Influence of agricultural insurance coverage level on production efficiency: Empirical evidence based on the data of farmers in four major grain-producing provinces
To study the impact of agricultural insurance on agricultural production efficiency, an empirical method is used to examine the role of the level of agricultural insurance coverage on agricultural production efficiency based on the research data of 576 farmers in four major grain-producing provinces of Heilongjiang, Anhui, Shandong and Henan. The results show that: 1) The level of agricultural insurance guarantee has a significant positive effect on agricultural production efficiency. A consistent conclusion can still be obtained after using the instrumental variable method to solve the endogenity problems; 2) Large-scale land management and agricultural technology adoption play an important regulatory role in this process, and promote the level of agricultural insurance coverage for the improvement of agricultural production efficiency, in which the regulating role of agricultural technology adoption is relatively strong; 3) The influence of the level of agricultural insurance guarantee on agricultural production efficiency varies among different groups of farmers and regions. Large-scale farmers and full-time farmers are more sensitive to changes in the level of agricultural insurance coverage, and the production efficiency is improved even more significantly, The level of agricultural insurance guarantee in Shandong province has the most significant positive effect on agricultural production efficiency. Consequently, this study recommends strengthening grassroots insurance services, developing region-specific insurance products, constructing a multi-layered insurance system to expand coverage, bolstering financial support with subsidies for large-scale land operations and technology applications, and fostering regional cooperation to enhance agricultural resilience.
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