Spatial differentiation of agricultural water resource utilization efficiency in the Yangtze River Economic Belt under changing environment

Shi, Changfeng; Li, Luji; Chiu, Yung‐ho; Pang, Qinghua; Zeng, Xinyun

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131200

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“…However, the traditional DEA method has difficulty in comparing and evaluating multiple effective decision-making units, and it cannot explain cases where the efficiency value is greater than 1. Therefore, Andersen and Petersen (1993) proposed the Super-Efficiency Data Envelopment Analysis (SE-DEA) model, which solves the problem that the traditional DEA model faces, where it cannot perform an evaluation when multiple evaluation units are in the same production front [26], and, in such cases, the SE-DEA model is widely used [27,28].…”

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The Impact of the Urbanization Process on Agricultural Technical Efficiency in Northeast China

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In this paper, on the basis of a theoretical analysis, we quantitatively explore the impact of urbanization on agricultural technical efficiency after measuring the agricultural technical efficiency and the urbanization level, from the perspective of different dimensions in 34 prefecture-level cities in Northeast China, using the SE-DEA model, entropy-TOPSIS method, and the panel regression model. The results show that, except for some cities that achieved technical efficiency in individual years, such as Yichun in 2012 (1.003), and Benxi in 2015 and 2016 (1.011 and 1.254, respectively), the overall level of agricultural technical efficiency in the Northeast Region is still relatively low. The level of overall urbanization in Liaoning was significantly higher than that in Heilongjiang and Jilin. The population urbanization and land urbanization levels of most cities were relatively high, but an obvious improvement trend was not observed. Some cities even appeared to undergo the phenomenon of “anti-urbanization”, and the economic urbanization showed an obvious characteristic of “high begins and low ends” in the Northeast. Moreover, except for the population urbanization, the overall urbanization, land urbanization, and economic urbanization all had a significant positive effect on the agricultural technical efficiency; the effect in Heilongjiang province was higher than that in Liaoning province, and Heilongjiang province showed an obvious catch-up trend. While enriching the research on urbanization and efficiency, this study provided political implications on strengthening the flow of factors between the urban and rural, improving the investment in technology and labor training, and improving the compensation mechanism.

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The Impact of the Urbanization Process on Agricultural Technical Efficiency in Northeast China

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“…Nominal irrigation efficiency: estimated irrigation water use efficiency of the largest plot of each farmer growing spring potatoes based on a superefficient data envelopment analysis (DEA) model. The current assessment of irrigation efficiency is primarily based on the traditional DEA method [37][38][39][40] and superefficient DEA methods [41,42]. The main purpose of this study is to measure the difference in efficiency between the samples; however, the problem of simultaneous validity of several decision units arises when estimating irrigation efficiency using traditional DEA methods (efficiency equal to 1), which makes further comparisons impossible and thus affects the accuracy of the parameters.…”

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Has Property Rights Reform of China’s Farmland Water Facilities Improved Farmers’ Irrigation Efficiency?—Evidence from a Typical Reform Pilot in China’s Yunnan Province

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China is implementing a pilot project to reform the property rights of farmland water facilities to solve the serious problems of chaotic end-of-pipe governance and inefficient irrigation from farmers. Based on microscopic research data of farm households in a typical pilot in Lu Liang County, Yunnan Province, in China, this study uses the Tobit model, and SEM was used to explore the impact of property rights reform on the irrigation efficiency of farmers and the potential mechanism paths. We further analyzed the differences in governance logic and irrigation efficiency between the two property rights models of “multiple cooperative governance” and “private contract governance” formed after the reform. The findings are as follows: (1) Compared with nonreformed areas, reformed areas have a higher promotion of adoption of water-saving technologies and a better quality of facility maintenance, which significantly contributes to irrigation efficiency, but farmers’ perception of water scarcity negatively affects irrigation efficiency; (2) there are differences between the “multiple cooperative governance model” and “private contract governance model” in terms of the mechanism paths to improve irrigation efficiency, resulting in different focuses between the two models, in which the former one has better irrigation efficiency while cutting off some of the farmers’ benefits and the latter benefits more farmers while losing some of the irrigation efficiency. Finally, this study recommends that China should continue to promote the reform of farmland water property rights while focusing on promoting water conservation technologies, improving the quality of facility maintenance and facility water supply capacity, enhancing farmers’ awareness of water scarcity, and implementing a more water-efficient “multiple cooperative governance model”. The results of this study provide a model with Chinese characteristics for developing property rights policies and governance models for farmland water facilities in developing countries.

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“…For example, Chen, et al [ 24 ] used this model to calculate China’s agricultural sector’s green total factor productivity. Shi, et al [ 25 ] used this model to calculate the utilization efficiency of agricultural water resources in the Yangtze River Basin of China.…”

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How Does Environmental Regulation Affect the Green Growth of China’s Citrus Industry? The Mediating Role of Technological Innovation

Zhang

Zhong

2022

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Exploring suitable types and intensities of environmental regulations to promote technological innovation and guide industrial green growth is an essential goal for China. This paper uses the SBM super-efficiency model with the GML index to measure the level of green growth in China’s citrus industry from 2008 to 2019, and examines the impact generated by heterogeneous environmental regulations and the mediating effect of technological innovation using a panel Tobit model. The study found that: (1) From 2008 to 2019, the green growth level of the citrus industry has gradually improved, with an average annual growth rate of 2.7%, and the contribution of technical efficiency is more significant than technological progress. (2) The green growth of the citrus industry is closely related to the intensity and type of environmental regulation. The impact of market-incentive environmental regulation has an inverted U-shape, the impact of guidance-based environmental regulation is U-shaped, and the command-and-control environmental regulation has no significant effect. (3) The mediating effect suggests that guidance-based environmental regulation promotes green growth in the citrus industry by stimulating technological innovation. In contrast, market-incentive environmental regulation inhibits technological innovation and thus discourages green growth in the citrus industry. According to the study results, the government should strive to ensure the effective implementation of environmental laws and regulations, optimize the channels and amounts of investment in environmental governance, strengthen environmental protection-related media campaigns, and guide the citrus industry to break through technological bottlenecks to promote green growth.

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Spatial differentiation of agricultural water resource utilization efficiency in the Yangtze River Economic Belt under changing environment

Cited by 39 publications

References 39 publications

The Impact of the Urbanization Process on Agricultural Technical Efficiency in Northeast China

The Impact of the Urbanization Process on Agricultural Technical Efficiency in Northeast China

Has Property Rights Reform of China’s Farmland Water Facilities Improved Farmers’ Irrigation Efficiency?—Evidence from a Typical Reform Pilot in China’s Yunnan Province

How Does Environmental Regulation Affect the Green Growth of China’s Citrus Industry? The Mediating Role of Technological Innovation

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