Disentangling the sources of dynamics in the agricultural output of the BRIICS and EU countries: The ecological footprint perspective with Shapley value decomposition. (20th April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Balezentis, Tomas; Siksnelyte-Butkiene, Indre; Ramanauske, Neringa; Streimikiene, Dalia; Coluccia, Benedetta
• Is Part Of: Journal of cleaner production. Volume 346(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-04-20
• Subjects: Agricultural output -- Biological capacity -- Productivity -- Index decomposition analysis; IDA index decomposition analysis -- EU European Union -- BRIICS Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China, and South Africa; Factory and trade waste -- Management -- Periodicals; Manufactures -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Déchets industriels -- Gestion -- Périodiques; Usines -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Périodiques; 628.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131198
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0959-6526

Abstract

Abstract: Agricultural production and productivity are important from multiple perspectives, including environmental protection, food self-sufficiency, renewable energy sources as well as economic returns. The earlier literature has sparsely addressed the biological and economic productivity dynamics when decomposing the changes in the output of agriculture within a single framework at the country level. This paper presents an index decomposition approach that allows explaining the changes in agricultural output from the perspective of the ecological footprint and biological capacity. These measures represent the shift towards a more valuable output mix and lower environmental pressures. Economic and biological productivity is involved in the analysis. The case of the selected European Union (EU) and BRIICS (Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa) countries is considered for the empirical analysis. The index decomposition analysis model based on the Shapley value is constructed for the empirical analysis. The results suggest that the EU countries saw a less vibrant growth in the agricultural output than that of the BRIICS countries over 1992–2016. The biological productivity growth was more important for the EU countries if opposed to the BRIICS ones. Highlights: The index decomposition model relates agricultural output to ecological footprint. The cases of EU and BRIICS are considered. The BRIICS countries rely on biological growth (i.e., increasing yields). The EU countries show higher importance of the economic productivity gains.