Internet use, sustainable agricultural practices and rural incomes: evidence from China

W Ma, X Wang - Australian Journal of Agricultural and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Relatively little is known about the association between Internet use and environmentally‐
friendly agricultural innovation adoption. To fill this void, this study examines the impact of …

Impact of Internet use on economic well‐being of rural households: Evidence from China

W Ma, P Nie, P Zhang… - Review of Development …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The expansion of the Internet in develo** countries has important implications for the
economic development of rural areas. Although many studies have investigated various …

Enhancing food security: Food crop portfolio choice in response to climatic risk in India

AR Khanal, AK Mishra - Global food security, 2017 - Elsevier
Food security is highly sensitive to climate risks in rainfed areas, particularly in South Asia
where agriculture is highly dependent on rainfall. About 56% of India's land mass is …

Internet use, natural resource extraction and poverty reduction in rural Thailand

TT Nguyen, TT Nguyen, U Grote - Ecological Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
This study uses the data of 1912 and 1815 rural households surveyed in 2016 and 2017,
respectively in three provinces of Thailand to examine the factors affecting the decision of …

Impact of off-farm income on household energy expenditures in China: Implications for rural energy transition

W Ma, X Zhou, A Renwick - Energy Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
This study examines the impact of off-farm income on rural household energy expenditures,
paying special attention to clean energies such as electricity and gas and non-clean energy …

Food security in rural sub-Saharan Africa: Exploring the nexus between gender, geography and off-farm employment

FM Dzanku - World Development, 2019 - Elsevier
How to eradicate hunger and achieve food security remains a key developmental issue,
particular in countries south of the Sahara. Most of the empirical literature focuses on …

Effects of cooperative membership on financial performance of banana farmers in China: A heterogeneous analysis

W Ma, H Zheng, Y Zhu, J Qi - Annals of Public and Cooperative …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper estimates the heterogeneous effects of cooperative membership on smallholder
farmers' financial performance, measured by net returns, return on investment (ROI), and …

Nonfarm employment and consumption diversification in rural China

W Ma, P Vatsa, H Zheng - Economic Analysis and Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
With rapid growth and development, nonfarm employment has become an important source
of livelihood for millions of rural households in China. Rural nonfarm employment is leading …

The effects of off‐farm work on fertilizer and pesticide expenditures in China

W Ma, A Abdulai, C Ma - Review of Development Economics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the effects of participation in off‐farm work on farm expenditures on
fertilizer and pesticide, using farm household survey data from China. Simple mean value …

Does non-farm income affect food security? Evidence from India

A Rahman, S Mishra - The Journal of Development Studies, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Livelihood diversification through greater non-farm activities has been considered as an
important mechanism to propel growth, lower rural poverty and augment farm income across …