Study On The Influence Of Agricultural Machinery Purchase Subsidy On Green Total Factor Productivity Of Agriculture

The development of agricultural mechanization is the key to realize the transition from traditional agriculture to modern agriculture.China government promulgated the Law on the Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization in 2004 to provide financial support for agricultural mechanization.The policy of subsidizing the purchase of agricultural machinery was formally implemented.The implementation of this policy reduced the cost of purchasing agricultural machinery and encouraged farmers to purchase agricultural machinery through the subsidy policy,which greatly increased the investment in agricultural machinery and further promoted the improvement of agricultural production efficiency by replacing the labor force with agricultural machinery.Due to the different economic development environment and crop planting structure in different provinces,the effect of agricultural machinery purchase subsidies on production efficiency is also different.Under the modern goal of highquality agricultural development,the improvement of people’s living quality,green,low carbonization and high efficiency of agricultural production have attracted more and more attention.Agricultural GTFP is a comprehensive agricultural production efficiency index that takes into account the coordinated development of environmental protection,resource conservation and economic growth.It is also an important index to measure the quality of agricultural green development.The key measure to build the green agricultural industry system is to promote the growth of agricultural GTFP.In order to further enhance the efficiency of our agricultural machinery subsidies and promote agricultural modernization,it has become an issue of vital theoretical and practical significance to research the effect of agricultural machinery purchase subsidies in agricultural GTFP,whether it can promote the improvement of agricultural GTFP,and analyze the differences of influence on agricultural GTFP in different regions.The main research objects of this paper are agricultural machinery purchase subsidy policy and agricultural GTFP.In terms of the research content,firstly,the literature and theories on the effect of agricultural machinery purchase subsidy policy as well as the concept and measurement of agricultural GTFP were reviewed in detail to have an overall grasp of the current research situation,and the influence mechanism of agricultural machinery purchase subsidy on agricultural GTFP was sorted out,which provided a theoretical basis for this paper.Secondly,the implementation status and problems of subsidies for purchasing agricultural machinery in China were explored by consulting China Agricultural Machinery Industry Yearbook from 2004 to 2020.Then,based on the super-efficiency SBM model,the “carbon emission” is taken as the undesirable output,and the agricultural GTFP is calculated according to the input-output index system.The measured results are listed and analyzed in terms of time series and regional division.Finally,the bidirectional fixed effect model was used to research the impact of agricultural machinery purchase subsidies on agricultural GTFP.Finally,based on the conclusion of empirical analysis,it provides specific suggestions for the government to adjust agricultural mechanization support policies to promote the growth of agricultural GTFP.Based on the present analysis and empirical results,this article research conclusions are as follows:(1)The implementation of the agricultural machinery subsidy policy has achieved many results,but some problems highlighted in the implementation process have affected the effect of the policy and need to be further improved.(2)From 2004 to 2020,the overall agricultural GTFP increased first and then decreased,and it rose last several years.The overall agricultural GTFP in the central and western areas is still at a high level,and there is a large regional difference.The agricultural GTFP in the central and western areas is much lower than that in the eastern areas,meaning that there is still a large room for progress in the transition to green and efficient agriculture,especially for the central and western areas.(3)At the national level,the purchase subsidy of agricultural machinery has a significant promoting effect on the growth of agricultural GTFP.When the purchase subsidy of agricultural machinery increases by 1%,the agricultural GTFP increases by 0.0746%,and it has an impact on the agricultural GTFP mainly through the internal path of improving the agricultural technical efficiency.At the sub-regional level,it is found that agricultural machinery purchase subsidies still promote the growth of agricultural GTFP to a certain extent,but the eastern region has the most obvious promoting role,the central district has a weak promoting role,and the western area has not passed the significance level test,the promotion effect is not significant.(4)The unilateral lag of the agricultural technical efficiency index in the decomposition item of agricultural GTFP will seriously hinder the growth of the overall agricultural GTFP.Only the“dual-track driven” growth mode of agricultural technical progress and agricultural technical efficiency can enable agricultural GTFP to achieve sustained and rapid growth,and agricultural machinery purchase subsidies can contribute to the increase of agricultural technical efficiency.Therefore,By further optimizing the implementation situation of agricultural machinery purchase subsidies and promoting the improvement of agricultural technical efficiency,it can solve the problem of unilateral weakness of the current agricultural GTFP and help to realize the ideal mode of “dual-track drive”.Finally,this thesis puts forward policy proposals from four aspects: precise policy implementation,differentiated subsidy policy implementation,improvement of policy system construction,and development of agricultural machinery socialization service.