..., willingness to adopt technology and social networks between optimized practices (OPT) and farmer practices (FP) to provide localized and systematic solutions for the sustainable apple production. Design/methodology/approach To explore the approach of smallholder-dominated sustainable apple production, 257...

...Qihua Cai; Yuchun Zhu; Qihui Chen Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the roles social networks play in households’ contribution to the provision of small hydraulic facilities (SHFs) in rural China. Design/methodology/approach – This paper adopts a sample-selection ordered...