Towards agricultural green development: how does digital economy enhance agricultural green total factor productivity?

Introduction Green development has become the global consensus. The digital economy acts as an emerging driver of agricultural green development and plays a key role in boosting agricultural green total factor productivity. Therefore, to address resource and environmental constraints during agriculture’s modern transition, clarifying its relationship with agricultural green total factor productivity is essential for promoting agricultural green development. Methods This study quantifies the digital economy and agricultural green total factor productivity using the vertical and horizontal scatter degree method and the SBM-GML index model, based on panel data from Chinese 30 provinces over the period 2013 to…