Table I Mean values of most important...

Table I

Mean values of most important variables, 2005–2013

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Certified producers (%)	0.00	0.00	4.12	5.20	5.78	9.68	11.17	10.22	9.92
Fertilizer (kg/mu)	67.33	71.19	70.02	66.48	72.34	75.99	74.64	76.88	75.44
Pesticide (kg/mu)	1.14	1.27	1.28	1.58	1.7	1.53	1.85	1.99	1.93
Sown area (mu)	10.59	13.60	10.60	10.51	10.85	11.09	10.45	10.31	10.99
Household labor per mu	0.62	0.65	0.75	0.78	0.95	0.99	1.11	1.21	1.19
Agro tools per mu	0.19	0.18	0.22	0.22	0.25	0.34	0.23	0.22	0.24
Machinery power per mu	0.23	0.23	0.28	0.25	0.23	0.29	0.44	0.86	0.78
Greenhouses (% of arable land)	0.59	0.71	0.18	0.22	0.33	0.96	0.20	1.04	0.22
Irrigation (%)	50.87	51.20	55.19	54.61	50.61	49.13	48.90	47.16	46.19
Share of major crops in sown area (%)
Wheat	16.08	16.55	15.88	14.69	14.06	14.38	14.23	13.72	14.30
Rice	20.05	19.83	20.30	20.07	19.60	18.22	20.28	16.55	17.08
Maize	23.31	23.73	23.27	22.65	26.38	28.97	30.10	33.75	33.08
Soybean	5.85	4.93	4.43	4.71	4.54	3.82	3.07	2.19	2.35
Vegetables	5.28	5.56	5.39	5.87	5.96	5.91	6.69	6.96	6.64
Fruits	8.03	6.66	8.35	9.15	8.59	8.41	8.69	9.14	9.43
Non-cropping income (1,000 yuan)	12.02	13.72	17.19	17.29	18.69	21.31	24.42	25.22	27.98
Fertilizer price (yuan/kg)	1.51	1.5	1.53	1.94	1.78	1.69	1.91	2.03	1.93
Pesticide price (yuan/kg)	23.28	24.67	25.58	26.21	26.92	27.11	27.15	28.34	26.66
No. of villages	70	70	69	70	72	72	69	71	67
No. of observations	3,943	3,909	3,936	3,959	3,996	3,813	3,689	3,847	3,477

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Certified producers (%)	0.00	0.00	4.12	5.20	5.78	9.68	11.17	10.22	9.92
Fertilizer (kg/mu)	67.33	71.19	70.02	66.48	72.34	75.99	74.64	76.88	75.44
Pesticide (kg/mu)	1.14	1.27	1.28	1.58	1.7	1.53	1.85	1.99	1.93
Sown area (mu)	10.59	13.60	10.60	10.51	10.85	11.09	10.45	10.31	10.99
Household labor per mu	0.62	0.65	0.75	0.78	0.95	0.99	1.11	1.21	1.19
Agro tools per mu	0.19	0.18	0.22	0.22	0.25	0.34	0.23	0.22	0.24
Machinery power per mu	0.23	0.23	0.28	0.25	0.23	0.29	0.44	0.86	0.78
Greenhouses (% of arable land)	0.59	0.71	0.18	0.22	0.33	0.96	0.20	1.04	0.22
Irrigation (%)	50.87	51.20	55.19	54.61	50.61	49.13	48.90	47.16	46.19
Share of major crops in sown area (%)
Wheat	16.08	16.55	15.88	14.69	14.06	14.38	14.23	13.72	14.30
Rice	20.05	19.83	20.30	20.07	19.60	18.22	20.28	16.55	17.08
Maize	23.31	23.73	23.27	22.65	26.38	28.97	30.10	33.75	33.08
Soybean	5.85	4.93	4.43	4.71	4.54	3.82	3.07	2.19	2.35
Vegetables	5.28	5.56	5.39	5.87	5.96	5.91	6.69	6.96	6.64
Fruits	8.03	6.66	8.35	9.15	8.59	8.41	8.69	9.14	9.43
Non-cropping income (1,000 yuan)	12.02	13.72	17.19	17.29	18.69	21.31	24.42	25.22	27.98
Fertilizer price (yuan/kg)	1.51	1.5	1.53	1.94	1.78	1.69	1.91	2.03	1.93
Pesticide price (yuan/kg)	23.28	24.67	25.58	26.21	26.92	27.11	27.15	28.34	26.66
No. of villages	70	70	69	70	72	72	69	71	67
No. of observations	3,943	3,909	3,936	3,959	3,996	3,813	3,689	3,847	3,477

Note: All price and income variables have been deflated to 2005 prices, using national consumer price index data

Source: Calculated by authors from the RCRE surveys and the 2014 additional survey

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