Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development

Solanaceous-Vegetable Price Volatility and Producer Operating Income in China: Evidence from Three Production-Side Response Indicators

Solanaceous vegetables are fresh and perishable, are marketed in concentrated periods, and require production decisions to be made in advance; consequently, fluctuations in the price path can alter producers’ cash-flow arrangements, input schedules, and risk exposure. Using a bal...

From Cotton to Wheat–Maize: Farmer Decision-Making and Cropping Structure Transformation in a Smallholder County of China

Adjusting cropping structure is a key way smallholder agriculture adapts to changing labor availability, production costs, mechanization, and agricultural services. Most studies explain such change through macro-level factors—prices, policies, and resource endowments—and pay less...

Property rights and the provision of rural public goods: evidence from China’s rural collective property rights system reform

Property rights reform is expected to mobilize multiple actors to actively participate in rural governance, thereby exerting an important influence on the provision of rural public goods. This study examines the impact of China’s Rural Collective Property Rights System Reform (RC...