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Efficiency measurements in multi-activity data envelopment analysis with shared inputs: An application to farmers' cooperatives in Taiwan
Chen, Po-Chi; Hsu, Shih-Hsun; Chang, Ching-Cheng; Yu, … - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 5 (2013) 1, pp. 24-42
consideration. The model is applied to study the case of 201 farmers' cooperatives in Taiwan. Findings – The empirical results … study on Taiwan's farmers' cooperatives is used to demonstrate its applicability and how they can effectively allocate their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010666578
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The influence of agricultural policies on agriculture structure adjustment in Taiwan: An analysis of off-farm labor movement
Chang, Tsai-Yu - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 1, pp. 67-79
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on labor movement in the agricultural sector of Taiwan to clarify the …/methodology/approach – The relationship between agricultural policy and the adjustment process of agricultural labor in Taiwan was analyzed by … paper is that even though Taiwan has been participating in World Trade Organization from 2002 and consented to cut the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009143435
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The influence of agricultural policies on agriculture structure adjustment in Taiwan
Chang, Tsai‐Yu - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 1, pp. 67-79
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on labor movement in the agricultural sector of Taiwan to clarify the …/methodology/approach – The relationship between agricultural policy and the adjustment process of agricultural labor in Taiwan was analyzed by … paper is that even though Taiwan has been participating in World Trade Organization from 2002 and consented to cut the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014689614
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Efficiency measurements in multi‐activity data envelopment analysis with shared inputs
Chen, Po‐Chi; Hsu, Shih‐Hsun; Chang, Ching‐Cheng; … - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 5 (2013) 1, pp. 24-42
consideration. The model is applied to study the case of 201 farmers' cooperatives in Taiwan. Findings – The empirical results … study on Taiwan's farmers' cooperatives is used to demonstrate its applicability and how they can effectively allocate their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014689675
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Profit efficiency analysis of rice production in Taiwan
Chang, Tsaiyu; Takahashi, Daisuke; Yang, Chih-Kuan - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 9 (2017) 1, pp. 32-47
rice production in Taiwan. Design/methodology/approach This study examines the nature and extent of the profitability and … profit efficiency of custom and self-farming based on a farm survey in Taiwan. Furthermore, it estimates the stochastic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014689815
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Chemical fertilizer use efficiency and its determinants in China's farming sector: Implications for environmental protection
Wu, Yanrui - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 2, pp. 117-130
Purpose – The objective of this paper is to examine chemical fertilizer use efficiency at the household level and provide an assessment of the causes of efficiency variation. Design/methodology/approach – A stochastic frontier production function approach is employed to estimate fertilizer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319735
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Agricultural growth dynamics and decision mechanism in Chinese provinces: 1988-2008
Yu, Kang; Xin, Xiangfei; Nuetah, J. Alexander; Guo, Ping - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 2, pp. 150-170
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to perform an investigative analysis of the distribution of agricultural growth in China and the evolution of the decision mechanism. Design/methodology/approach – The kernel density estimation method was used to investigate the distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319738
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Agriculture and the Wealth of Nations: 2010 CAER-IFPRI annual conference summary
Guo, Pei; Liu, Xiangqi; Ma, Ling - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 2, pp. 266-271
/methodology/approach – The conference theme was “Agriculture and the Wealth of Nations”, aiming to explore the importance of agriculture as well … as the relationship and interaction between agriculture and the whole economy. The attendees from 14 countries discussed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319739
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Examining changes in fresh fruit and vegetable consumption over time and across regions in urban China
Liu, Kang Ernest; Chang, Hung-Hao; Chern, Wen S. - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 3, pp. 276-296
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to fill a knowledge gap by examining the changes in fruit and vegetable consumption of Chinese households. Design/methodology/approach – Using 1993 and 2001 household survey data from three selected provinces in China, the authors estimated a quantile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319741
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Specialty products, rural livelihoods and agricultural marketing reforms in China
Brown, Colin; Waldron, Scott; Longworth, John - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 2, pp. 224-244
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply a market efficiency theoretical framework to analyse and postulate solutions to the challenges confronting China in engaging smallholders in higher value, specialty, agricultural product markets. A marketing experiment/trial to test these ideas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319743