/methodology/approach – The data are based on 1,564 farm households surveyed in Shaanxi, Henan, and Gansu provinces in Central China between …. Research limitations/implications – This research is based on primary data gathered in China. However, the authors are limited … weather data from the weather station in Ashland, Kansas which has similarities to the wheat growing regions of China. While …

come back sooner than expected. The role of China as one of the major food consumers in the future, and Brazil, as the … major food chain cooperation between China and Brazil.  …

explore the determinants of FDI and evaluate the inward FDI performance in China's agriculture. Design …/methodology/approach – A multi‐variable regression model is conducted to examine the determinants of FDI in China's agriculture over the period … agricultural import has a negative effect on FDI inflow to China's agriculture. The effect of agricultural export is positive but …

Purpose – The financial crisis, which broke in the USA has impacted greatly on the world economy, especially on China … Gardner. Findings – The financial crisis has had important impacts on China cotton industry. Farmers' losses are bigger than … quantitative welfare change of China's cotton supply chain under the shock of financial crisis, providing useful information for …

and relatives in rural China. Guided by an economic model of household‐production interactions, the paper provides results … of China's agricultural sector. A small farm bias in formal lending is indicated by the results, but there are many …/implications – The research is limited to the survey data used. China's agricultural economy is too large to assert that the informal …

reinsurance. This information and framework may also be useful for crop insurance firms in China when considering crop reinsurance …

households and water‐saving investments and irrigation water use in rural China. Design/methodology/approach – Data from a survey …‐farm employment and agricultural production in China than neoclassical economic theory. Originality/value – The paper expands the NELM …

Purpose – The paper aims to discuss whether the younger generation of China's rural labor force is prepared, in terms … of education level or labor quality, for the future labor markets under China's industrial upgrading. Design …, and some policy implications are made. Findings – This paper finds that China's young rural laborers are generally poorly …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the production risk for winter wheat producers in Beijing, China …

Purpose – Since 1999, China has undergone reform of its healthcare system. City‐based social health insurance (SHI) is … cooperative medical system (NCMS) was introduced in 1993 and extended to cover the whole of rural China in 2003. Design … in China for urban citizens and rural residents separately. Least square and logistic regressions are employed. Findings …