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Organic farming: does acquisition of the farming information influence Chinese apple farmers’ willingness to adopt?
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited on behalf of China Agricultural University and the Chinese Association for Agricultural Economics, 2017)
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The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that influence Chinese apple farmers’ willingness to adopt organic farming, paying a special attention to the role of information acquisition.
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Modelling the heterogeneous effects of stocking rate on dairy production: An application of unconditional quantile regression with fixed effects
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-04-14)
This article analyses the effects of stocking rate on dairy production, using New Zealand dairy farm business data for the period 2005–2014. Unlike previous studies that assume a homogenous relationship between stocking ...
To what extent are the rural households’ carbon capable? Evidence from a survey at Jianghan Plain, central China
(2019-02)
The reduction of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions relies on farmers’ active involvement in mitigation actions. However, little research has focused on farmers’ capability of engaging with climate change mitigation. ...
The effect of internet usage on perceptions of social fairness: Evidence from rural China
(Elsevier, 2020-08)
Using Chinese Social Survey data for 6205 geographically distributed rural households, this paper assesses the impact of Internet usage on social fairness perceptions (SFPs) among Chinese farmers. To address the potential ...
An experimental pricing framework for E-commerce
(MDPI, 2021-12)
Characterizing the demand curve of products is important for pricing them optimally. However, in deriving empirical demand curves, econometricians have to contend with identification issues. Furthermore, theoretical demand ...
Impact of cash crop cultivation on household income and migration decisions: Evidence from low-income regions in China
(Elsevier on behalf of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 2020-10)
This study examines the impact of cash crop cultivation on household income and migration decisions, using survey data collected from low-income regions in China. Given farmers decide themselves whether to cultivate cash ...
Farm machinery use and maize yields in China: An analysis accounting for selection bias and heterogeneity
(Wiley, 2020-07-24)
Crop production in developing and emerging countries is increasingly dependent on the usage of farm machinery. However, it remains unclear whether low-productive and high-productive farmers benefit equally from farm machinery ...
The adoption and impact of E-commerce in rural China: Application of an endogenous switching regression model
(Elsevier, 2021-04)
Rural e-commerce is embraced as an opportunity for economic advancement for farmers in developing countries. However, little empirical evidence has been presented about the factors that affect farmers' decisions to adopt ...
Impact of grassland transfer on technical efficiency of livestock production in Northern China
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-09-02)
This paper estimates the impact of grassland transfer on the technical efficiency of livestock production, using the cross-sectional data collected from herders in Northern China. The propensity score matching approach and ...
The adoption of organic soil amendments and farm economic performance: Evidence from wheat production in China
(2020-08)
This study examines the determinants of adoption of organic soil amendments (OSAs) such as organic fertiliser and farmyard manure and its impact on crop yields and net returns, using household survey data of 558 wheat ...