Ashraf Junaid, Javed Aiman
School of Statistics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China.
School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, China.
J Environ Manage. 2023 Apr 1;331:117330. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117330. Epub 2023 Jan 24.
The nexus between food security (FS), institutional quality (IQ), human capital (HC), and environmental deterioration (ED) has important implications for ecological sustainability. Yet, environmental deterioration resulting from food security activities is a widely ignored topic, particularly in BRI countries. To address this gap, we examined the influence of food security, human capital and institutional quality on the environmental deterioration of BRI countries from 1984 to 2019. Furthermore, it investigates the moderating effect of institutional quality and human capital on ED. The empirical findings revealed that food security increases ED. The research also revealed that HC and IQ lower the ED. Furthermore, food security promotes ecological sustainability through the HC channel. Additionally, institutional quality decreases the negative environmental implications of food security. Based on these results, BRI nations should enhance ecological sustainability by investing in HC and using food resources efficiently.
粮食安全（FS）、制度质量（IQ）、人力资本（HC）与环境恶化（ED）之间的联系对生态可持续性具有重要影响。然而，粮食安全活动导致的环境恶化是一个广泛被忽视的话题，尤其是在“一带一路”国家。为填补这一空白，我们研究了1984年至2019年期间粮食安全、人力资本和制度质量对“一带一路”国家环境恶化的影响。此外，还考察了制度质量和人力资本对环境恶化的调节作用。实证结果表明，粮食安全会加剧环境恶化。研究还表明，人力资本和制度质量会降低环境恶化程度。此外，粮食安全通过人力资本渠道促进生态可持续性。此外，制度质量会减少粮食安全对环境的负面影响。基于这些结果，“一带一路”国家应通过投资人力资本和有效利用粮食资源来增强生态可持续性。
