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Adverse selection in China's New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme
Qin, Lijian; Pan, Suwen; Wang, Chenggang; Jiang, Zhongyi - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 4 (2012) 1, pp. 69-83
Medical Scheme (NRCMS), as well as in outpatient and inpatient service utilization, in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. Design … study to empirically test the adverse selection in China's medical insurance market from the perspective of two different …
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Synthetic evaluation of new socialist countryside construction at county level in China
Wang, Yanqi; Guo, Xiangyu; Liu, Hongman - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 3, pp. 383-401
(NSC) development at county level in China, and by which to evaluate the level of NSC construction among different regions … in China. Then, some problems of rural development can be found and corresponding measures can be proposed, which could … index system was used to evaluate the level of NSC construction in 28 counties of China in 2007. Finally, we calculated …
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Synthetic evaluation of new socialist countryside construction at county level in China
Wang, Yanqi; Guo, Xiangyu; Liu, Hongman - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 3, pp. 383-401
(NSC) development at county level in China, and by which to evaluate the level of NSC construction among different regions … in China. Then, some problems of rural development can be found and corresponding measures can be proposed, which could … index system was used to evaluate the level of NSC construction in 28 counties of China in 2007. Finally, we calculated …
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Achieving food security in China: past three decades and beyond
Zhou, Zhangyue - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 2 (2010) 3, pp. 251-275
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 …
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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
Purpose – In light of the global concern about the impact of trade liberalization on environment, this paper intends to measure, theoretically as well as empirically, the impact of freer rice trade on environmental quality in terms of chemical intensity, measured by a decreasing scale...
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Promotion of dairy farming and poverty reduction in Inner Mongolia, China
Dagula; Kiminami, Lily - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 1 (2009) 1, pp. 82-96
Purpose – The purposes of this paper are to examine the actual conditions of the problems of poverty in rural areas in Inner Mongolia, to clarify the problems involved in the measure to fight poverty through promotion of dairy farming and to propose policies for future measures to fight...
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Willingness and determinants of farmers'adoption of new rice varieties
Li, Dongmei; Liu, Mingming; Deng, Guoyan - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 2 (2010) 4, pp. 456-471
paper is however unable to explain the general situation of China so it considers Sichuan province as a case. Increased …
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Pesticide use and farmers' health in China's rice production
Qiao, Fangbin; Huang, Jikun; Zhang, Linxiu; Rozelle, Scott - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 4 (2012) 4, pp. 468-484
Purpose – The purpose of this study is trying to document and examine the impacts of pesticide use on farmers' health. Different from previous studies, the paper is not only going to focus on the visible effect, but also the invisible effect. At the same time, the paper is going to divided the...
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China's farmer perception of pesticide residues and the impact factors: The case of Jiangsu Province
Wu, Linhai; Hou, Bo - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 4 (2012) 1, pp. 84-104
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. …
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A conceptual framework for supply chain governance: An application to agri-food chains in China
Zhang, Xiaoyong; Aramyan, Lusine H. - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 1 (2009) 2, pp. 136-154
-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. …
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