Do fragmented landholdings have higher production costs? Evidence from rice farmers in Northeastern Jiangxi province, P.R. China

China Economic Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-358

  TAN, Shuhao ^a   HEERINK, Nico ^b   KRUSEMAN, Gideon ^b   QU, Futian ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Fragmentation; Households; Land use; Production cost; Q12; Q15; Q18

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749135622     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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