China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 10 Issue 4

Increasing the effectiveness of the Chinese grain subsidy: a quantitative analysis

Fujin Yi, Bruce McCarl

The purpose of this paper is to examine the grain production implications of alternative designs for China’s grain subsidy policy. In particular, the authors examine three subsidy…

Marginal abatement cost of agricultural carbon emissions in China: 1993-2015

Xianrong Wu, Junbiao Zhang, Liangzhi You

The purpose of this paper is to estimate shadow prices of agricultural carbon emissions produced by agricultural inputs, rice paddy and burning crop residue, and to explore the…

Farmers’ satisfaction with compensations for farmland expropriation in China: Evidence from micro-level data

Song Qu, Nico Heerink, Ying Xia, Junping Guo

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the compensation amount as well as the mode through which compensations are paid on farmers’ satisfaction with the…

Parallel mediation model of social capital, learning and the adoption of best crop management practices: Evidence from Pakistani small farmers

Muhammad Usman, Malik Imran Ahmad

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of social capital on the adoption of best crop management practices and testified the mediatory role of learning in the…

Determinants of pesticide application: an empirical analysis with theory of planned behaviour

Jianhua Wang, May Chu, Yuan yuan Deng, Honming Lam, Jianjun Tang

The purpose of this paper is to investigate farmers’ intentions to comply with pesticide application standards based on an extended theory of planned behaviour (TPB).

The impact of social security policies on farmland reallocation in rural China

Li Huang, Rong Tan

The purpose of this paper is to explore the causality between social security policies and farmland reallocation in rural China.

Restructuring grain production in China: regional heterogeneity and its causality

Xuyuan Zheng, Weiping Liu, Zhigang Xu, Ruiyao Ying, Chunhui Ye

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the heterogeneity of regional grain production distribution in China, by examining the regional heterogeneity of absolute and relative…

Study on farmers land consolidation adaptation intention: A structural equation modeling approach, the case of Sichuan province, China

Abrham Tezera Gessesse, Houjian Li, Ge He, Araya Alemie Berhe

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of media and social network in the development of farmers land consolidation (LC) awareness, perception and adaptation…

The impact of trade liberalization on poverty reduction in rural China

Jun Wang, Yong Hu

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how trade liberalization influences rural poverty reduction in China.

Heterogeneous effects of rural land property mortgage loan program on income: Evidence from the Western China

Xi Yang, Jianchao Luo, Wenshou Yan

The innovative rural land property right mortgage loan program (RLPRMLP) provides a new channel for farmers to secure borrowing from microfinance institutions. Farmers’ land…