School of Accounting, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China.
School of Law, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 27;18(3):1110. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18031110.
Agricultural technology innovation is key for improving productivity, sustainability, and resilience in food production and agriculture to contribute to public health. Using panel data of 31 provinces in China from 2003 to 2015, this study examines the impact of rural financial development on agricultural technology innovation from the perspective of rural financial scale and rural finance efficiency. Furthermore, it examines how the effects of rural financial development vary in regions with different levels of marketization and economic development. The empirical results show that the development of rural finance has a significant and positive effect on the level of agricultural technology innovation. Rural finance efficiency has a significantly positive effect on innovation in regions with a low degree of marketization, while the rural financial scale has a significantly positive effect on technological innovation in regions with a high degree of marketization. Further analysis showed that improving the level of agricultural technology innovation is conducive to rural economic development. This study provides new insights into the effects of rural financial development on sustainable agricultural development from the perspective of agricultural technology innovation.
农业科技创新是提高粮食生产和农业生产力、可持续性和弹性以促进公共健康的关键。本研究利用 2003 年至 2015 年中国 31 个省份的面板数据,从农村金融规模和农村金融效率的角度,考察了农村金融发展对农业技术创新的影响。此外,还考察了在市场化和经济发展水平不同的地区,农村金融发展的影响如何变化。实证结果表明,农村金融发展对农业技术创新水平有显著的正向影响。农村金融效率对市场化程度较低地区的创新有显著的正向影响,而农村金融规模对市场化程度较高地区的技术创新有显著的正向影响。进一步的分析表明,提高农业技术创新水平有利于农村经济发展。本研究从农业技术创新的角度为农村金融发展对可持续农业发展的影响提供了新的见解。