China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 11 Issue 1

Changes in returns to education for off-farm wage employment: evidence from rural China

Weidong Wang, Yongqing Dong, Renfu Luo, Yunli Bai, Linxiu Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of education in the labor market and to understand how returns to education change over time in rural China.

Farm size and production efficiency in Chinese agriculture: output and profit

Jiao Yan, Chunlai Chen, Biliang Hu

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between farm size and agricultural production efficiency from the aspects of output and profit in order to find an optimal…

General review of intelligent agriculture development in China

Lin Shi, Guicheng Shi, Huanguang Qiu

The purpose of this paper is to provide a better understanding of the development of intelligent agriculture (IA) in China, which is an important tendency in advancing the…

Efficiency performance of fertilizer use in arable agricultural production in China

Wei Huang, Li Jiang

Fertilizer overuse is regarded as one of the main contributors to agricultural pollution and environmental problems in China. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate technical…

Market power and returns to scale in farm-value share determination: An extension of the Muth–Gardner approach

Ling Ma, Alexander Nuetah, Xiuqing Wang

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of market power and returns to scale in the determination of farm-value share.

Spatial analysis of dairy yields response to intensive farming in New Zealand

Wei Yang, Basil Sharp

The New Zealand (NZ) dairy industry faces the challenge of increasing productivity and dealing with public concerns over nutrient pollution. The effective policy needs to address…

Estimating the mechanism of farmers’ effective participation in Chinese rural land consolidation

Wenxiong Wang, Lihong Yu, Wei Zhou, David W. Marcouiller, Bin Luo

Effective farmer participation in the rural land consolidation process has become increasingly important because it improves results in rural land consolidation and land use…

Does household engagement in concurrent business affect the farm size-technical efficiency relationship in grain production?: Evidence from Northern China

Min Zhong, Yuchun Zhu, Qihui Chen, Tianjun Liu, Qihua Cai

The purpose of this paper is to examine how households’ engagement in concurrent business (CB), which is measured by the contribution of off-farm income to household income…

The changing dietary patterns and health issues in China

Ming Yuan, James Lawrence Seale Jr, Thomas Wahl, Junfei Bai

The purpose of this paper is to offer an overview of dietary transition patterns and a discussion of the food-related health issues in China.

Agricultural production mode transformation and production efficiency: A labor division and cooperation lens

Zimin Liu, Dan Yang, Tao Wen

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of farmers’ agricultural production mode transformation, from the perspective of agricultural division of labor and cooperation…

Distributional effect of the farmer pension program in Taiwan: A regression-based decomposition analysis

Yir-Hueih Luh, Min-Fang Wei

The Old Farmer Pension Program (OFPP) represents Taiwan’s long-standing efforts aiming at improving farm household income and well-being; however, how effective the pension…

Technology adoption among farmers in Jilin Province, China: The case of aerial pesticide application

Shi Zheng, Zhigang Wang, Cheryl Joy Wachenheim

The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors influencing intent to adopt unmanned aerial vehicles for use in agricultural operations in Jilin Province, China.