Producción agrícola y contaminación ambiental: relación entre emisiones agrícolas de gas metano y producción agrícola en América Latina

Abstract

Abstract:The objective of this research is to determine whether or not the hypothesis of the Environmental Kuznets Curve is fulfilled in the countries studied. Therefore, data from Methane Gas Emissions (CH4) and Agricultural Production (Agricultural GDP) were used as main variables of the study and as control variables Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Rural Population (PR) and Area were used of Agricultural Lands. All data were obtained from the World Bank in the period 1970-2008. To carry out the study, a panel model was used in which 17 countries divided into two groups were involved; the first model consists of 14 countries that are in the upper and upper middle income group, and the second model has three countries that are in the lower and lower middle income group. The results obtained empirically for high-income and upper-middle-income countries are robust, which proves that the countries considered meet the conditions to demonstrate a Kuzntes Curve. These results are theoretically supported by various studies.