In order to understand the development of rural digital economy and explore the impact of rural digital economy on the growth of agricultural total factor productivity ( TFP ). Based on the concept of rural digital economy, this study constructs a comprehensive evaluation index system for the development level of rural digital economy from two dimensions: rural digital infrastructure and rural industrial digitization, entropy method is used to analyze the spatial and temporal evolution and regional differences of the development level of rural digital economy at the provincial level in China from 2011 to 2020,and the impact of rural digital economy on the growth of agricultural TFP is systematically analyzed. The results show that : 1) The development level of rural digital economy is increasing year by year, but there are obvious differences between regions and the development tends to be unbalanced; 2) The growth of agricultural TFP can be significantly promoted by rural digital economy; 3) The decomposition index of agricultural TFP growth found that the rural digital economy has a significant effect on the efficiency of agricultural technology, and its impact on the growth of agricultural TFP is mainly achieved by improving the efficiency of agricultural technology; 4) The result of impact mechanism analysis displays that the rural digital economy can promote the growth of agricultural TFP by promoting the development of producer services and improving the level of industrialization; 5) Heterogeneity analysis discovers that the higher the level of rural digital economy development and the higher the growth of agricultural TFP, the more obvious the effect of rural digital economy on the growth of agricultural TFP, which led to the gap of agricultural TFP growth between regions. This research can provide scientific basis for the construction of rural digital economy index system, the evaluation of economic impact and the design of high-quality development policy of rural digital economy.
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