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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

Sec. Agricultural and Food Economics

Volume 9 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2025.1649495

This article is part of the Research TopicAdvancing Sustainability and Resilience in Agri-Food Supply Chains Through Multi-Criteria Decision-Making MethodsView all articles

Can Agricultural Insurance Enhance Comprehensive Grain Production Capacity? -Mechanisms of Risk Protection and Production Incentives

Provisionally accepted
Dainan  HouDainan Hou1Xin  WangXin Wang2,3*
  • 1School of Business, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou, China
  • 2Chinese International College, Dhurakij Pundit University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 3College of Life Science, Longyan University, Longyan, China

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Food security is a cornerstone of national development. As a key instrument for managing agricultural risk, agricultural insurance plays a vital role in enhancing grain production capacity.Drawing on production function theory, this study constructs a multidimensional model of comprehensive grain production capacity, encompassing labor productivity, land use efficiency, agricultural technological innovation, and agricultural carbon emissions. Using panel data from 27Chinese provinces from 2009 to 2021, we employ a fixed-effects model to empirically examine the impact of agricultural insurance on these dimensions. Robustness and endogeneity tests confirm the reliability of our findings. Results show that agricultural insurance significantly improves overall grain production capacity, particularly by enhancing labor productivity, land utilization, and technological innovation, while also reducing agricultural carbon emissions. Notably, the effects vary significantly across regions, with non-major grain-producing areas benefiting more than their major counterparts.Based on these findings, we propose policy recommendations for governments and insurers to strengthen the role of agricultural insurance in boosting sustainable grain production.

Keywords: Agricultural insurance, Comprehensive grain production capacity, Food security, Regional heterogeneity, China

Received: 18 Jun 2025; Accepted: 01 Aug 2025.

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* Correspondence: Xin Wang, Chinese International College, Dhurakij Pundit University, Bangkok, Thailand

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