The Impact of Rural Digitalization on Agricultural Technology Innovation:An Analysis Based on Moderating and Threshold Effects
Agricultural technology innovation is crucial for the development of modern agriculture,and as digitalization accelerates,it has gained new momentum and vitality.Using panel data from 30 provinces(autonomous regions and municipalities)in China from 2013 to 2022,this study employed a bidirectional fixed model to examine the impact of rural digitalization on agricultural technology innovation,the moderating role of fiscal support for agriculture,and the nonlinear characteristics of the impact.The results show that rural digitalization in China has a significant positive impact on agricultural technology innovation,and financial support for agriculture plays a significant positive moderating.When rural digitalization and fiscal support for agriculture are taken as threshold variables,the impact of rural digitalization on agricultural technology innovation has the nonlinear characteristics of increasing marginal effect.
rural digitalizationagricultural technology innovationfinancial support to agriculturemoderating effectthreshold effect