Internalizing the external costs to achieve environmental and economic Goals: A Case study of rice production in China

IF 6.8 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI:10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102857

Jintao Yang , Bingbo Gao , Fang Xia , Hanlin Wei , Shenggen Fan

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Abstract

This study addresses the critical issue of internalizing externalities in grain production, a key challenge in aligning economic growth with environmental sustainability in agricultural policy, particularly in the context of cross-regional grain trade. Using data from 30,524 rice circulation samples across China, we map inter-provincial rice flows and quantify the external costs of rice production at the provincial level. Our finding indicates that total external costs reach 8,810.4 million CNY, including greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts resulting from the inefficient use of fertilizers and pesticides. To address this, we propose an external cost-sharing mechanism in which consuming provinces compensate producing provinces with 4,955.7 million CNY. This innovative framework aims to harmonize economic growth with sustainable rice production while establishing a solid foundation for implementing inter-provincial horizontal benefit compensation policies in China. Moreover, it serves as a valuable reference for cross-regional ecological compensation strategies. By addressing both economic and environmental dimensions, this study contributes to the discourse on sustainable agricultural policy and regional equity.

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Food Policy 管理科学-农业经济与政策

CiteScore

11.40

自引率

4.60%

发文量

128

审稿时长

62 days

期刊介绍： Food Policy is a multidisciplinary journal publishing original research and novel evidence on issues in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of policies for the food sector in developing, transition, and advanced economies. Our main focus is on the economic and social aspect of food policy, and we prioritize empirical studies informing international food policy debates. Provided that articles make a clear and explicit contribution to food policy debates of international interest, we consider papers from any of the social sciences. Papers from other disciplines (e.g., law) will be considered only if they provide a key policy contribution, and are written in a style which is accessible to a social science readership.