Chinese rural household has been always facing credit constraints. Few institutions lend loans to farmers because of … agricultural productivity and rural household income and discuss some consequent policy implications. …

We estimate the demand for imported cotton in China and assess the competitiveness of cotton-exporting countries. Given … between the C4 countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali) and United States in China. Demand estimates are used to project … how U.S. prices affect China’s imports by country. In comparing demand projections, results show that the relationship …

This paper uses household data to assess the near-term impact of the program on incomes and activity choices of rural … retirement of farm land and the planting of saplings. We first look at the impact of program participation on household incomes … have contributed to re-shaping the structure of rural household production in a way that household labor supply is slowly …

This paper develops an economic and econometric analysis of demand dynamics, with an application to US aggregate data … marginal benefits. The analysis uncovers strong statistical evidence of demand dynamics, especially for food. We find that the …

The rapid income per capita of Chinese consumers and increasing demand for nearly all agricultural products have … western food products in China's market, with focus on one representative western food-orange juice, by studying the Chinese … meaningful to develop the 100 % juice market in China unless the WTP is around the actual market price. …

This paper analyzes the impact of human values and personality on the demand for organic tomatoes applying open … demand for products associated with organic labels. Also, consumers distinguish between conventional and organic produce …, such that personality has a differential impact with regard to predicting demand for products associated with organic …

in Kenya. We then estimate demand for the most common soil nutrients (N and P). We find that, consistent with theory …, farmers are price-responsive and remoteness depresses demand for mineral fertilizers. Knowledge and plot tenure have a strong … influence on use of soil fertility management practices. Sex of household head affects use of soil fertility management …