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China’s Agricultural Modernisation Program: an assessment of its sustainability and impacts in the case of the high-value beef chain
Waldron, Scott A.; Brown, Colin G.; Longworth, John W. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
China has embarked on a major program to modernise agricultural and agribusiness structures with far reaching … in high-value agrifood chains, China should pursue a more incremental and facilitative approach based around developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880100
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Agricultural Clusters in China
Kiminami, Lily; Kiminami, Akira - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
communities in China. We shall examine in detail the food industry, which is the link in the food chain that propels the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913357
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Contract Farming in China: Perspectives of Smallholders
Guo, Hongdong; Jolly, Robert W. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
This paper explores the current status of contract farming in China by examining data from a survey of Chinese … stability and market access as the key motivations to participate in contract farming. Middleman and agribusiness firms were the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913430
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Supply Chain Issues in China’s Milk Adulteration Incident
Gale Jr., H. Frederick; Hu, Dinghuan - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
China’s melamine milk adulteration crisis highlights the challenges that arise as large well-capitalized companies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913576
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Contractual Arrangements of Traders in Chinese Wholesale Markets
Yu, Xiaohua; Abler, David G.; Zeng, Yinchu - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
China. This study finds that market service and environment are very important for both contract choices and enforcement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913582
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Agglomeration Effects and Japanese Food Industry Investment in China: Evidence from the Cities
Jin, Shaosheng; Tokunaga, Suminori; Akune, Yuko; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
in China 2003-2004) to study 1ocation choice of Japanese food industry investment in 231 Chinese cities from 1992 to 2001 … China. As for the three-tier agglomeration effects' test, the agglomeration effects of Japanese manufactures agglomeration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060557
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Organization and Strategy of Farmer Specialized Cooperatives in China
Hu, Yamei; Huang, Zuhui; Hendrikse, George W.J.; Xu, Xuchu - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
A description and analysis of China's Farmer Specialized Cooperatives is presented. Data is presented regarding the … historical development of farmer cooperatives in China, the membership composition of a sample of 66 farmer cooperatives in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060637
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Improving the Economic Decision-Making Capability and Viability of Chinese Wool Textile Mills
Brown, Colin G.; Waldron, Scott A.; Longworth, John W.; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
China but also to the stability of the world economy. The transformation of the Chinese wool textile industry illustrates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005483957
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Fertilizer profitability in East Africa: A Spatially Explicit Policy Analysis
Guo, Zhe; Koo, Jawoo; Wood, Stanley - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Even though it is clear that Substantial growth in inorganic fertilizer use is a prerequisite for sustained agricultural growth in Africa, fertilizer use is still one of the factors explaining lagging agricultural productivity growth in SSA. High transport costs and less policy support pose a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880052
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Capital Budgeting Analysis of Organic Coffee Production in Gulmi District of Nepal.
Poudel, Krishna Lal; Nepal, Arati Poudel; Dhungana, Bhima; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
This paper is only a part of research completed for the PhD degree in agricultural economics in University of Miyazaki. The paper is subjected to further improve and finalised.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880053