Nowadays, with the rapid development of China’s economics, like many foreign governments, Chinese government regards improving farmers’ living standard as the basic state policy, which has introduced many policies and poured a large sum of money to develop and promote New Countryside Construction, and planning and building rural E-Government and E-commerce is key content of New Countryside Cons...

The first experimental SAM for Iran was constructed more than three decades ago under the supervision of Prof. Pyatt. Based on this work Prof Pyatt had observed that the way in which Iran was spending oil revenues was likely to exacerbate urban—rural income differentials in Iran. In his approach to SAM he did not distinguish between factorial and institutional income distributions preferring to...

1 leibniz institute of Marine sciences (iFM-geoMar), duesternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, germany. e-mail: [email protected] 2 sustainable Fisheries, department of economics, university of Kiel, Wilhelm-seelig platz 1, 24118 Kiel, germany. 3 institute of sea Fisheries, Johann heinrich von thünen-institut, Federal research institute for rural areas, Forestry and Fisheries, palmaille 9, 2276...

Imperatives and Opportunities for Research, Washington, DC, October 26-27, 2006. THE VALUE OF CASE STUDY RESEARCH ON RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: USEFUL METHOD?* David L. Barkley Professor and Co-Director Regional Economic Development Research Laboratory E.D.A. University Center for Economic Development Department of Applied Economics and Statistics Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina dbrkly@...

Department of Economics, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina A&T University, Greensboro, NC, USA Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 502 E 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319, USA Iowa Geological Survey, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, IIHR, 115 Trowbri...

The expanding demand for livestock products in developing countries is expected to drive changes in livestock farming systems, such as intensification and technological development. However, while large commercial farms can take advantage of these new opportunities, semi-subsistence agriculture will be the main option for many poor livestock keepers. Development pathways may depend on local and...

ed by: Full-text available at www.ajbrui.com www.bioline.br/md www.ajol.com Received: October, 2006 Accepted (Revised): December, 2006 Published January, 2006 Full length Research Article Determinants of Food Security Status of Rural Households Living With HIV/AIDS in Southwestern Nigeria Adenegan, K.O. and Adewusi O.A. Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria..

E. Kelly1,2†, L. Shalloo1†, U. Geary1, A. Kinsella3 and M. Wallace2 1Teagasc, Livestock Systems Research Department, Animal and Grassland Research & Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland 2School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland 3Agricultural Economics and Farm Surveys Department, Rural Economy and Development Programme, Te...

Since the early 1980s, strong economic growth has led to remarkable urbanization across many urban and rural areas in China. Using longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study obtained the first empirical estimates of how health insurance and access to care among the rural population were changed in response to the process of urbanization and other factors. Th...

Hundreds of millions of rural migrants have moved into Chinese cities since the early 1990s contributing greatly to economic growth, yet, they are often blamed for reducing urban ‘native’workers’ employment opportunities, suppressing their wages and increasing pressure on infrastructure and other public facilities. This paper examines the causal relationship between rural-urban migration and ur...