China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 12 Issue 1

The core of China’s rural revitalization: exerting the functions of rural area

Xiwen Chen

The purpose of this paper is to provide a deeper understanding of the rural revitalization strategy, from the perspective of the fundamental functions that should be served by…

Prioritizing agricultural, rural development and implementing the rural revitalization strategy

Jun Han

The purpose of this paper is to identify key missions in the “three nong” domain (i.e. issues related to agriculture, farmers and rural areas in China) that should be successfully…

Information asymmetry, third party certification and the integration of organic food value chain in China

Jiang Zhao, Ksenia Gerasimova, Yala Peng, Jiping Sheng

The purpose of this paper is to discuss characteristics of organic food value chain governance and policy tools that can increase the supply of good quality of agri-products.

Does the basic farmland preservation hinder land transfers in rural China?

Tongwei Qiu, Biliang Luo, Shangpu Li, Qinying He

The purpose of this paper is to assess the links between basic farmland preservation and land transfers in rural China.

Estimating market power in the Chinese pork-packing industry: a structural approach

Hao Lan, Xiaojin Wang

The purpose of this paper is to investigate market power in the Chinese pork supply chain. The authors aim to explain why a steady rise in prices is observed in the sector, apart…

Conservation payments, off-farm employment and household welfare for farmers participating in the “Grain for Green” program in China: Empirical evidence from the Loess Plateau

Li Li, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Ian MacLachlan, Guicai Li, Atsushi Koike, Yuanyuan Guo

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors (including conservation payments) that influence household decisions to participate in off-farm work and estimate the impact of…

Science or prejudice: The effects of subjective and objective perceptions on Chinese consumers’ preferences for foods from a novel biotechnology

Jintao Zhan, Yubei Ma, Xinye Lv, Meng Xu, Mingyang Zhang

Some researchers argue that consumers’ lack of knowledge is an important factor increasing risk for a new product derived from emerging agricultural technology. The purpose of…

The effects of social capital on farmers’ wellbeing in China’s undeveloped poverty-stricken areas

Xiaoqiang Ma, Jiaqi Wang, Ling Zhao, Jinmian Han

The purpose of this paper is to investigate empirically the effects of different dimensions of social capital on the well-being of farmers in China’s undeveloped poverty-stricken…

Farmer preference for swine price index insurance: Evidence from Jiangsu and Henan provinces of China

Yanyuan Zhang, Wuyang Hu, Jintao Zhan, Chao Chen

The purpose of this paper is to examine farmer preference for swine price index insurance in China focusing on whether Chinese farmers are willing to consider purchasing swine…

China’s hukou system and city economic growth: from the aspect of rural–urban migration

Kunling Zhang, Chunlai Chen, Jian Ding, Zhinan Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the economic impacts of China’s hukou system and propose the possible direction for future reform.

Rising cost of labor and transformations in grain production in China

Xu Tian, Fujin Yi, Xiaohua Yu

The purpose of this paper is to investigate Chinese farmers’ adaptation behavior in the context of the rising cost of labor in agriculture. As the cost of labor increases, farmers…

Why are Chinese small farmers planting more grain crops? – Review of the Logic of Grain Planting (2018)

Tong Zhang