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The Effects of Agricultural Product Exports on Environmental Quality

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  • Sayed Saghaian

    (Department of Agricultural Economic, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA)

  • Hosein Mohammadi

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 9177948978, Iran)

  • Morteza Mohammadi

    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar 9617976487, Iran)

Abstract

Concerns about the environmental degradation of agricultural activities have increased with trade openness and globalization. In this study, the effects of agricultural product exports on environmental quality are investigated using panel data and instrumental variable regression models for 23 developed and 43 developing countries during 2002–2020. The results indicate that the expansion of agricultural product exports from developing countries has a detrimental effect on the environmental quality of these countries. Total agricultural exports increase pollution due to greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries, while they decrease the N 2 O emissions in developed countries. Moreover, raw agricultural exports have a positive and significant effect on agricultural pollution emissions in developing countries, while they have a negative and significant effect on N 2 O emissions in developed countries. In many developing countries, export development is an important policy objective, and agricultural exports are among the most important export sectors. Hence, policymakers need to consider the effects of agricultural product exports on the environment and increase farmers’ awareness about the environmental consequences of agricultural activities. A better understanding of the environmental impacts of agricultural exports from developing countries is highly recommended.

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  • Sayed Saghaian & Hosein Mohammadi & Morteza Mohammadi, 2022. "The Effects of Agricultural Product Exports on Environmental Quality," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-11, October.
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