Vegetable production in sub-Saharan Africa faces numerous agronomic constraints that will
have to be overcome to feed the increasing population and to fight malnutrition. Technology …

How to address soil carbon (C) sequestration and crop straw recycling is an intractable
challenge for agriculture. The application of various agricultural straws (including fresh …

By linking provincial pesticide usage reports from several Chinese statistical yearbooks
(1998-2011) with the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (1998-2011), this …

Abstract Analysis of domestic price data (adjusted for inflation) from a large range of low-and
middle-income countries shows that domestic staple food prices were higher in 2013 than …

In this paper, we expand the value-added intellectual coefficient (VAIC) model by
constructing a comprehensive financial capital (FC) component. Human capital efficiency is …

The US-China trade war instigated by President Trump has thrown the multilateral trading
system into a crisis. Drawing on vast interview and documentary materials, Hopewell shows …

China's urban explosion has resulted in a substantial loss of agricultural production on the
fringes of many cities. Farmland is not only converted into urban uses but also taken out of …

This paper examines the politics of possibility for rural activism in reform era China. By
periodizing rural reforms from 1990, we explore the political-economic changes that have …

To protect soil quality for sustainable development and raise farmers' incomes, agricultural
firms are increasingly developing green and efficient raw materials (GRMs) that can improve …

Agriculture generates roughly one-quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions. By 2050,
without major mitigation efforts, agricultural emissions are likely to reach levels that would …