Purpose – Informal credit markets are very active in many developing countries, including China. Informal financial … China by providing a bigger and complete picture.  …

line for rural China derived by the SPL methodology is higher than the low income line used by the National Bureau of … implications – The findings suggest that poverty lines for rural China preferably should consider not only spatial differences in … first application of the SPL approach to rural China.  …

drink consumption in the USA, China is experiencing a similar consumption increase in carbonated soft drinks as in the USA …, in the examined period. Therefore, the lessons from the USA are also valuable for the public policy makers in China.  …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a new approach to market analysis, and test how the China‐US soybean … counter‐intuitively worsened after China's elimination of quota in 1999, and accession to WTO in 2001. One other interesting … impacts and effectiveness of government policies on China's international soybean markets, the remaining bottlenecks, and the …

Purpose – The number of farms engaged in grain production in China has been declining in recent years. Limited efforts … have been devoted to examine why producers quit from grain production and how such exits affect China's grain output. Such … larger scale of grain production and earning higher income from grain are the major contributors to China's grain production …

agri‐food processing and exporting in China. Design/methodology/approach – Survey data collected from 80 agri‐food SMEs in … inter‐personal trust significantly contribute to a high level of relationship satisfaction for agri‐food SMEs in China. In … business relationships for SMEs in China. Originality/value – The paper extends our understanding of relationship ( guanxi …

Purpose – There is a distinct separation of price discovery from pricing power in China's sugar spot and futures …. Therefore, the research may deepen the understandings of the operational mechanisms and internal efficiency of China's sugar … series from China's sugar spot market and China's Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (CZCE) within a co‐integration framework …

the 2011 CAER‐IFPRI International Conference held under the theme “Is China entering a high food price era?” Design … the increases in the prices of industrial commodities. Thus, expert views remain divided on whether China is entering an …' curiosities for further studies into understanding the current level of food prices in China.  …