China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 16 Issue 1

Will the “nouveau-riche” (new-rich) waste more food? Evidence from China

Na Hao, H. Holly Wang, Xinxin Wang, Wetzstein Michael

This study aims to test the compensatory consumption theory with the explicit hypothesis that China's new-rich tend to waste relatively more food.

The impacts of foreign direct investment on total factor productivity: an empirical study of agricultural enterprises

Yan Han, Rodney B.W. Smith, Laping Wu

This paper aims to examine the impact of six possible foreign direct investment (FDI) spillover channels on the total factor productivity (TFP) of Chinese agricultural enterprises…

Monetary policy and overshooting of agricultural prices in China: in a supply chain perspective

Yitian Xiao, Jiawu Dai, J. Alexander Nuetah

The purpose of this paper is to test the overshooting effects of monetary expansion on prices of agricultural products at farm production, processing and circulation stages in…

Does state-led urbanization come at the cost of agriculture? Evidence from China

Wenhua Liu, Zekai He, Qi Wang

This paper explores the relationship between state-led urbanization and primary industry development using the difference-in-differences (DiD) method.

Subjective preferences, liquidity constraints and price risk management under large-scale farm management

Peng Peng, Zhigang Xu

Large-scale farm management in China has developed rapidly in recent years. Large-scale farmers face substantial operating risks, requiring extensive price risk management…

The impacts of caterpillar fungus income on grazing pressure in Tibetan regions: a tale of income diversification

Qi Kang, Carlos E. Carpio, Chenggang Wang, Zeng Tang

This research examined the impacts of diversified income from trading caterpillar fungus on pastoral households' livestock production and income. The specific objectives were to…

Farmers' willingness to pay for smart farming technologies: evidence from a smart drip irrigation technology in North China

Hui Tao, Hang Xiong, Liangzhi You, Fan Li

Smart farming technologies (SFTs) can increase yields and reduce the environmental impacts of farming by improving the efficient use of inputs. This paper is to estimate farmers'…

Effect of agriculture–tourism integration on in situ urbanization of rural residents: evidence from 1868 counties in China

Juan Lu, He Li

This study aims to clarify the impact of agriculture–tourism integration (ATI) on in situ urbanization (ISURB) of rural residents, to highlight the role of industrial integration…

Comparing the determinants of household carbon footprints between rural and urban: evidence from China household survey data

Jinwei Lv, Bing Liu, Li Chai

Urbanization is driving the growth of China’s carbon footprint. It’s important to investigate what factors, how and to what extent, affect carbon footprints embedded in various…

Accessing the effect of smartphone agricultural applications on land transfer: evidence from Sichuan province in China

Xi Yu, Awudu Abdulai, Dongmei Li

This study aims to examine farmers' decision to use smartphone agricultural applications (SAAs) and how SAAs adoption impact their land transfer behaviors in terms of the current…