Market Development and the Rise and Fall of Backyard Hog Production in China

Qiao, Fangbin; Chen, Jing; Carter, Colin; Huang, Jikun; Rozelle, Scott

doi:10.1111/j.1746-1049.2011.00129.x

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“…We expect that the same will be true for other organic waste, such as livestock waste and kitchen waste, though we do not provide more empirical evidence with respect to it, given data availability issues. For example, as the prevalence of backyard livestock raising in rural China is currently in decline (Qiao et al, 2011), how to properly use kitchen waste while conserving the environment will be a challenge in the future.…”

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Rural domestic waste disposal: an empirical analysis in five provinces of China

Liu

Huang

2014

China Agricultural Economic Review

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to analyze the different types of domestic waste disposal in rural China and the major factors that affect rural household waste disposal behavior. Design/methodology/approach -Stratified and randomly sampled household data are used to describe the disposal of domestic waste in rural China, including domestic garbage and organic waste (human excreta, livestock waste, and kitchen waste); econometric models are estimated to quantify the major determinants of household domestic garbage and human excreta disposal. Findings -While about 30 percent of the domestic garbage in 2008 was discharged to appropriately designated places, more than 40 percent of the garbage was discharged casually. Organic waste at the time of data gathering was still largely used in agricultural production, although a falling trend has been evidenced in recent years. Based on econometric analysis, it becomes clear that income growth, rising population density, and transportation improvements have significantly improved domestic garbage disposal, but negatively affected the recycling of human excreta. The provision of an adequate garbage collection service has the most positive effects on garbage management. Originality/value -The analyses are based on primary survey data. The results will have significant policy implications on the management of rural domestic waste to maintain better rural environment.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rural domestic waste disposal: an empirical analysis in five provinces of China

Liu

Huang

2014

China Agricultural Economic Review

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“…Qiao et al. () found that the application of organic manure increased in poor areas due to more backyard livestock, and declined in rich areas. Poor areas are often located in mountainous regions with a higher degree of land fragmentation.…”

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How does land fragmentation affect off-farm labor supply: panel data evidence from China

Jia

Petrick

2013

Agricultural Economics

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may www.econstor.eu How land fragmentation affects off-farm labor supply in China:Evidence from household panel data AbstractThis paper provides a deeper theoretical understanding of the linkages between land fragmentation and off-farm labor supply in China, and investigates this relationship empirically in a more direct way than does the existing literature. Drawing upon a rural household panel dataset collected in Zhejiang, Hubei and Yunnan Provinces from 1995-2002, we estimate the effects in two steps. First, we estimate the effect of land fragmentation on labor productivity. Second, we estimate the effect of land fragmentation on off-farm labor supply. The production function results show that land fragmentation indeed leads to lower agricultural labor productivity, implying that land consolidation will make on-farm work more attractive and thus decrease off-farm labor supply. However, the effect of land consolidation on off-farm labor supply cannot be observed.One explanation for this result may be the potentially imperfect labor markets.

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“…Evidence of this inverted U-shaped relationship has been observed in many countries (Catelo, Narrod, & Tiongco, 2008;Adams & He, 1995;Rosenzweig & Wolpin, 1993;Devendra, 1993). The relationship has also been documented in China (Qiao, Chen, Carter, Huang, & Rozelle, 2011).…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Hence, even though backyard producers would expand their herd sizes as their wealth increases from a low level, most of them would abandon hog production and move to other economic activities after their wealth level reaches a point. In other words, backyard hog production and wealth level have an inverted U-shaped relationship (Qiao et al, 2011). However, specialized medium and large-scale producers are more likely to focus solely on hog production, and their behavior can be explained by the profit-maximizing model, subject to credit constraints being eased if the business owner were to have more wealth (Varian, 1987).…”

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confidence: 99%