The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Agricultural Ecological Efficiency from the Perspective of High-Quality Agricultural Development: Based on Evidence from 30 Provinces in China

Abstract

Based on the data of 30 provinces in China, the super-efficiency EBM model is used to calculate the agricultural ecological efficiency in China, and analyze the impact of different environmental regulations on the agricultural ecological efficiency. The results show that: China’s agricultural ecological efficiency is not optimal. Specifically, the main grain production areas and grain balance areas have not reached the optimal efficiency, and the main grain sales areas have basically reached the optimal efficiency. In addition, among the influencing factors, the influence degree of different environmental regulations is well distinguished, which is the focus of this paper. We can find that command control environmental regulation and market incentive environmental regulation have a significant positive effect on different regions. Among them, market incentive environmental regulation has a significant positive impact on the agricultural ecological efficiency of the whole country and the grain balance areas. Command controlled environmental regulation has a significant positive impact on the agricultural ecological efficiency of the whole country and the main grain producing areas. So, it is necessary to formulate environmental policies according to the actual needs of development.