College of Economics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
School of Business & Tourism, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611830, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 17;19(16):10197. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610197.
Cleaner household energy for agricultural green production can significantly alleviate energy poverty and food security, thus contributing to global sustainable development. Using survey micro-data collected from Sichuan Province, the ordered probit model, OLS model, and instrumental variables approach were applied for empirical analysis. The results show that: (1) cleaner household energy significantly enhances farmer's agricultural green production awareness and improves agricultural green production levels, which is still significant after treating endogenous issues with the conditional mixing process estimation method and 2SLS model; (2) health plays a partially mediating effect of cleaner household energy on agricultural green production awareness and agricultural green production levels; (3) environmental protection awareness and digital literacy have a moderating effect and reinforce the positive impact of cleaner household energy on agricultural green production awareness and agricultural green production levels. This research suggests that governments can enhance the impact of cleaner household energy on agricultural green production through price and subsidy mechanisms.
清洁能源助力农业绿色生产,既能显著缓解能源贫困和粮食安全问题,又能推动全球可持续发展。本研究利用四川省微观调查数据,采用有序 Probit 模型、OLS 模型和工具变量法进行实证分析。结果表明:(1)清洁能源显著增强了农户的农业绿色生产意识,提高了农业绿色生产水平,且经过条件混合过程估计法和 2SLS 模型处理内生性问题后依然显著;(2)健康在清洁能源对农业绿色生产意识和农业绿色生产水平的影响中发挥部分中介效应;(3)环境保护意识和数字素养在清洁能源对农业绿色生产意识和农业绿色生产水平的影响中具有调节作用,强化了清洁能源的积极影响。本研究建议政府可以通过价格和补贴机制增强清洁能源对农业绿色生产的影响。