Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the effect of rural-urban income gap on agricultural growth in China and its …-urban income gap on agricultural growth in China. Findings – The empirical results show that both indices of rural-urban income … imply that equalized rural-urban and regional policies are required to maintain sustainable agricultural growth in China. …

affect China's GDP and the growth rate of the national economy. Design/methodology/approach – This paper constructs a … computable general equilibrium (CGE) model and uses data of China's 2007 Input-Output Table to analyze the impact of the return … of rural migrant labor on China's economy during the financial crisis. Findings – The results show that the return of …

Programs (the KPFPs) in China on household incomes. The programs are the most significant of China's forest policies namely the …

"Increased regional inequality has been a major concern in many emerging economies like China, India, Vietnam and … China. This snapshot view of inequality within and between rural villages in western China is based on a census …

China's impact on world agricultural markets in coming decades will depend on many factors. Growing income and …-value products. WTO accession may increase openness of China's agricultural trade and allow more imports. An understanding of … geographic variations of consumption, production, trade, and policy is critical to understanding the vast China market …

A major determinant of rural development in China is the way by which rural households integrate with rural industries …. Findings for the ruminant livestock sector are widely applicable to other agricultural industries in China. …

The role of farmers as future energy producers of China is explored within a fast changing rural economy. Data on rural … China. A concept of a more flexible energy production system, i.e., Biomass-Based Distributed Polygeneration (BB-DPG) is …

The role of farmers as future energy producers of China is explored within a fast changing rural economy. Data on rural … China. A concept of a more flexible energy production system, i.e., Biomass-Based Distributed Polygeneration (BB-DPG) is …

China and rural Russia today differs little in reality. However, the historic evolution of institutional processes and … rural China and rural Russia. Therefore, there are enormous differences in the challenges faced in raising the level of … Enterprises (TVE) in China in invigorating the rural economy is analysed in detail, drawing in particular on two contrasting …