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Sustainability and Energy Economics in Agriculture

A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 July 2024) | Viewed by 7356

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Prof. Dr. Štefan Bojnec

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Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable rural development requires balance between both sustainable agriculture and the sustainable energy sector in rural areas. While there can be complementary issues between both, there can be also trade-offs between them, as seen when sustainable agriculture provides food security and the energy sector demands agricultural and forestry resources. Food security and energy security with a transition towards clean energy are objectives that cannot be achieved without investments and efficiency in use of limited agricultural, forestry and other rural area resources. With increasing demand for both food and energy, there is greater pressure on natural resources and a greater demand for clean energy derived from the sun, wind, heat, tides, waves, biomass, bioresources and other alternative energy sources, including agricultural produce. To resolve complex questions and sometimes conflicting interests, interdisciplinary technological, regulatory, policy, landscape, environmental, societal, economic, cultural and other challenges regarding the effects of the energy sector on agriculture, forestry, rural areas and their bioresources must be resolved. The challenging question is how to achieve energy security at affordable costs and prices without compromising on food security, environmental protection and agreement between stakeholders in rural areas.

Authors are invited to submit empirical, methodological and theoretical research on links between agriculture, forestry, rural areas, energy and other socio-economic activities. Perspectives from multiple disciplines are welcome, including science and technology; economics, management, and social sciences; as well as public and scientific studies on democratic societies in relation to sustainability and energy economics in agriculture. The following themes are welcome:

  • The agricultural land and energy sector.
  • The forest land and energy sector.
  • The sustainable agriculture and energy sector.
  • Regulatory and policy issues.
  • Environmental and landscape issues.
  • Societal, local stakeholders and citizens issues.
  • Economic, agricultural economics and energy economics issues.
  • Technological issues.
  • Top-down vs bottom-up approaches.
  • Food security and energy generation.
  • Ecological issues in energy generation.
  • Climate change and energy.
  • Sustainable agriculture and climate change.
  • Agri-food systems in the circular economy.
  • Politics of food security and energy consideration.

Prof. Dr. Štefan Bojnec
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • economics of sustainable energy in rural areas
  • sustainable agriculture
  • agricultural land and competition for land
  • forest land and competition for forest land
  • regional and rural development
  • natural and bioresources
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • renewable energy
  • energy efficiency improvements
  • environmental degradation and landscape
  • food security and energy
  • transition towards carbon-free energy resources
  • global warming and sustainability
  • agricultural policy and agricultural development
  • rural green development

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Synergies between Sustainable Farming, Green Technology, and Energy Policy for Carbon-Free Development
by Umar Daraz, Štefan Bojnec and Younas Khan
Agriculture 2024, 14(7), 1078; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14071078 - 4 Jul 2024
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This study addresses the integration of agricultural practices, technological innovations, and energy policies to achieve carbon neutrality in Mardan, Pakistan. A cross-sectional design was employed, collecting data from 400 stakeholders using stratified random sampling. The analysis involved descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, structural equation [...] Read more.
This study addresses the integration of agricultural practices, technological innovations, and energy policies to achieve carbon neutrality in Mardan, Pakistan. A cross-sectional design was employed, collecting data from 400 stakeholders using stratified random sampling. The analysis involved descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, structural equation modeling (SEM), Chi-square tests, and multiple regression analysis to explore the relationships between agricultural sustainability practices (ASPs), green technology implementation (GTI), energy policy measures (EPMs), and carbon-free development (CFD). The findings indicate strong positive correlations between ASPs, GTI, EPMs, and CFD, with a relatively high positive correlation coefficients. SEM path coefficients further confirmed the significant positive effects of ASPs on CFD. It is concluded that integrating sustainable farming practices, green technologies, and effective energy policies significantly advances carbon-free development in Mardan. Policymakers should prioritize promoting sustainable farming, investing in green technologies, and implementing robust energy policies with subsidies for renewable energy and carbon pricing mechanisms to foster carbon-neutral development. Full article
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Do Factor Misallocations Affect Food Security? Evidence from China
by Tuanbiao Jiang, Min Zhong, Anrong Gao and Guoqun Ma
Agriculture 2024, 14(5), 729; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14050729 - 8 May 2024
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The reasonable allocation of grain production factors is of vital importance to food security and agricultural development. To assess the impact of agricultural factor misallocation on food security, this paper, based on the panel data from China spanning from 2005 to 2019, conducted [...] Read more.
The reasonable allocation of grain production factors is of vital importance to food security and agricultural development. To assess the impact of agricultural factor misallocation on food security, this paper, based on the panel data from China spanning from 2005 to 2019, conducted a comprehensive evaluation of agricultural factor misallocation and food security coefficients across 31 provinces in China, using a spatial Durbin model to examine the effects of factor misallocations on food security. The findings are as follows: (1) Production factor misallocation has significant negative impacts on food security, among them, capital misallocation and labor misallocation inhibiting food security in the local and neighboring areas, and land misallocation has a significant negative impact on food security in local areas, while its spatial spillover effect is no longer significant. (2) Mechanism analysis shows that capital misallocation and labor misallocation hinder the development of transportation infrastructure and the transfer of rural labor, thereby reducing food security. Land misallocation has accelerated the construction of transportation infrastructure, promoted the migration of rural labor, and helped ensure food security. (3) The regional heterogeneity test reveals that capital misallocation and labor misallocation hinder food security in major grain-producing areas and both sides of the Hu Huanyong Line (Hu Line). Meanwhile, land misallocation hinders food security development in various grain-producing areas, as well as the southeast of the Hu Line. Based on the above conclusions, this paper proposes suggestions to improve the efficiency of land and labor resource allocation, accelerate the construction of transportation infrastructure, and encourage the transfer speed of surplus agricultural labor. Full article
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A Review of Rural Household Energy Poverty: Identification, Causes and Governance
by Li Lin, Zhihai Wang, Jiaxiang Liu and Xiaocang Xu
Agriculture 2023, 13(12), 2185; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13122185 - 22 Nov 2023
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Energy poverty is one of the three major crises of the global energy system. It tends to deepen as a result of the imbalance between supply and demand, energy transition and financial factors, especially in rural areas of developing countries. This paper took [...] Read more.
Energy poverty is one of the three major crises of the global energy system. It tends to deepen as a result of the imbalance between supply and demand, energy transition and financial factors, especially in rural areas of developing countries. This paper took rural household energy poverty as the subject and collected 27 Chinese papers and 44 English papers from Google Scholar, Sci-hub, CNKI and other academic websites in the academic field on the definition, identification methods, influencing factors and governance countermeasures of energy poverty. It focused on analyzing the influence of income level, geographic location, urban–rural differences, demographic characteristics and other factors on energy poverty, as well as the profound impact of energy poverty on the population’s health, the population’s economic status, social equity, welfare of the population, the national economic development, etc. It finally landed on the government’s countermeasures to govern energy poverty so as to provide references for solving the problem of energy poverty by systematically sorting out the literature. Full article
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A Rural Land Share Cooperative System for Alleviating the Small, Scattered, and Weak Dilemma in Agricultural Development: The Cases of Tangyue, Zhouchong, and Chongzhou
by Lili Geng, Shaocong Yan, Qi Lu, Xiaomeng Liang, Yufei Li and Yongji Xue
Agriculture 2023, 13(9), 1675; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13091675 - 25 Aug 2023
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“Small, scattered and weak”, i.e., small-scale arable land holdings, decentralized operation, and weak effectiveness are common agricultural development problems that most developing countries face. Promoting the moderate-scale operation and modernization development of agriculture under the premise of protecting social stability is a complex [...] Read more.
“Small, scattered and weak”, i.e., small-scale arable land holdings, decentralized operation, and weak effectiveness are common agricultural development problems that most developing countries face. Promoting the moderate-scale operation and modernization development of agriculture under the premise of protecting social stability is a complex and systemic process. In the evolution of China’s agricultural business model and land system reform, the Land Shareholding Cooperative System (LSCS) emerged. However, few studies have focused on the relationship between rural land institution innovation and agricultural economic development. We found great potential in this approach in solving the dilemma of “small, scattered, weak” in agricultural development, while protecting farmers’ land property rights. We described the cases of Tangyue, Zhouchong, and Chongzhou in rural China through the research method to illustrate how this occurred. This approach takes full advantage of the combination of “cooperative” and “shareholding” while alleviating the incompatibility of the historical allocation of arable land with urbanization and agricultural development. Balancing the development of factor markets and protecting the welfare of members contributes to its effective implementation. This study provides valuable examples of agricultural development in similar areas and countries. Full article
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