Abstract
The agriculture sector creates nearly a quarter of the total GHG emissions globally as production and transportation activities in the agriculture sector mostly use fossil fuels, creating carbon emissions. In this regard, it is highly important to study the environmental sustainability of agriculture sector growth by using the theory of environmental Kuznets curve (EKC). Furthermore, this research study is aimed to assess the moderation role of transportation competitiveness in determining the carbon emissions of transportation sector by using agriculture sector value addition. The study uses panel quantile regression technique for data analysis of 121 countries by covering time period from 2008 to 2018. The study results validated the agricultural EKC across four different quantile groups based on carbon emissions of transport sector. The moderation of transportation competitiveness is observed in changing the turning point and flattening of agricultural EKC indicating the early achievement of maturity. The quality of institutions and planned increase of population can help reduce carbon emissions of transportation sector. The moderation of transportation competitiveness implicates the importance of planning and efficiently operating the transportation sector to mitigate carbon emissions.
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Sardar, M.S., Rehman, H.u. Transportation moderation in agricultural sector sustainability — a robust global perspective. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 60385–60400 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20097-1
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Keywords
- Transportation competitiveness
- Environment Kuznets curve (EKC)
- Carbon emissions
- Transport extensiveness
- Agricultural growth