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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366455
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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 … function approach is employed to estimate fertilizer use efficiency at the household level. Findings – It is estimated that on … latest household survey data. JEL classification: Q10, Q51, Q12 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319735
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319738
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319739
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Examining changes in fresh fruit and vegetable consumption over time and across regions in urban China
Liu, Kang Ernest; Chang, Hung-Hao; Chern, Wen S. - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 3, pp. 276-296
consumption of Chinese households. Design/methodology/approach – Using 1993 and 2001 household survey data from three selected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319741
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Specialty products, rural livelihoods and agricultural marketing reforms in China
Brown, Colin; Waldron, Scott; Longworth, John - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 2, pp. 224-244
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply a market efficiency theoretical framework to analyse and postulate solutions to the challenges confronting China in engaging smallholders in higher value, specialty, agricultural product markets. A marketing experiment/trial to test these ideas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319743
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Impact of financial liberalization on agricultural growth: a case study of Pakistan
Hye, Qazi Muhammad Adnan; Wizarat, Shahida - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 2, pp. 191-209
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a financial liberalization index (FLI) and evaluate its impact on agricultural growth. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses the autoregressive distributed lag approach to determine the long run and short coefficients. Findings – The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319746
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366456
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366458
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Impacts of direct government payments on US agriculture: evidence from 1960-2010 data
Zou, Yang; Wang, Qingbin - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 4 (2012) 2, pp. 188-199
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impacts of direct government payments on agricultural production and exports in the USA. Design/methodology/approach – Alternative regression models are estimated using the time-series data of 1960 to 2010 from ERS/USDA to address the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550532