Farm size plays a critical role in agricultural sustainability. This may have far-reaching
consequences for the economic and environmental performance of agricultural production …

Despite of remarkable achievements in the past, China is also facing several major
challenges, in particular on ensuring sustainable growth of agriculture, improving food …

We exploit a large-scale land titling reform in China that clearly entitles rural households to
land rights by issuing uniform land use certificates and study how this impacted …

Agriculture, countryside and peasantry have been priority concerns of the C hinese
government, with land and agriculture being the most crucial. With a growing population …

Major changes are taking place in the Chinese countryside. Long a smallholder dominant
economy with small and fragmented farms, a suite of policies, regulations, and financial …

Existing studies have primarily examined the impact of farmland fragmentation on
agricultural production from the perspective of crop yield per unit of land. However, they …

Employing 2015 and 2017 CFD data, this paper studies how the new round of a land
certification program that aims to provide secure land titles for farmers has affected factor …

While scholars long recognized the importance of land markets as a key driver of rural non-
farm development and transformation in rural areas, evidence on the extent of their …

Based on data from 412 households, this study used the sustainable livelihoods approach to
analyse changes in livelihood strategies and the relationship between those changes and …

Countries around the world are devising and implementing bioeconomy strategies to initiate
transformation towards sustainable futures. Modern concepts of bioeconomy extend beyond …