Agricultural Productivity, Green energy, Governance quality and Environmental Degradation in BRICS Economies : Evidence from a PMG-ARDL Analysis

Hadda, kilani and Mohamed, Ben AMAR (2025): Agricultural Productivity, Green energy, Governance quality and Environmental Degradation in BRICS Economies : Evidence from a PMG-ARDL Analysis.

Abstract

This study investigates the dynamic relationships between agricultural productivity, green energy adoption, governance quality, and environmental degradation in BRICS economies over the period 2002–2023. Using a Pooled Mean Group Autoregressive Distributed Lag (PMG-ARDL) approach, complemented by FMOLS and CCR robustness estimators, the results show that agricultural productivity significantly increases long-run environmental pollution, reflecting the environmental cost of agricultural intensification. In contrast, green energy adoption and governance quality exert strong and consistent pollution-mitigating effects, underscoring their central role in promoting environmental sustainability. Overall, the findings emphasize that long-run structural factors dominate environmental outcomes in emerging agricultural economies. The study provides policy-relevant insights for advancing low-carbon and sustainable agricultural development in BRICS countries.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Environmental pollution- Agricultural productivity- - Green innovation- PMG -BRICS
• Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q18 - Agricultural Policy ; Food Policy; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation > Q28 - Government Policy; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q4 - Energy > Q47 - Energy Forecasting

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