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Weather risk and the viability of weather insurance in China's Gansu, Shaanxi, and Henan provinces
Calum G. Turvey, Rong KongThe purpose of this paper is to investigate weather risks facing Chinese farmers, and to determine whether farmers would have a preference for weather insurance over other types…
The food business environment and the role of China and Brazil building a “food bridge”
Marcos Fava NevesThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the economic crisis of 2008/2009 and the major impacts on developing nations and food‐producing countries. Within this macro‐environment of…
Determinants and performance index of foreign direct investment in China's agriculture
Licai Lv, Simei Wen, Qiquan XiongSince attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to agriculture is now an important policy concern for the Chinese Government, it is necessary to develop benchmarks of the inward…
Perishability as a determinant of vertical coordination: The case of the US egg, poultry, and pork industries
Chu‐Ping LoThe purpose of this paper is to present a simple model to demonstrate how a trade‐off between incomplete contract distortions and excessive governance costs determine an…
Agriculture and economic growth in Tunisia
Houssem Eddine ChebbiThe purpose of this paper is to assess the role of agriculture in economic growth and its interactions with other sectors of the Tunisian economy.
Agricultural land tax and farm‐level land‐use changes and output supply response
Femi Olubode‐AwosolaThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to land redistribution policy which is presently not only one of the most defining political and development issues, but also perhaps…
Welfare change of China's cotton supply chain under the shock of financial crisis
Shuangxi XiaoThe financial crisis, which broke in the USA has impacted greatly on the world economy, especially on China's cotton supply chain. It is necessary to understand the welfare change…
Estimating confidence intervals for technical efficiency of rainfed rice farming system in Nigeria
K. Ogundari, T.T. Amos, S.O. OjoThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the technical efficiency (TE) of the rainfed rice farming system in Nigeria.
ISSN:
1756-137Xe-ISSN:
1756-1388ISSN-L:
1756-137XOnline date, start – end:
2009Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Fu Qin
- Dr Jikun Huang
- Dr Kevin Z Chen
- Dr Weiming Tian
- Prof Daniel Sumner
- Prof Xian Xin
- Prof Holly Wang