Analysis of Decoupling Environmental Pollution Emission from Agricultural Sector Growth in Selected Countries Based on Environmental Performance Index
Subject Areas : Agriculture and Environmentsomayeh Naghavi 1 , Mohsen Adeli 2
1 - Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural, Universirty of Jiroft. *(Corresponding Author)
2 - Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural, Universirty of Jiroft.
Keywords: Agricultural Sector, Decoupling Index, Environmental Performance Index.,
Abstract :
Background and Objectives: The development of the agricultural economy causes pollution and negative effects on the environment. Given the growing need for food in developing countries and increasing agricultural production, it is expected that greenhouse gas emissions will increase due overuse of fertilizers and chemical pesticides and land use change. Therefore, it is necessary to study the relationship between agricultural sector growth and environmental pollution caused by the use of chemical inputs such as fertilizers and chemical pesticides.
Material and Methodology: In the present study, using Tapio decoupling index, the relationship between agricultural production growth and pollution caused by the agricultural production process due to the use of chemical pesticides in the period 2018-2008 has been evaluated. For this purpose, based on the environmental performance index, several countries have been selected and grouped, and for each group, the pollution decoupling index from the growth of the agricultural sector has been calculated and compared. The studied countries were divided into 4 groups based on the environmental performance index and different states of the decoupling index for each group were analyzed.
Finding: The results showed that the status of the decoupling index in the fourth group was much more stable than other groups.
Discussion and conclusion: Due to the high share of the agricultural sector in the pollution emission, the decoupling method can be used to assess the relationship between the growth of the agricultural economy and pollution in this sector. Assessing the decoupling of GDP makes it possible to examine the decoupling of the environment by considering aspects of social sustainability relative to economic development.
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