On the basis of new characteristics and trend of China’s agricultural development in the post-WTO period, combining analysis of factors influencing agricultural industrial safety, this paper builds an evaluation indicator system for China’s agricultural industrial safety by...

Farmers around Hopkinsville, Ky., are busy as any with their corn, soybean, wheat and tobacco crops. But they make time to be involved in civic affairs, and the effort pays off.

Investment behavior is analyzed using a dynamic portfolio model including off-farm income. The correlation structure of off-farm income and asset returns and the ratio of off-farm income to wealth is shown to affect portfolio choice. Empirical analysis indicates that off-farm income tends to...