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Environmental Sciences
Yang Bai, Jie Dai, Weilun Huang, Tingting Tan, Yu Zhang
Summary: This study examines the relationship between soil and water conservation policies and agricultural economic growth in a planned economy, using the case study of China's Grain to Green project. The study establishes assumptions based on land rent theory and examines the impacts of different shifts in land rents on farmland and forestland areas in China. The results suggest that while the forestland area may increase in the short term, overall farmland and forestland areas may continue to decrease in the long term.
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Agronomy
Xuanzhi Liu, Fusheng Zeng
Summary: China has achieved remarkable success in poverty reduction since the reform and opening-up in 1978. This study analyzes the impact of China's agricultural products distribution infrastructure on narrowing the income gap between urban and rural residents and poverty reduction. It finds significant regional differences in poverty reduction effects and identifies investment in agricultural products circulation infrastructure as the most influential factor.
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Tsegaye Mulugeta Habtewold
Summary: This study examines the impact of adopting climate-smart agricultural technology on the multidimensional poverty status of rural households in Ethiopia. Results show a reduction in deprivation score and living standard, particularly in the Amhara and Oromiya regions. The technology adoption has a greater impact on severely deprived households, primarily through an increase in income/consumption and non-food expenditure.
JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE AGRICULTURE
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Jinlong Shen, Yekun Zhao, Jianfeng Song
Summary: China faces prominent contradictions in agricultural water resource utilization, with obvious regional differences. The theory of agricultural water poverty is of great significance in promoting efficient utilization and alleviating the contradictions in agricultural water use. However, the existing theory's definition is controversial and the mainstream index for measuring agricultural water poverty has disadvantages. This study provides a more complete definition and proposes a new index to analyze the regional differences in agricultural water poverty in China.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Taotao Li, Yu Wang, Faqi Wu
Summary: This study investigates the anti-erosion effects of different tillage practices on runoff and sediment generation in sloping farmland in the Loess Plateau of northwest China. The results show that rainfall intensity, slope gradient, and surface roughness collectively play a crucial role in promoting runoff and sediment generation. The findings support soil and water conservation efforts through tillage on sloping farmlands.
Article
Business
Yuanyuan Peng, Rashid Latief, Yueshu Zhou
Summary: The study shows that agricultural loans have a significant positive effect on both regional agricultural and economic growth, especially loans to farmers and rural enterprises. Microcredit loans to farmers and students, rural individual industrial and commercial household loans, and other types of loans to farmers also have a significant positive relationship to regional agricultural growth.
EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE AND TRADE
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Hang Xu, Rui Yang
Summary: This paper uses China's agricultural water conservation policy as an example to examine its impact on agricultural water extraction. The results show that the policy does not lead to a reduction in water extraction, but instead increases it. This may be due to the policy's promotion of agricultural production, particularly through expansion of cultivated and irrigated areas. Furthermore, the potential for crop production on the land may affect the effectiveness of the policy, with regions possessing higher potential experiencing lesser increases in water extraction.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Economics
Wenqi Duan, Mingming Jiang, Jianhong Qi
Summary: This paper examines the impact of agricultural certification policy on the economic growth of poor counties in China. The study finds that this policy contributes to rural economic growth by increasing product premiums and employment opportunities, and also improves the surrounding air quality.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2024)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ting Li, Jing-Ya Li
Summary: This study examines the impact of farmland financial innovation on the urban-rural income gap in China using a sample of data from 30 provinces (cities) from 2006 to 2017. The results indicate that farmland financial innovation can narrow the income gap by promoting permanent labor migration and upgrading the industrial structure.
Article
Economics
Jinkai Li, Ming Gao, Erga Luo, Jingyi Wang, Xuebiao Zhang
Summary: Energy poverty exacerbates global environmental issues, particularly in rural areas where it contributes to increased carbon emissions. This study proposes a new and comprehensive measurement of Rural Energy Poverty Alleviation (REPA) in China's provinces from 2000 to 2017. The research finds that REPA has an inverted U-shaped effect on agricultural carbon emissions (ACE), reducing emissions after a threshold. Additionally, the sub-indicators of REPA, Rural Energy Service Availability (RESA) and Rural Energy Consumption Cleanliness (RECC), both affect ACE incrementally and through reduction. The study highlights policy implications to achieve the dual goals of alleviating rural energy poverty and reducing ACE.
Article
Economics
Tianyuan Ai, Jiashu Zhang, Jingwen Shao
Summary: Agricultural insurance and agricultural credit are important rural financial instruments that play a significant role in promoting rural poverty reduction. This study analyzed the coordinated poverty reduction effect of agricultural insurance and agricultural credit in different regions of China and found that the development level of agricultural insurance and agricultural credit in China is low, with agricultural credit having a higher development level than agricultural insurance. There is a coordinated development relationship between agricultural insurance and agricultural credit in China, and the poverty reduction effect is more significant in certain regions such as South China and North China.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Suraj Upadhaya, J. Gordon Arbuckle, Lisa A. Schulte
Summary: Understanding factors that motivate conservation behavior among farmers is essential for achieving conservation goals. Through analysis, four types of farmers were identified based on key conservation-related factors, including Conservationist, Deliberative, Productivist, and Traditionalist, each exhibiting distinct characteristics in their attitudes towards conservation.
Article
Economics
Xiuhua Wang, Yipeng Wang, Yaxiong Zhao
Summary: This study investigates the impact of financial permeation on rural poverty reduction in China. The findings suggest that expanding bank branches can increase household income and reduce poverty vulnerability, especially among lower-income and more vulnerable households, as well as in impoverished counties. The study also confirms the importance of financial permeation through bank branch expansion in the digital era.
CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hua Zhu, Qing Zhang, Ligang Xu, Ying Liu, Yan Wang, Shuzhan Ma
Summary: The study found that the agricultural water footprint in Hangzhou is decreasing, primarily due to a reduction in the water footprints of grain, pork, and egg production. The main factor for achieving decoupling between the agricultural water footprint and agricultural economic growth was found to be agricultural structure adjustment. It is projected that the agricultural water footprint in Hangzhou will continue to decrease in the coming years while the agricultural economy continues to grow.
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Agronomy
Yitao Zhang, Pingguo Yang, Jian Liu, Xucheng Zhang, Ying Zhao, Qiang Zhang, Lei Li
Summary: The Yellow River Basin faces challenges in sustainable water management in agriculture, but research shows that practices such as mulching, drip irrigation, and water-nutrient coupling are essential for improving crop production and environmental protection. Further research is needed to understand the efficiency of management practices in different landscapes and changing climates, as well as to analyze system-level linkages between water balance, soil water availability, conservation, water and soil losses, and agricultural and environmental sustainability.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mohd Alsaleh, Abdul Samad Abdul-Rahim
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mohd Alsaleh, A. S. Abdul-Rahim
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(2018)
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Engineering, Environmental
Ibrahim Aishatu Ogiri, Shaufique Fahmi Sidique, Mansor Abu Talib, Abdul Samad Abdul-Rahim, Alias Radam
WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH
(2019)
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Energy & Fuels
Ibrahim Kabiru Maji, Chindo Sulaiman, A. S. Abdul-Rahim
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Environmental Sciences
Nur Syafiqah A. Samad, Abdul Samad Abdul-Rahim, Mohd Johari Mohd Yusof, Katsuya Tanaka
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2020)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chindo Sulaiman, A. S. Abdul-Rahim, Christopher Amechi Ofozor
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(2020)
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Agricultural Engineering
Muhammad Mansur Abdulwakil, Abdul Samad Abdul-Rahim, Mohd Alsaleh
BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
(2020)
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Environmental Sciences
Abdul Samad Abdul-Rahim, Yoomi Kim, Long Yue
Summary: This study analyzed the impact of haze on the environmental Kuznets curve in 31 cities and provinces across China from 2000 to 2014. The results showed significant spatial heterogeneity in the EKC, with only three big cities having statistically significant EKCs. A more regionally specialized air pollution control policy is needed to achieve balanced economic growth.
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Geography
Mohd Alsaleh, A. S. Abdul-Rahim
Summary: The research found that factors in the bio-energy sector have a positive impact on economic growth, there is a long-term stable relationship between bioenergy consumption and economic growth, and different causality hypotheses exist in different countries and regions.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mohd Alsaleh, A. S. Abdul-Rahim
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mohd Alsaleh, A. S. Abdul-Rahim
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Chan-Fatt Cheah, A. S. Abdul-Rahim
PERTANIKA JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES
(2018)
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Nur A. S. Syafiqah, A. S. Abdul-Rahim, Mohd M. Y. Johari, K. Tanaka
PERTANIKA JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES
(2018)
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Chindo Sulaiman, A. S. Abdul-Rahim