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| Komarek, Adam M.; Waldron, Scott A.; Brown, Colin G.. |
| This paper develops a heterogeneous-agent model to assess the impacts of removing lucerne growing subsidies, increasing livestock numbers and including district-level equilibrium conditions on optimal farm plans in the Qingyang district of Gansu Province, China. The model is a five-year dynamic linear program that solves across 96 farm households whilst incorporating district-level constraints. The approach used allows us to observe seasonal variations in incomes, infer the distribution of a policy shock among households and highlight trade patterns at the district level. The results suggest that without lucerne growing subsidies the total area of lucerne grown by all modelled households falls by 18%. Increasing livestock numbers by 25% reduces net... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Heterogeneous-agent model; District-level constraints; Livestock; China.; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100573 |
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| Waldron, Scott A.; Brown, Colin G.. |
| Much has been written in recent years on ‘local state corporatism’, centre-region relations, government and enterprise reform and on sustainable rural and agricultural development in China. Based on some of the theoretical underpinnings of this literature, and on extensive fieldwork in the full range of administrative levels, this paper presents an institutional approach to one Chinese rural industry. For a number of reasons, the Chinese cattle and beef industry serves as a highly revealing case study. While the industry only began developing along commercial lines in the 1990s, institutional forces have been instrumental, and perhaps more important than market forces, in forging the industry along its particular development path. The paper highlights the... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123736 |
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| Brown, Colin G.; Waldron, Scott A.. |
| In its ongoing efforts to identify more socially inclusive forms of development that target households in rural areas of Tibet, the Chinese central government has begun to focus more attention and resources on agricultural modernisation and development. Although agriculture continues to play a pivotal role in rural areas of Tibet, the nature of agriculture and rural society is changing.3 This paper first highlights some of the macro‐level changes that are occurring and some of the underlying drivers behind these changes. It then describes a model used to understand farm household systems at a micro‐level for the main agricultural areas of the Yalong river and its tributaries . The models explore the impact of agricultural innovations and changing... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100729 |
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| Waldron, Scott A.; Brown, Colin G.; Longworth, John W.. |
| This paper is concerned with improving the livelihoods of rural households in China — especially those involved in ruminant livestock production — in the context of market-oriented reform. Two broad categories of household are considered — diversified households and specialised households. Livelihoods are largely determined first, by the way the households interface with the industries or industry in which they are involved and secondly, by the development paths of these industries. Traditionally, the dominant Chinese approach to industry development is policy rather than market driven. Interventionist policies are introduced that target the construction of production bases with the aim of increasing physical output. At a later stage, attention turns to... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124014 |
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