China’s agricultural and trade policies have been shifting despite little change in policy objectives. This paper … investigates potential implications of recent agriculture policies applied in China, and quantitatively analyzes their impacts on … farmers and lowering domestic prices to consumers. China’s producers increase production slightly because of increased input …

Based on China's Agricultural Regional Market Equilibrium Model (CARMEM), the paper projects the production and … consumption of rice, wheat and maize in China toward 2010 at both national and regional level under two different scenarios. The … results show that China can ensure a stable grain market development under more liberalized internal and external conditions …

industrialization and economic growth. However, in reality it is observed that micro and small enterprises are ubiquitous because … entrepreneurs can set up business in low-return activities with minimal barriers to entry. Using a cashmere sweater cluster in China … accessible for small entrepreneurs widely available in rural China, even without a well functioning capital market. The observed …

models or disaggregated analysis of data from multiple sites. The consequence is that the scope and relevance of policy … analytical toolkit of agricultural economists should be improved in order to generate targeted policy interventions for different …

The introduction of decoupled direct payments in the EU was a substantial change of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP … major justification of farm payments. There are three facets: the distribution of payments among farmers within member … states, the distribution of payments among member states, and the distribution of household incomes within member states. All …

Using panel data of 450 farm households for the period of 1996-2001 in Zhejiang, China, we measured land distributional … distribution among the households, and for the concentration of land to households with higher efficiency. With a land rental …

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 … changes that may well occur, including changes in prices, technology, and water availability. Policy makers should anticipate …