| Abstrak/Abstract |
Economic globalization (EG) accelerates very fast in Central Asia. This could cause environmen-tal degradation according to the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis. This study aimed to determine the impact of EG in agriculture on environmental sustainability and test the EKC on the agricultural sector in Central Asia. This study uses secondary data from six Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, from 1994 to 2019. This study uses five explanatory variables: agricultural exports value, agricul-ture forestry and fishing value-added, exchange rate, total natural resources rents, and external debt stocks. While the dependent variable in this study is CO2 emissions from on-farm energy use, temperature change, and forest fire. These data are analyzed using panel data regression. Several explanatory variables in this study contribute to increased environmental degradation in Central Asia. However, there are also explanatory variables that have a reverse impact. Hence, we propose some recommendations to improve this condition. |
