. Research has proved that the enhancement of soil carbon sequestration capacity is an important indicator for the improvement of black soil quality [2].…”