China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 2 Issue 1

Weather risk and the viability of weather insurance in China's Gansu, Shaanxi, and Henan provinces

Calum G. Turvey, Rong Kong

The purpose of this paper is to investigate weather risks facing Chinese farmers, and to determine whether farmers would have a preference for weather insurance over other types…

The food business environment and the role of China and Brazil building a “food bridge”

Marcos Fava Neves

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the economic crisis of 2008/2009 and the major impacts on developing nations and food‐producing countries. Within this macro‐environment of…

Determinants and performance index of foreign direct investment in China's agriculture

Licai Lv, Simei Wen, Qiquan Xiong

Since attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to agriculture is now an important policy concern for the Chinese Government, it is necessary to develop benchmarks of the inward…

Perishability as a determinant of vertical coordination: The case of the US egg, poultry, and pork industries

Chu‐Ping Lo

The purpose of this paper is to present a simple model to demonstrate how a trade‐off between incomplete contract distortions and excessive governance costs determine an…

Agriculture and economic growth in Tunisia

Houssem Eddine Chebbi

The purpose of this paper is to assess the role of agriculture in economic growth and its interactions with other sectors of the Tunisian economy.

Agricultural land tax and farm‐level land‐use changes and output supply response

Femi Olubode‐Awosola

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to land redistribution policy which is presently not only one of the most defining political and development issues, but also perhaps…

Welfare change of China's cotton supply chain under the shock of financial crisis

Shuangxi Xiao

The financial crisis, which broke in the USA has impacted greatly on the world economy, especially on China's cotton supply chain. It is necessary to understand the welfare change…

Estimating confidence intervals for technical efficiency of rainfed rice farming system in Nigeria

K. Ogundari, T.T. Amos, S.O. Ojo

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the technical efficiency (TE) of the rainfed rice farming system in Nigeria.

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