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Study on the Relationship between Agricultural Economic Growth and Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China


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1 School of Business Administration, Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 010051, China
 

As an environmental problem arousing worldwide concern, agricultural nonpoint pollution affects sustainable economic development. As a traditional agricultural province, the economic structure in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is currently being industrialized. However, the rapid development of agriculture causes serious damage to the environment. The agricultural nonpoint source pollution index and economic growth data from 2000 to 2014 in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region were selected to explore the short-term and long-term dynamic relationship between agricultural economic growth and agricultural nonpoint source pollution in this region and ensure the existence of an environmental curvilinear relationship. Whether agricultural economic growth and agricultural nonpoint source pollution are co-integrated was analysed, and their environmental curvilinear relationship was determined. Results show that nonpoint pollution and economic development appear positively correlated during the research period. The per capita output value of farming, forestry, husbandry, and fishery relates to fertilizer, pesticides, and agricultural film loss per unit area in an inverted U-shaped curve, whereas the livestock and poultry manure emission present an "inverted U-shaped + U-shaped" curve during the transition period. This study has theoretical and practical significance in effectively understanding agricultural nonpoint source pollution, addressing the problem, and proposing operative suggestions for economic growth in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

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Agricultural Nonpoint, Pollutants, Economic Growth, Environmental Kuznets, Curve (EKC) Pollution Control.
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Junying Li
School of Business Administration, Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 010051, China

Abstract


As an environmental problem arousing worldwide concern, agricultural nonpoint pollution affects sustainable economic development. As a traditional agricultural province, the economic structure in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is currently being industrialized. However, the rapid development of agriculture causes serious damage to the environment. The agricultural nonpoint source pollution index and economic growth data from 2000 to 2014 in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region were selected to explore the short-term and long-term dynamic relationship between agricultural economic growth and agricultural nonpoint source pollution in this region and ensure the existence of an environmental curvilinear relationship. Whether agricultural economic growth and agricultural nonpoint source pollution are co-integrated was analysed, and their environmental curvilinear relationship was determined. Results show that nonpoint pollution and economic development appear positively correlated during the research period. The per capita output value of farming, forestry, husbandry, and fishery relates to fertilizer, pesticides, and agricultural film loss per unit area in an inverted U-shaped curve, whereas the livestock and poultry manure emission present an "inverted U-shaped + U-shaped" curve during the transition period. This study has theoretical and practical significance in effectively understanding agricultural nonpoint source pollution, addressing the problem, and proposing operative suggestions for economic growth in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Keywords


Agricultural Nonpoint, Pollutants, Economic Growth, Environmental Kuznets, Curve (EKC) Pollution Control.

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