Tong Aihua, Niu Huawei, Jiang Lili, Wang Yifeng
School of Economics and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
School of Economics and Management, Suqian University, Suqian Jiangsu, China.
PLoS One. 2025 Jun 5;20(6):e0323703. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0323703. eCollection 2025.
Agricultural green finance is an important means to boost the development of agricultural green. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2011 to 2021, this paper theoretically discusses the impact of agricultural green finance on the level of agricultural green development and conducts an empirical study by using the two-way fixed effect model and panel threshold model. The empirical findings show that agricultural green finance can significantly improve the level of agricultural green development mainly through facilitating the level of agricultural green technology innovation. The promoting effect of agricultural green finance on the level of agricultural green development is remarkable in the eastern region and non-major grain-producing areas, but not obvious in the central and western regions and major grain-producing areas. Indeed, the impact has a single threshold effect with environmental regulation as the threshold. Therefore, efforts should be made to improve the level of agricultural green development from the following aspects: vigorously developing agricultural green finance; promoting agricultural green technology innovation; strictly implementing environmental protection policies; and designing appropriate environmental regulation zones.
农业绿色金融是推动农业绿色发展的重要手段。基于2011—2021年中国30个省份的面板数据，本文从理论上探讨了农业绿色金融对农业绿色发展水平的影响，并运用双向固定效应模型和面板门槛模型进行了实证研究。实证结果表明，农业绿色金融主要通过提升农业绿色技术创新水平，从而显著提高农业绿色发展水平。农业绿色金融对农业绿色发展水平的促进作用在东部地区和非粮食主产区较为显著，而在中西部地区和粮食主产区则不明显。事实上，该影响以环境规制为门槛存在单一门槛效应。因此，应从以下几个方面着力提高农业绿色发展水平：大力发展农业绿色金融；推动农业绿色技术创新；严格执行环境保护政策；合理划分环境规制区域。
