Purpose – The paper aims to assess the impact of agricultural output changes on the general price level over time with China as an example. Design/methodology/approach – A simple numerical global general equilibrium (GE) model of two regions (China and the rest of the world) and three...

Purpose – The paper aims to assess the impact of agricultural output changes on the general price level over time with China as an example. Design/methodology/approach – A simple numerical global general equilibrium (GE) model of two regions (China and the rest of the world) and three...

Purpose – China's agricultural sector has developed very rapidly in the past 30 years and agricultural technological progress is deemed one of the most substantial factors leading to its rapid agricultural GDP growth. The purpose of this paper is to assess the impacts of China's agricultural...

Purpose – China's agricultural sector has developed very rapidly in the past 30 years and agricultural technological progress is deemed one of the most substantial factors leading to its rapid agricultural GDP growth. The purpose of this paper is to assess the impacts of China's agricultural...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to yield more plausible rural poverty lines for China and then assess the determinants of rural poverty using these newly revised rural poverty lines. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper it is argued that the Chinese official poverty line...

Purpose This paper aims to investigate how to promote the agricultural insurance amid the "new normal" of economic development. Design/methodology/approach This paper reviewed the achievements and experiences of China agricultural insurance development in the past eight years, deeply analyzed...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the effect of crop insurance on farmer income in Inner Mongolia, China Design/methodology/approach We use a survey of farmers in Inner Mongolia, China, with difference-in-difference, propensity score matching, and hybrid propensity score matching...

Purpose Economic reforms in rural China have led to the emergence of land and labor markets. The development of rural land rental markets can improve agricultural productivity and equity by facilitating transfers of land to more productive farmers and facilitating the participation in the...

Purpose In Taiwan, owing to the defects of the management system, the percentage of non-performing loans of the Credit Departments of Farmers’ Associations (CDFAs) has increased markedly. The government has thus imposed a series of financial reforms on them over the years. It is necessary to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to yield more plausible rural poverty lines for China and then assess the determinants of rural poverty using these newly revised rural poverty lines. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper it is argued that the Chinese official poverty line...