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The effect of China's RMB exchange rate movement on its agricultural export: A case study of export to Japan

Chen, Longjiang - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 1, pp. 26-41

Purpose – The paper aims to examine the relationship between changes and volatility of China's Renminbi (RMB) exchange rates and its agricultural export. Design/methodology/approach – A GARCH(1, 1) model is specified to measure the exchange rate volatility and autoregressive distributed lag...

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Decomposition of agricultural labor productivity growth and its regional disparity in China

Xin, Xiangfei; Qin, Fu - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 1, pp. 92-100

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate determinants of regional disparities in China's agricultural labor productivity growth. Design/methodology/approach – This paper first decomposes the regional disparity in China's agricultural productivity growth into its components:...

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Farmer-buyer relationships in China: the effects of contracts, trust and market environment

Zhang, Xiaoyong; Hu, Dinghuan - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 1, pp. 42-53

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is first, to develop constructs to measure three important concepts in the supply chain literature: contracts, trust and market environment, in the Chinese context and to further investigate the relationships amongst these three concepts based on the...

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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

tariff on agricultural products and reduce agriculture support policies not linked to production, a delay in labor adjustment …

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The impact of remittance income on rural households in China

Snyder, Steve; Chern, Wen S. - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 1 (2009) 1, pp. 38-57

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of remittance income on rural households in China. Design/methodology/approach – Using data from a large survey of farming households in three Chinese provinces, the impacts of remittances and other types of income on...

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Thought and practice of sustainable development in Chinese traditional agriculture

Genpan, Li - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 1 (2009) 1, pp. 97-109

Chinese civilization is continuously developing, and it can be used as a reference for the development of Chinese agriculture … concerning Chinese traditional agriculture, including view of sancai, farming season, fertility, the nature of matters, recycling …, and economization. Findings – The results reveal that the nature of Chinese traditional agriculture is akin to ecological …

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Pesticide use and the effect of trade liberalization on environment for rice production

Huang, Chung-Huang; Huang, Ping-Yi; Ling, Yuan-Yun - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 1 (2009) 1, pp. 58-72

environmental degradation due to freer trade in agriculture. It also implies that more investment on environmental protection is …

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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...

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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...

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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 …

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