China has responded to a national land-system sustainability emergency via an integrated
portfolio of large-scale programmes. Here we review 16 sustainability programmes, which …

Declining rates of growth in crop yields, slowing investment in agricultural research, and
rising commodity prices has raised concerns of a general slowdown in global agricultural …

This article aims to identify the mechanism of how climate change affects agriculture through
various channels and the mechanism of longer-run adaptation. Using a county-panel …

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 …

The Chinese agricultural sector has experienced a substantial increase in total output since
dramatic reforms were introduced in 1978. This paper uses the index method to measure …

This article investigates the progress and prospects of agricultural productivity catch-up in
China since the rural reform. A model averaging method is employed to jointly consider four …

Abstract In 2013, the Communist Party of China decided to partially relax its self-sufficiency
targets for grain, historically first recognizing moderate imports as a policy option for …

Agricultural research and extension are two main policy tools that governments can use to
generate agricultural growth and transformation. China has made major investments in …

China has undergone a series of agricultural policy reforms since 1978. The measurement
of the productivity gains and identification of the underlying drivers thereof are important …

Rapid economic growth and urbanization in China have led to a substantial change in
consumption patterns and diet structure of Chinese consumers over the past few decades. A …