Purpose – China frequently suffers from weather‐related natural disasters and weather risk is recognized as a source of wide‐spread systemic risk throughout large swaths of China. During these periods farmers' crops are at risk and for a largely poor population few can afford the turmoil...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain the factors affecting crop insurance purchases by farmers in Inner Mongolia, China. Design/methodology/approach – A survey of farmers in Inner Mongolia, China, is undertaken. Selected variables are used to explain crop insurance purchases,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an evaluation method for agricultural catastrophic risk. Design/methodology/approach – Data on agricultural disaster loss are collected based on hectares covered by natural disasters, hectares affected by natural disasters, and hectares...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate contract farming in China, using vegetable production as a case. Specifically, the authors analyze farmers' contract decisions for different types of contracts, their contract compliance behaviors, and their profitability affected by the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how an organized framework for risk management called Risk Navigator SRM © can be practically applied to common risk management problems. Design/methodology/approach – The program makes complex risk principles easier to understand and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a dynamic computable general equilibrium (DCGE) model to analyze economy‐wide impacts of different types of public spending in China. A particular focus is placed on their impacts on food economy. Design/methodology/approach – In this...

Purpose – Developing nations need good cultivated land rental markets to foster rational resource use and to enhance productivity and equity. Can cultivated land rental markets emerge in the face of rapidly developing off‐farm labor markets? The purpose of this paper is to measure the...

Purpose – Investigating the characteristics of the transformation of China's agricultural growth and the institutional reforms during the whole transition period in the 1980s will help to understand China's economic and agricultural reform and offer some successful experiences to other...

Purpose – Pesticide residue is a stubborn problem affecting the quality and safety of agricultural products in China, and has not yet been fundamentally resolved. The purpose of this paper is to study farmers' perception of pesticide residues, as well as the main factors affecting their...