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Agriculture-service integration and agricultural green total factor productivity: A case study of China

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  • Song, Yaoyao
  • Zhu, Weiyin
  • Yang, Yuelin
  • Su, Erdou

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The integration of agriculture and service industries plays an important role in promoting the modernization and green transformation of agriculture industry. However, few literatures examined the impact of this industrial integration on the sustainable development in agriculture. This paper constructs an agriculture-service integration (ASI) index and estimates the agricultural green total factor productivity (AGTFP) to discuss the influence of ASI on AGTFP for 30 Chinese provinces. Empirical results indicate that ASI significantly contributes to the improvement of AGTFP, which still holds after controlling endogeneity and conducting robustness tests. Specifically, every 1% increase in the ASI leads to 0.1609% improvement of the AGTFP. Mechanism analysis illustrates that ASI can improve AGTFP through promoting the agricultural technical progress. Additionally, the effect of this integration varies regionally, and it is more pronounced in provinces with high proportion of land circulation, located in the main grain-producing areas, and with strong agro-environmental regulations. This paper verifies the stimulation of the ASI on agricultural green development and provides insights for the formulation and implementation of Chinese agricultural development policies.

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  • Song, Yaoyao & Zhu, Weiyin & Yang, Yuelin & Su, Erdou, 2025. "Agriculture-service integration and agricultural green total factor productivity: A case study of China," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:soceps:v:102:y:2025:i:c:s0038012125001752
    DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2025.102326
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