An Empirical Analysis of the Decoupling Relationship between Agricultural Carbon Emission and Economic Growth in Jilin Province

Abstract

Agricultural carbon emission caused by agricultural economic growth has attracted wide attention in academic circles. Based on the input data of agricultural production materials from 1999 to 2014 in Jilin Province, this paper analyzes the decoupling relationship between agricultural carbon emission and economic growth in Jilin Province by using elastic decoupling method. Results show that the average annual growth rate of its total agricultural carbon emission was 4.28% from 1999 to 2014, with fertilizer being the main source and carbon emission from pesticide growing fastest. Meanwhile, weak decoupling is the main feature of agricultural carbon emissions and economic growth in terms of decoupling analysis.