China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 1 Issue 4

Forage‐livestock policies designed to improve livelihoods in Western China: a critical review

Colin Brown, Scott Waldron, Liu Yuman, John Longworth

The purpose of this paper is to show how the promotion of integrated forage/ruminant‐livestock industries forms a key plank in efforts to improve rural household livelihoods in…

The transition of state‐peasants relationship: From the fiscal perspective in three decades of reform in China

Yang Zhao, Tian Xiujuan

The relationship between state and peasants are reflected as the distribution of the economic benefits to each party. The purpose of this paper is to explore the essential change…

Food demand in China: income, quality, and nutrient effects

Kuo S. Huang, Fred Gale

China's remarkable income growth has changed the food landscape in recent years. Chinese consumers are demanding greater food quantity and quality and changing the nutrient…

Meat demand in China

David L. Ortega, H. Holly Wang, James S. Eales

The purpose of this paper is to provide a thorough analysis of meat demand in China and predict future trends in meat consumption.

A multi‐regional representation of China's agricultural sectors

Glyn Wittwer, Mark Horridge

The purpose of this paper is to outline a version of SinoTERM, a multi‐regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of China that has been updated and disaggregated further…

The farmland property rights deformity: the history, reality and reform

Biliang Luo, Bo Fu

The purpose of this paper is to summarize the institutional evolution of China's farmland property rights deformity with its internal logic, analyze its property rights deformity…

Review of China's agricultural integration development: 1978‐2008

Kaiwen Feng, Jinhua Zhang, Huang Yingwei

The purpose of this paper is to draw conclusions about China's agricultural integration (CAI) by looking back its processes stage by stage, discussing the problems related to CAI…

Introducing a lexicographic goal programming for environmental conservation program in farm activities: A case study in Iran

Hooman Mansoori, Mohammad Reza Kohansal, Mohammd Farid Khadem Ghousi

Prosperity of the agricultural sector is very crucial not only for the national economy but also for the regional development. However, this prosperity has quite often a…

Crisis and Response: Natural Disasters and T'ang Society

Shi Tao, Ma Guoying

Acknowledgements to the referees for CAER (2009)

Prospects of China’s rural household income growth in 2009

Xian Xin