Table 1 Outcome variables and References.

From: Evaluation and pathways for achieving agricultural resilience under the framework of climate-smart agriculture

Indicator

Variables

Variable Description

Reference

Drive

Agricultural output value

Agricultural output value/Number of rural population (RMB/person)

(Yang, Zhang et al. 2023)

 

Rural household per capita disposable income

Direct data (RMB/person)

(Meuwissen, Feindt et al. 2019)

 

Agricultural industrial structure

Agricultural output /Agricultural, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery output (%)

(Boehlje 1999)

 

Grain yield

Grain yield/total population (kg/per capita)

(Tittonell 2020)

Pressure

Aging population

Population aged 65 and above in rural areas/Population in rural areas (%)

(Ren, Zhou et al. 2023)

 

Disaster rate

Crop disaster area/Affected area of crops (%)

(Guan, Zang et al. 2021)

 

Pesticide use

Pesticide use/Cropped Area(tons/Hectare)

(Egeru, Bbosa et al. 2022)

 

Fertilizer use

Pure quantity of Agricultural fertilizer/Cropped Area(kg/hectare)

(Meuwissen, Feindt et al. 2019)

(Cao, Guo et al. 2022)

 

Agricultural plastic film usage

Agricultural Plastic Film Usage /Cropped Area(tons/Hectare)

(Liu, He et al. 2014)

 

Diesel use

Diesel use /Cropped Area(ton/Hectare)

(Govaerts, Verhulst et al. 2009)

 

Water use

Water consumption /Cropped Area (cubic meter/Hectare)

(Adonadaga, Ampadu et al. 2022)

State

Agricultural industry

Added value of primary industry/GDP (%)

(Wang, Qiao et al. 2020)

 

Engel coefficient for rural residents

Direct data(%)

(Tao, Ma et al. 2023)

 

Rural population aged 15–64

Rural population aged 15–64/Population in rural areas (%)

(Ren, Zhou et al. 2023)

Impact

Agricultural carbon emissions

Estimated by formula (tons/RMB)

(Ma, Long et al. 2021)

 

Agricultural non-point source pollution

Estimated by formula (tons/RMB)

(Liu, Wang et al. 2022)

 

Rural employment

Employment in the primary industry/Total number of employed people (%)

(Yu, Fennell et al. 2022)

 

Per capita living expenses in rural areas

Direct data (RMB)

(Zhao and Zhao 2024)

 

Area of soil erosion control

Direct data (Hectare)

(Laflen, Lal et al. 2020)

Response

Agricultural machinery power

Total Agricultural Machinery Power/Cropped Area (KW/Hectare)

(Meuwissen, Feindt et al. 2019)

 

Effective irrigation area rate

Effective Irrigation Area/Cropped Area (%)

(Peshin, Hansra et al. 2020)

 

Agricultural research expenditure

Estimated by formula (ten thousand RMB)

(Jambo and Traub 2023)

 

Agricultural technological

Agricultural patents(www.cnki.net)

(Zhang and Shang 2023)

 

Investment in agricultural fixed assets

The proportion of fixed asset investment in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery to total rural fixed asset investment (%).

(Ye, Zou et al. 2022)