Agricultural productivity and economic growth

D Gollin - Handbook of agricultural economics, 2010 - Elsevier
In most poor countries, large majorities of the population live in rural areas and earn their
livelihoods primarily from agriculture. Many rural people in the develo** world are poor …

Air pollution, food production and food security: A review from the perspective of food system

F Sun, DAI Yun, X Yu - Journal of integrative agriculture, 2017 - Elsevier
Air pollution negatively impacts food security. This paper reviews the current literature on the
relationship between air pollution and food security from the perspective of food system. It …

The new field of sustainable entrepreneurship: Studying entrepreneurial action linking “what is to be sustained” with “what is to be developed”

DA Shepherd, H Patzelt - Entrepreneurship theory and …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Informed by the sustainable development and entrepreneurship literatures we offer the
following definition: Sustainable entrepreneurship is focused on the preservation of nature …

Agricultural policy and nutrition outcomes–getting beyond the preoccupation with staple grains

P **ali - Food security, 2015 - Springer
There is a growing disconnect between agricultural policy and contemporary nutritional
challenges, the persistent problem of micronutrient malnutrition and child stunting, as well as …

Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification

JA Burney, SJ Davis, DB Lobell - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
As efforts to mitigate climate change increase, there is a need to identify cost-effective ways
to avoid emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Agriculture is rightly recognized as a …

Agricultural reforms and production in China: Changes in provincial production function and productivity in 1978–2015

B Gong - Journal of Development Economics, 2018 - Elsevier
A series of fundamental and market-oriented reforms since 1978 have dramatically
reshaped China's agricultural sector, which had been sluggish during the socialist period …

[LIBRO][B] Growth, inequality, and poverty in rural China: The role of public investments

S Fan, L Zhang, X Zhang - 2002 - books.google.com
In the past two decades, China has achieved world renown for reducing rural poverty.
However, it is becoming harder to reduce poverty and inequality further in China, even …

Impact of growing season temperature on wheat productivity in China

L You, MW Rosegrant, S Wood, D Sun - Agricultural and Forest …, 2009 - Elsevier
Climate change continues to have major impact on crop productivity all over the world. Many
researchers have evaluated the possible impact of global warming on crop yields using …

Agricultural research, productivity, and food prices in the long run

JM Alston, JM Beddow, PG Pardey - Science, 2009 - science.org
In a recent update of earlier estimates, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the
United Nations reported that more than one billion people now suffer malnutrition. Despite …

Infrastructure and regional economic development in rural China

S Fan, X Zhang - Regional Inequality in China, 2009 - taylorfrancis.com
Infrastructure affects rural development through many channels such as improved
agricultural productivity, increased rural non-farm employment, and rural migration into …