China's new-age small farms and their vertical integration: Agribusiness or co-ops?

Modern China

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-134

  Huang, Philip C C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

agribusiness; capital labor dual intensifying; co ops; differential optimums; economies of scope; food consumption; horticulture; vertical integration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGROINDUSTRY; CULTIVATION; ECONOMY OF SCALE; FARM; HORTICULTURE; MARKETING; ORGANIC FARMING;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CATERING SERVICE; CHINA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIC FARMING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CHANGE;

AGRICULTURE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COMMERCE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CHANGE;

CHINA;

EID: 79751470099     PISSN: 00977004     EISSN: 15526836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0097700410396476     Document Type: Article

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