Summary
This quantitative study of 168 Chinese agricultural producers and financial institutions employs PLS-SEM to examine how climate-oriented financial mechanisms drive agricultural climate resilience. Credit access emerged as the strongest direct determinant of resilience, whilst financial innovation operated indirectly through institutional environment strengthening. Government policy significantly moderated the relationship between credit access and resilience, indicating that effective policy frameworks are critical to translating financial mechanisms into adaptive capacity.
Regional applicability
Whilst conducted in China, the findings on credit access, institutional environment quality, and policy moderation of financial effectiveness may inform United Kingdom agricultural financing and climate adaptation strategies. However, direct application should account for differences in UK institutional maturity, existing credit markets, and policy architecture around agricultural climate resilience.
Key measures
Climate resilience (CR), financial innovation (FI), credit access (CA), government policy (GP), institutional environment (IE); analysed via partial least squares structural equation modelling
Outcomes reported
The study measured the influence of financial innovation, credit access, government policy, and institutional environment on climate resilience in Chinese agriculture using structural equation modelling. Key findings included credit access as the strongest direct driver of climate resilience, whilst financial innovation's effects were mediated through institutional environment.
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