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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.
Sec. Agricultural and Food Economics
Volume 8 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2024.1538845
This article is part of the Research Topic Harnessing Digital Innovation for Sustainable Agricultural Development View all 6 articles

The influence of digital village construction on agricultural green development -based on the mediate role of industrial structure upgrading

Provisionally accepted
Zhaoguang Li Zhaoguang Li 1Kai Hu Kai Hu 1*Qinying Shi Qinying Shi 2
  • 1 Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
  • 2 Taihu University of Wuxi, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

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    Leading the green transformation of agriculture through the digital economy is a crucial step towards high-quality agricultural growth. The role and mechanism of China's digital rural construction in promoting the green development of the whole process of agricultural production needs further analysis. Based on the panel data of prefecture-level cities in Henan Province from 2013 to 2022, we used the entropy topsis model, the fixed effect model, the Tobit regression model, the intermediate effect model, and the threshold effect model, aiming to explore the effects of digital village construction on agricultural green development and their regional differences, impacts paths and non-linear effects. The study found the following: (1) The level of agricultural green development and the digital village construction have increased in Henan province, with the latter exhibiting a spatial clustering phenomena. (2) Digital village construction has a significant positive effect on green agricultural development, but this effect does not exist in mountainous areas. (3) The digital village construction can impact green agricultural development through the updating of agricultural structures.(4) The positive influence of digital village construction on green agricultural development is nonlinear, with a single-threshold and increasing marginal effects. These findings provide references for other countries to use digital elements to promote green and sustainable development of agriculture. The main contribution of this study is to explore the role of agricultural industrial structure upgrading in the impact of digital rural construction on agricultural green development.D

    Keywords: digital village construction, Green development of agriculture, Industrial structure upgrading, Threshold effect model, digital economy

    Received: 03 Dec 2024; Accepted: 31 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Li, Hu and Shi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Kai Hu, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

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