China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 5 Issue 4

The impacts of climate change on the People's Republic of China's grain output: Regional and crop perspective

Xian Xin, Tun Lin, Xiaoyun Liu, Guanghua Wan, Yongsheng Zhang

This paper aims to investigate the impacts of climate change on the People's Republic of China's (PRC) grain output using rural household survey data. The paper highlights the…

The impacts of production uncertainties on world food prices

Stefan Meyer, Xiaohua Yu

Because of large time lags between the production decision, completion and sale of output, any uncertainty during the process of production, such as bad weather, disease or…

Re-examining the inverse relationship between farm size and efficiency: The empirical evidence in China

Gucheng Li, Zhongchao Feng, Liangzhi You, Lixia Fan

Whether there exists an inverse relationship (IR) between farm size and its efficiency remains a hotly debated question among agricultural economists. In most studies to date…

Bioenergy prospects in Taiwan using set-aside land – an economic evaluation

Chih-Chun Kung, Bruce McCarl, Xiaoyong Cao, Hualin Xie

This study aims to explore Taiwan's potential for bioenergy production using feedstocks grown on set-aside land and discusses the consequent effects on Taiwan's energy security…

Domestic solid waste discharge and its determinants in rural China

Kaixing Huang, Jinxia Wang, Junfei Bai, Huanguang Qiu

The purpose of this paper is to examine the discharge volume of domestic solid waste in rural China and to explore the potential impact of various factors that contribute to it…

Production pattern, transaction style and raw milk quality: An empirical study based on a “comprehensive quality perspective”

Zhen Zhong, Shufen Chen, Xiangzhi Kong

The purpose of this paper is to present an econometric model to empirically analyze the influence of production patterns and transaction style on raw milk quality. More…

Improving Chinese soybean meal demand estimation by addressing the non-commercial: Commercial feed gap

Lei Xing, Peter Goldsmith

Two effects simultaneously shape the future soybean meal (SBM) demand in China: the income effect on meat consumption and the transition effect due to commercial feed usage in…

Review of mid- and long-term predictions of China's grain security

Xinye Lv

This paper analyzes the factors that potentially affect grain security in China and reviews the techniques used for prediction. It reviews and compares forecasts for grain…

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