Impact of the grassland ecological compensation policy on pastoral production efficiency-evidence from pastoral China.

ABSTRACT: The impact of the Grassland Ecological Compensation Policy (GECP), which protects grassland ecology while promoting the transformation and improvement of grassland animal husbandry, on pastoral production efficiency is among the important indicators for evaluating the sustainable development of animal husbandry, and it directly affects the economic benefits of herders. In this study, based on field questionnaire data from 468 herders in the pastoral areas of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China, a two-stage semi-parametric DEA model and a mediated effect model were used to measure herders' pastoral production efficiency and analyze the effect and influence mechanism of the GECP on herders' pastoral production efficiency, respectively. The results of the study show that (1) the ove

SUBMITTER: Ju F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12533914 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature