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Quantifying the impact of Russia–Ukraine crisis on food security and trade pattern: evidence from a structural general equilibrium trade model
Fan Feng, Ningyuan Jia, Faqin LinConsidering the importance of Russia and Ukraine in agriculture, the authors quantify the potential impact of the Russia–Ukraine conflict on food output, trade, prices and food…
Health vulnerability and health poverty of rice farmers: evidence from Hubei province in China
Wenjing Li, Lu Zhang, Meng Yue, Jorge Ruiz-Menjivar, Junbiao ZhangThe purpose of this study was threefold: (1) to measure farmers' health poverty, (2) to examine the effect of health vulnerability on health poverty and (3) to identify…
Does female off-farm employment affect fertility desire? Evidence from rural China
Zheng Shen, Derek S. Brown, Kang YuOff-farm employment is an important factor associated with fertility transition in many developing countries. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of female…
Fuel adoption in rural heating: a field study on northern China
Lin Zhu, Hua Liao, You ZhouPromoting clean heating in rural areas is crucial for achieving a low-carbon transition of energy consumption and China's dual-carbon target. The study aims to consider the energy…
Farmers’ policy cognition, psychological constructs and behavior of land transfer: empirical analysis based on household surveys in Beijing
Yating Zhang, Chung-Han Tsai, Wei Liu, Kun WengThis research examines farmers’ cognitions to the policy and how such cognitions influence their intentions and behaviors of land transfer, with the implementation of the Three…
Would consumers help achieve sustainable development in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau with a forage–livestock balance certification label?
Yan Zhang, Shaosheng Jin, Wen LinThe contradiction and conflict between grassland conservation and economic development are prominent in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) with its fragile environment and ecosystem…
Comparison of machine learning predictions of subjective poverty in rural China
Lucie Maruejols, Hanjie Wang, Qiran Zhao, Yunli Bai, Linxiu ZhangDespite rising incomes and reduction of extreme poverty, the feeling of being poor remains widespread. Support programs can improve well-being, but they first require identifying…
Identification of urban-rural integration types in China – an unsupervised machine learning approach
Qiyan Zeng, Xiaofu ChenDevelopment of urban-rural integration is essential to fulfill sustainable development goals worldwide, and comprehension about urban-rural integration types has been highlighted…
Food price dynamics and regional clusters: machine learning analysis of egg prices in China
Chang Liu, Lin Zhou, Lisa Höschle, Xiaohua YuThe study uses machine learning techniques to cluster regional retail egg prices after 2000 in China. Furthermore, it combines machine learning results with econometric models to…
Coalitions in international relations and coordination of agricultural trade policies
Rui MaoThe author attempts to examine the existence and pattern of coalitions in international relations across countries, and investigates whether international relations of coalition…
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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