China's food security has increasingly been one worldwide concern. And, most researchers argue that land transfer further aggravates the problem of non-grain in rural China. We theoretically pursue the the internal mechanism of the effects of land rental on the grain production and then employ...

Increased population pressure and political decisions have led to more intensive agricultural practices in China. As in other regions of the world, these practices can damage natural capital. We use the Kalman filter and Chinese panel data to estimate an index of environmental productivity...