Purpose – This paper aims to measure and compare agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) growth in China and India …: efficiency and technical change. Findings – Comparing TFP growth in China and India it is found that efficiency improvement … played a dominant role in promoting TFP growth in China, while technical change has also contributed positively. In India …

of cotton into China. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews first the possible arguments for raising the tariff … tariff on cotton has been a subject of intense debate in China and this paper is intended to provide an input into this … debate. The paper agrees that urgent action is clearly needed to mitigate the poverty problems in rural China, but concludes …

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of remittance income on rural households in China … a large data set from three distinct provinces of China and is among the first to investigate the different types of …

China. Design/methodology/approach – This paper adopts a time approach, meaning the paper is organized by initiate … provides a brief and general image of the Chinese RCMS and helps people to understand the RCMS in China.  …

ecological agriculture, which is precious heritage for China and the whole world. Originality/value – The originality of this …

Purpose – Since the start of the twenty‐first century China has stepped into a new stage of harmonious urban … brief review of China's rural reform with focus on the policy framework and changes since the reform of rural tax and fee … system in 2000. Next, the paper focuses on food security to discuss grain price increase and China's grain imports, then the …

‐food chains in China is becoming the issue of how to link these small‐scale farmers into the modern chains. Consequently, it is … governance relationships between small scale producers in China and their buyers.  …

investigates whether or not rural farm households in China balance business risks from agricultural production with financial risk …

Purpose – The social safety net of health care insurance is rapidly expanding in rural China. New Rural Cooperative …