Concerned about national food self-sufficiency and rural household incomes, in 2004 China decided to reverse its longstanding policy of taxing farm households and instead began to provide them with subsidies. Since 2004, annual announcements have trumpeted rises in subsidies. Despite the historic turnaround of policy and likely implication of this subsidy policy to China's food economy, there has been little household level survey-based research that has sought to understand the nature of China's subsidy programs from the viewpoint of the farmer. Using data from two sets of household-based surveys (covering tens of thousands of households and most major producing provinces) and survey data from government, in this paper we examine the subsi...
"This paper analyses the impact of agricultural tax abolition and direct income payments to grain fa...
Most farms in China are small and vulnerable to the forces of powerful markets. Recognizing the chal...
This study examined how agricultural households involved in China's Sloping Land Conversion Program ...
Concerned about national grain self-sufficiency and rural household incomes, in 2004 China announced...
The introduction of direct subsidies to farming households and the development of farmer cooperative...
In 2004, China entered a new era in its approach to agricultural policy, as it began to subsidize ra...
Smallholder farms have played an essential role in agricultural production and food security. In ord...
The introduction of direct subsidies to farming households and the development of farmer cooperative...
Farmland transfer is conducive to the rational allocation of farmland resources and scaling of agric...
Individual farmers have been entitled to lease farmland in China since 2003. During the same period,...
Sustainable food production is an important foundation for a country’s development. With the acceler...
The impact of China's new rural income support policy and recent price trends on grain production an...
To improve the incomes of farmers in China, the Chinese government is paying increased attention to ...
The Chinese government introduced some pro-farmed policies in the mid 1990s. This has caused some co...
This study examined the effects of China’s grain subsidy program, the largest food self-sufficiency ...
"This paper analyses the impact of agricultural tax abolition and direct income payments to grain fa...
Most farms in China are small and vulnerable to the forces of powerful markets. Recognizing the chal...
This study examined how agricultural households involved in China's Sloping Land Conversion Program ...
Concerned about national grain self-sufficiency and rural household incomes, in 2004 China announced...
The introduction of direct subsidies to farming households and the development of farmer cooperative...
In 2004, China entered a new era in its approach to agricultural policy, as it began to subsidize ra...
Smallholder farms have played an essential role in agricultural production and food security. In ord...
The introduction of direct subsidies to farming households and the development of farmer cooperative...
Farmland transfer is conducive to the rational allocation of farmland resources and scaling of agric...
Individual farmers have been entitled to lease farmland in China since 2003. During the same period,...
Sustainable food production is an important foundation for a country’s development. With the acceler...
The impact of China's new rural income support policy and recent price trends on grain production an...
To improve the incomes of farmers in China, the Chinese government is paying increased attention to ...
The Chinese government introduced some pro-farmed policies in the mid 1990s. This has caused some co...
This study examined the effects of China’s grain subsidy program, the largest food self-sufficiency ...
"This paper analyses the impact of agricultural tax abolition and direct income payments to grain fa...
Most farms in China are small and vulnerable to the forces of powerful markets. Recognizing the chal...
This study examined how agricultural households involved in China's Sloping Land Conversion Program ...