Carbonization and agricultural productivity in Bhutan: Investigating the impact of crops production, fertilizer usage, and employment on CO2 emissions br


Rehman A., Alam M. M., Alvarado R., IŞIK C., Ahmad F., Cismas L. M., ...More

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, vol.375, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 375
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134178
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, CAB Abstracts, Communication Abstracts, INSPEC, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Public Affairs Index, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Keywords: CO2 emission, Agriculture productivity, Land use, ARDL, Bhutan, GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS, CARBON EMISSIONS, ECONOMIC-GROWTH, NITROGEN-FERTILIZATION, RENEWABLE ENERGY, TIME-SERIES, SECTOR, COINTEGRATION, CONSUMPTION, DEMAND
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Investigating the important role played by agriculture and carbon dioxide emission is crucial from environmentally sustainable agriculture production. The present analysis determined the impact of crops production, fertilizers use, land used for the crops production, and employment in agriculture on CO2 emission in Bhutan by taking the annual data varies from 1980 to 2020. Study utilized the two unit root testing for the stationarity purpose, while a symmetric (ARDL) technique is employed to check the variables influence on CO2 emission with the estimation of short-run and long-run. Additionally, the study also utilized the Stepwise and Robust Least Squares to explore the interaction amid variables. The crops productivity and land used for the crops showed a constructive relation to carbon dioxide emission, while fertilizer consumption and employment in agriculture has adverse connection to CO2 emission in Bhutan via long-run analysis. The results of short-run described that variables crops production and land used for these crops has productive influence to CO2 emission, while the variables fertilizers usage and employment in agriculture revealed a negative linkage to CO2 emission. Furthermore, the findings of Stepwise least squares and Robust least squares explore that crops production and land used for crops production has positive, while remaining variables has adversative association to carbonization. The findings suggest that strong strategies and plans are required from the Bhutanese government to decrease the CO2 emission in directive to upsurge the agricultural productivity.