The impact of increasing farm size and mechanization on rural income and rice production in Zhejiang province, China

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 841-850

  Van den Berg, M Marrit ^a   Hengsdijk, Huib ^a   Wolf, Joost ^a   Van Ittersum, Martin K ^a   Guanghuo, Wang ^b   Roetter, Reimund P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Crop diversification; Farm size; Income growth; Mechanization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FARM SIZE; INCOME; RICE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34249680182     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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