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| Luo, Zhang; Wang, Tao. |
| In introduction of the connoted meaning of rural information and its important role in the development of modern agriculture in our country and the development of urban and rural areas, the paper analyzes the difficulties in information construction: the first is the inadequate attendance of farmers, the low efficiency of information platform use; the second is the backward construction of information sources, which cannot meet the practical needs of information by farmers; the third is the bad situation of information exchanging. From perspective of social capital, it discusses the roles social capital factors playing in the rural information construction, among which, the information relations between farmers and information is the basis; net attendance... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Rural information platforms; Rural information; Government; Social capital; China; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97996 |
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| Li, Tiange; Gao, Peng; Zhang, Yaran; Wang, Tao. |
| In order to more truly reflect the change of livelihood diversity of peasants, hilly region of southwestern China with relatively remote location and backward economy is selected as the investigation region. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is adopted to conduct field investigation in order to collect the suggestions from peasants. According to the economic development level, a total of 4 villages in 2 poverty counties (Yunyang County and Youyang County) in Chongqing City are taken as the investigation areas using the methods of both random sampling and importance sampling. Effects of diversity of peasants’ livelihood on living standard in poverty areas are discussed, as well as the change of the relationship between peasants and land. A total of 185... |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: Livelihood; Peasant; Participatory Rural Appraisal; Hilly region of China; Financial Economics. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55824 |
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| Wang, Tao. |
| The River Ouse forms a significant part of Humber river system, which drains about one fifth the land area of England and provides the largest fresh water source to the North Sea from UK. The river quality in the tidal river suffered from sag of dissolved oxygen (DO) during last few decades, deteriorated by the effluent discharges. The Environment Agency (EA) proposed to increase the water quality of Ouse by implementing more potent environmental policies. This paper explores the cost effectiveness of water management in the Tidal Ouse through various options by taking into account the variation of assimilative capacity of river water, both in static and dynamic scope of time. Reduction in both effluent discharges and water abstraction were considered... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12054 |
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