China's urbanization has resulted in significant changes in both agricultural land and
agricultural land use. However, there is limited understanding about the relationship …

A meta-regression analysis including 167 farm level technical efficiency (TE) studies of
develo** and developed countries was undertaken. The econometric results suggest that …

A data envelopment analysis of a sample of 76 Nepalese rice farmers reveals average
relative economic, allocative, technical, pure technical and scale inefficiencies as 34, 13, 24 …

As an important foundation of economic and social development, the increase of grain
production efficiency contributes to the steady growth of food output. In this paper, from the …

A production function approach is used on data from 227 Chinese farm households to
evaluate the effectiveness of land consolidation projects in the comprehensive agricultural …

The Nigerian rice sector is special within the West Africa context. First, rice is primarily a
cash crop in Nigeria (produced primarily for the market). Therefore, in rice producing areas …

In 2018, the Chinese government proposed the Rural Revitalization Strategy with the
objective of bolstering economic development, social progress, and ecological protection in …

Intercrop** entails the concurrent production of two or more crop species in the same field.
This traditional farming method generally results in a highly efficient use of land, but whether …

In this paper, we investigate how farms' environmental and economic efficiency is shaped by
Pillar I CAP subsidies over time and by spatial effects originating from subsidies received by …

Studies on land use change and food security in China have often neglected the regional
variability of land use change and food production conditions. This study explores the …