...Kunyang Zhang; Jinrui Zhang; Yonghao Hu; Yan Han; Laping Wu Purpose This paper aims to estimate the total factor productivity (TFP) of grain production among Chinese farmers, investigate the mechanisms through which information and communication technology (ICT) affects their grain TFP and explore...

...Wenxiong Wang; Lihong Yu; Wei Zhou; David W. Marcouiller; Bin Luo Purpose Effective farmer participation in the rural land consolidation process has become increasingly important because it improves results in rural land consolidation and land use efficiency. The purpose of this paper...

...Linhai Wu; Bo Hou Purpose Pesticide residue is a stubborn problem affecting the quality and safety of agricultural products in China, and has not yet been fundamentally resolved. The purpose of this paper is to study farmers' perception of pesticide residues, as well as the main factors affecting...

...Shi Zheng; Pei Xu; Zhigang Wang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify factors that affect farm acceptance of the new seeds. This paper develops a Bivariate Probit model with adjusted sample selection bias to analyze Chinese farmers' sequential decision‐making process in their adoption...

...H. Holly Wang; Milton Boyd; Milton Boyd; Jeffrey Pai; Qiao Zhang; H. Holly Wang; Ke Wang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the factors affecting crop insurance purchases by farmers in Inner Mongolia, China. Design/methodology/approach A survey of farmers in Inner Mongolia, China...