Producing and Procuring Horticultural Crops with Chinese Characteristics: The Case of Northern China

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1791-1801

  Wang, Honglin ^a   Dong, Xiaoxia ^b   Rozelle, Scott ^c,d   Huang, Jikun ^e   Reardon, Thomas ^f  

^a HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; farmers; horticulture; modern supply chains; supermarkets; wholesale markets

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CROP PRODUCTION; GREEN REVOLUTION; HORTICULTURE; MARKETING; RETAILING; SMALLHOLDER;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70350041342     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.08.030     Document Type: Article

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