With the rapid development of urbanization, arable land abandonment is accelerating in China's mountainous areas. Alleviating the problem of land abandonment has emerged as an important issue of arable land use in China. To alleviate the abandonment of arable land, one of the key counter...

During the last half a century, developing Asia witnessed a spectacular economic transformation, which involved a remarkable increase in GDP, a substantial decrease in poverty and hunger, and improved social indicators. Though export-led manufacturing spearheaded this process, agriculture played...

Agricultural and Rural Green Development (ARGD) and economic growth are major challenges prevalent in China, but also in other developing countries, and the coordination relationship between them is still unknown. This paper first offers a theoretical analysis of the interactive relationship...

Empirical evidence proves that agricultural R&D expenditure and researchers attract high returns though the investments have long-gestation periods. Nonetheless, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) invests meanly in agricultural R&D and researchers. This study explores the impacts of agricultural R&D...