Analysis on the impact of agricultural modernization development on environmental pollution in Xinjiang

Xinjiang, as the core area connecting the trade between countries along the “Belt and Road”, has become the frontier position for China to develop the markets for agricultural and industrial products in Central Asia, South Asia and Eastern Europe. Xinjiang’s agricultural modernization is at the stage of exploration. is mainly reflected in the large use of petroleum-fueled fertilizers, pesticides and machinery in agricultural production. This model not only increases crop yield, but also brings a series of environmental problems, that is; while meeting the demand for yield and developing agricultural products market, it also brings prominent agro-ecological and environmental problems. Based on the relevant data of Xinjiang from 2000 to 2020, on the basis of constructing the empirical model between agricultural modernization and environmental pollution, Stata is used to test whether agricultural modernization has brought more environmental pollution, so as to provide more decision-making bases and policy suggestions for the construction of agricultural modernization. The results show that: using the amount of chemical fertilizer to describe the environmental pollution in Xinjiang is more representative, the improvement of the level of agricultural modernization has increased environmental pollution, economic development has a serious impact on environmental pollution, the industrial structure, technological progress and environmental pollution are negatively correlated, but the impact is not significant; accelerating the reform of the land system and adjusting the structure of the first, second, and third industries can make the future development of agricultural modernization tend to be ecological.