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 …

showing how this integrated chain works and addressing the importance of ethanol as an energy alternative for China. Findings … – China can start adopting an E10 policy (10 percent of anhydrous ethanol blended to gasoline) to contribute to reduce … transport pollution in major cities. In order to have ethanol, China may invest more in the country to produce ethanol from cane …

China, which is an institutional arrangement to voluntarily provide public goods to villagers. The survey data are used to …

Purpose – Pesticide residue is a stubborn problem affecting the quality and safety of agricultural products in China … districts in the Jiangsu Province of China. Findings – According to the research, regional difference, farmers' gender, age … scholars in this field have universality in China. …

between backyard, small-scale, medium-scale and large-scale dairy farms in China over the period between 2004 and 2008 …

recent data from Zhouzhi, a mountainous county in rural western China. Findings – The paper shows that human capital, social … this paper and its application in China provide insights into theory and empirical analysis of agricultural households …

Purpose – China's economic and social structure are changing quickly since the start of the new century and how to …/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the framework of China's rural policy since 2000 in the first section. Then, the impact of the financial … China's agriculture and rural development and points out the new issues during the rural reform. The impact of the financial …

Purpose – The paper aims to review and assess China's food security practice over the past three decades with a view of … security framework is used to assess China's food security achievements and examine any remaining and emerging issues in its … pursuit for food security. Findings – China has done well in achieving grain security in the past three decades. However, it …

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 …