Farmers’ Intentions to Lease Forestland: Evidence from Rural China

Consumers’ Purchase Intentions toward Traceable Beef—Evidence from Beijing, China

The utility of food traceability standards aims to reduce the of food security and to provide consumers with targeted information. A survey has been conducted on sample of consumers in Beijing (n = 234), aiming to explain the intention toward purchasing traceable beef using the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Based on the TPB, the present study has added new variable: past experience. Structu...

Farmers’ Risk Preferences in Rural China: Measurements and Determinants

This study measures farmers' risk attitudes in rural China using a survey instrument and a complementary experiment conducted in the field with the same sample of subjects. Using a question asking people about their willingness to take risks "in general", we found that the average response of our sample is slightly risk averse. Farmers' exogenous factors (age, gender, and height) and self-repor...

Farmers Willingness to Pay for Crop Insurance: Evidence from Eastern Ghana

Crop insurance is a risk management tool with the potential of dealing with risk more efficiently, the study uses a dichotomous contingent valuation method to elicit the willingness to pay for crop insurance among cereal farmers in the Eastern region of Ghana. The study employed descriptive statistical techniques to analyse primary data obtained from 208 sampled farmers in the region. Approxima...

To lease or not to lease.

Migration and Young Child Nutrition: Evidence from Rural China

Migration and Young Child Nutrition: Evidence from Rural China The unprecedented large scale rural-to-urban migration in China has left many rural children living apart from their parents. In this study, we examine the impact of parental migration on the nutritional status of young children in rural areas. We use the interaction terms between wage growth in provincial capital cities and initial...