Purpose – The number of farms engaged in grain production in China has been declining in recent years. Limited efforts … have been devoted to examine why producers quit from grain production and how such exits affect China's grain output. Such … larger scale of grain production and earning higher income from grain are the major contributors to China's grain production …

Purpose – The number of farms engaged in grain production in China has been declining in recent years. Limited efforts … have been devoted to examine why producers quit from grain production and how such exits affect China's grain output. Such … larger scale of grain production and earning higher income from grain are the major contributors to China's grain production …

activities on grain production and its regional distribution in China. Design/methodology/approach This paper applied the Chinese … will incur substantial losses to China’s grain production (by ~8 percent at a national scale). The application of water … and the resulting sown area reduction will incur substantial losses to China’s grain production by approximately 8 percent …

this study provide useful information to agricultural policymakers in the USA, as well as other nations such as China …. China may learn from the US experience in developing agricultural subsidies that are effective and allowed under WTO …

this study provide useful information to agricultural policymakers in the USA, as well as other nations such as China …. China may learn from the US experience in developing agricultural subsidies that are effective and allowed under WTO …

Purpose: The need for a universal rural pension system has been heightened by demographic changes in rural China …, China’s Government introduced the New Rural Social Pension Program (NRSPP) in 2009, a voluntary and highly subsidized … authors examine whether the NRSPP affects the labor supply of the elderly population in China. Design …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate dynamic food demand in urban China, with use of a complete … DLES in the first stage and a LA/DAIDS in the second stage. Employing provincial aggregate data (1995-2010) from the China … urban household surveys, The authors estimated the demand elasticities for primary food products in urban China. Findings …

Purpose – This paper aims to draw lessons from China's development experiences, particularly in the areas of … agricultural and rural development, to increase growth and reduce poverty in Africa South of the Sahara. It also examines China … well as poverty and hunger reduction, in China and Africa South of the Sahara. The authors then examine strategies for …

household survey in rural China, this paper aims to examine the importance of local spillovers in the diffusion of two major … durable goods consumption conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China, the authors examine the likelihood of …