The effects of environmental degradation on agriculture: Evidence from European countries

39 40 Currently, one of the most significant challenges of agricultural sector of an economy is to keep 41 pace with the world's rapidly growing population in order to feed them. But continuous 42 environmental degradation is posing serious threat to the agricultural production. The objective 43 of this study is to look at how environmental degradation in the form of biodiversity loss, 44 deforestation and agricultural emissions can affect agricultural production as well as cereal and 45 vegetable production in 35 countries of Europe. The study utilizes Driscoll and Kraay estimator 46 to understand the potential impacts of environmental degradation as well as other variables 47 such as organic farming, renewable energy, political stability, e-governance, social progress 48 and…