This paper measures the economic impacts of climate change on China's grain production by using provincial time series data over a 32-year period. The panel data model and time series region model with/without adaptation are applied at the same time to assess the effectiveness of a common...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships of technical training and the peer effects of technical training with farmers' pesticide use behaviors. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses survey data from 300 peanut growers in Zoucheng County, Shandong, China, in...

This paper introduces a web-based computer program designed to evaluate weather risk man-agement and weather insurance in the United States. The paper outlines the economics of weather risk in terms of agricultural production and household well-being; defines weather risk in terms of intensity,...