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This paper examines how farmers have adapted to the current range of climates across China. A cross sectional method is … used to analyze irrigation choice and crop choice across 8,405 farmers in 28 provinces in China. We find that both …
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Great changes have taken place in China’s agricultural and food markets in the past several decades. However, the … impact of the transformation brought by modern supply chains on the welfare of farmers in China is unclear. This paper … attempts to understand whether or not the recent changes in China’s food economy have contributed to an improvement in the …
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China has a biosafety regulatory framework in place for both domestic GM crop commercialization and imports. China … of maize in the near future. Both China’s soybean and maize imports are dominated by GM varieties, with most soybean … imported from the US, Brazil and Argentina and maize imported mainly from the US. China’s import approval process takes on …
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shortage are two major challenges for China. Rice is a staple food for most Chinese people and has played an important role in … ensuring food security in China. This paper assesses the impacts of Hanyou 3, one of the drought-tolerant rice varieties that … have been released to farmers’ fields already in China, on water use and rice production. The results indicated that the …
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The supermarket revolution has arrived in China and is spreading as fast as or faster than anywhere in the world. As … communities in the Greater Beijing area, we find small and poor farmers have actively participate in the emergence of China … the paper we document seven characteristics of China's food economy that we believe account for this unique set of …
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empirically quantify the impact of consumers' trust in government on their attitudes towards GMF in China. An econometric model on … by the authors in 2002 and 2003 in 11 cities of China. This study shows that the consumers' acceptance of GMF is high in … urban China. Among many factors, consumers' trust in government is found to have significantly positive impact on their …
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China. This study also employs a dichotomous choice model to estimate consumers' mean willingness to pay (WTP) for biotech …
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China has made a major investment in biotechnology research. Genetically modified (GM) cotton is widely adopted and the … list of GM technologies in trials is impressive. At the same time there is an active debate on when China should … various scenarios. Based on a unique data from empirical micro-level study and field trial in China and a modified GTAP model …
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