Low-carbon production performance of agricultural green technological innovation: From multiple innovation subject perspective

Green technological innovation displays a multi-subject participation trend; however, within agriculture, literature scarcely addresses its low-carbon production performance and rarely considers citizen participation innovation. Therefore, we examine how agricultural green technological innovation impacts agricultural carbon productivity at production and performance levels, considering university and scientific institution, citizen, or enterprise participation. The results show: (1) Agricultural green technological innovation experienced rapid growth from 2000 to 2019, with enterprise participation innovation having the largest share while citizen participation innovation the lowest share. (2) Agricultural green technological innovation, with enterprises or citizens participation, can effectively enhance agricultural carbon productivity; however, universities and scientific institutions participation innovation remains relatively weak. (3) Citizen and enterprise participation innovation can enhance technical progress and economic growth performance in agriculture, ultimately promoting agricultural carbon productivity. Therefore, we should improve agricultural green technological innovation with various innovation subjects, and promote their allocation efficiency and carbon reduction performance in agricultural production.