China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 16 Issue 2

Guest editorial: Climate resilient food systems: implications for policy research

Suresh Chandra Babu

“Fruit basket upset”: spatially explicit crop mixture responses to climatic and economic pressures

Richard Robertson, Athanasios Petsakos, Chun Song, Nicola Cenacchi, Elisabetta Gotor

The choice of crops to produce at a location depends to a large degree on the climate. As the climate changes and food demand evolves, farmers may need to produce a different mix…

Natural disasters and agricultural trade in China: analyzing the role of transportation, government and diplomacy

Yixin Zhao, Zhonghai Cheng, Yongle Chai

Natural disasters profoundly influence agricultural trade sustainability. This study investigates the effects of natural disasters on agricultural production imports in China…

Saving farm subsidies with smart climate interventions: the case of transition to a millet-based agriculture

Balaji Sedithippa Janarthanan

The study attempts to estimate farm subsidies the governments can save by transitioning to a millet-based production system, replacing GHG emission-intensive crops.

How green finance boosts carbon efficiency in agriculture: a quasi-experiment from China

Yayun Ren, Zhongmin Ding, Junxia Liu

The research objective of this paper is to investigate the direct and indirect impacts of green finance on agricultural carbon total factor productivity (ACTFP) within the…

An analysis of long-term and short-term impact of climate change on rice production in India

Arshdeep Singh, Kashish Arora, Suresh Chandra Babu

Climate change-related weather events significantly affect rice production. In this paper, we investigate the impact of and interrelationships between agriculture inputs, climate…

The multiple effects of farmland infrastructure investment on agrifood systems in China—an interdisciplinary model analysis

Yumei Zhang, Ming Lei, Xiangmin Lan, Xiangyang Zhang, Shenggen Fan, Ji Gao

As one of its major strategies, China has made a new plan to further expand High Standard Farmland (HSF) to all permanent basic farmland (80% of total farmland) for grain security…

Tripartite evolutionary game and simulation analysis of brand enhancement for geographical indications agri-food

Weixia Yang, Congli Xie, Lindong Ma

The construction of geographical indications agri-food (GIAF) brands play an important role in rural revitalization in China, this study aims to explore how to jointly promote…

Economic-environmental assessment of emission tax policy in developing countries: evidence from Iran

Shahrokh Shakerin, Seyed Nematollah Moosavi, Abbas Aminifard

The present study aims at quantifying the likely impacts of an environmental tax on macroeconomic variables and pollution in Iran.