China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 6 Issue 1

Steadying the ladder: China's agricultural and rural development engagement in Africa

Kevin Z. Chen, Claire Hsu, Shenggen Fan

This paper aims to draw lessons from China's development experiences, particularly in the areas of agricultural and rural development, to increase growth and reduce poverty in…

Do China's food safety standards affect agricultural trade? The case of dairy products

Dingqiang Sun, Jikun Huang, Jun Yang

– The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine how China's food safety standards affect agricultural trade in the case of dairy products.

How much did the return of rural migrant labor affect China's national economy?

Wei Jia, Xiaoyun Liu

– What this paper aims to tackle is how much did the return of rural migrant labor during the financial crisis affect China's GDP and the growth rate of the national economy.

An economy-wide analysis of impacts on Taiwan of reducing tariff escalation on agriculture-related products in WTO Doha Round negotiations

Huey-Lin Lee, Ching-Cheng Chang, Yungho Weng, Sheng-Ming Hsu, Shih-Hsun Hsu, Yi-Chieh Chen

– The purpose of this paper is to assess the degree of tariff escalation in Taiwan's agriculture-related commodities and the economy-wide impact of tariff harmonization.

Income inequality and mobility of rural households in China from 2003 to 2006

Wenkai Sun, Xianghong Wang, Chong-En Bai

– This paper aims to illustrate the trends of income growth and income inequality and examines the dynamics and determinants of income mobility in rural China from 2003 to 2006.

Rural-urban income gap and agricultural growth in China: An empirical study on the provincial panel data, 1978-2010

Yanyan Gao, Jianghuai Zheng, Maoliang Bu

– This paper aims to investigate the effect of rural-urban income gap on agricultural growth in China and its dynamics over time and across regions since reform and opening up.

Quantifying the benefits associated with the use of alternative marketing arrangements by US farmers

Wu-Yueh Hu, Daniel Phaneuf, Xiaoyong Zheng

The purpose of this paper is to quantify the benefits to farmers from using alternative marketing arrangements (AMAs) in the USA. The authors first estimate a behavioral model…

Assessing Korean consumers' valuation for domestic, Chinese, and US rice: Importance of country of origin and food miles information

Ji Yong Lee, Doo Bong Han, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr, Jong Min Yoon

– The purpose of this paper is to assess Korean consumers' valuation for domestic rice and imported rice from China and the USA.

Study on the survival of China agri-food export trade relationships

Dongwen Tian, Rui Li, Wei Yao, Li Huang

The purpose of this paper is to study whether, of China's food and agriculture (agri-food) export, the trade relationships along the extensive margin can transform into short-term…

Local spillovers and durable adoption: evidence from durable consumptions in rural China

Zhao Rong, Yao Feng

The effects of social learning and network externalities in the diffusion of a new product imply that there should be local spillovers from existing owners to new adopters in a…

Developing Successful Agriculture: An Australian Case Study

Chunlai Chen

2013 Awards for Excellence

Bjorn Gustafsson