Abstract: Promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is an important strategy related to the overall development of the country. It is of great significance to study the influence of education level on the green agriculture production in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Based on the relevant theories of education and behavior, this study used the panel data of the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 1998 to 2017 and the fixed effect model to explore the relationship between rural education level and green agriculture production in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. The results showed that the rural education level had a significant promoting effect on the green agricultural production in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and the regional education level had strengthened this effect. Farmland infrastructure had a positive and significant impact on green agriculture production. The influence of rural education level in the lower reaches on the green agricultural production was less than that in the middle and upper reaches, but the influence of regional education level in the lower reaches was greater than that in the middle and upper reaches. Finally, the suggestions of paying attention to the development of rural education, constructing the service platform of inter-regional talent and technology flow, and improving the farmland infrastructure were put forward, in order to promote the green agricultural production in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

Key words: rural educational level, green agriculture production, the Yangtze River Economic Belt