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Can agricultural mechanization promote carbon reduction in countries along the Belt and Road?

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Whether agricultural mechanization can drive carbon reduction in Belt and Road countries remains an unanswered question. This paper investigates how agricultural mechanization can contribute to agricultural carbon emissions reduction in countries along ...
Jijian Zhang, Fang Wang, Xuhui Ding
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Interactive relationship between non-farm employment and mechanization service expenditure in rural China

, 2021
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the interactive relationship between non-farm employment and mechanization service expenditure.Design/methodology/approachThe study employs an innovative two-stage probit least squares (2SPLS) model to ...
Hongyun Zheng, Wanglin Ma, Yan Guo, Xiaoshi Zhou   +3 more
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Is small beautiful? Links between agricultural mechanization services and the productivity of different-sized farms

Applied Economics, 2021
Developing agricultural mechanization services is commonly regarded as an important approach to pushing smallholder farmers engaging in modern agricultural production in China.
Tongwei Qiu, S. Choy, Biliang Luo
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Farmers' Exit from Land Operation in Rural China: Does the Price of Agricultural Mechanization Services Matter?

, 2021
This study uses data covering 3,914 farm households, collected from Henan province in China, to investigate the links between the price of agricultural mechanization services and farmers' exit from land operation. The results indicate that the increasing
Tongwei Qiu, S. Choy, Yifei Li, Biliang Luo, Jing Li   +4 more
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Does the popularization of agricultural mechanization improve energy-environment performance in China’s agricultural sector?

, 2020
Environmental problems caused by the rapid popularization of agricultural mechanization and the increase of energy input in China’s agricultural production have caused increasing concern.
Minjie Jiang, Xinjie Hu, J. Chunga, Ziyi Lin, R. Fei   +4 more
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What constrains mechanization in Chinese agriculture? Role of farm size and fragmentation

, 2020
Rising real wages create an incentive for relatively large landholders to increase their scale of operations allowing them to mechanize and save labor (or to allow farmers to work more off farm).
Xiaobing Wang, Futoshi Yamauchi, Jikun Huang, S. Rozelle   +3 more
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Agricultural mechanization, environmental degradation, and gendered livelihood implications in northern Ghana

Land Degradation and Development, 2020
This paper draws theoretical insights from political ecology to examine the environmental and livelihood impacts of smallholder agricultural mechanization in Ghana in the context of the ongoing pursuit of a new Green Revolution for Africa.
M. Kansanga, P. Mkandawire, Vincent Z. Kuuire, I. Luginaah   +3 more
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Mechanization services, farm productivity and institutional innovation in China

China Agricultural Economic Review, 2019
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of mechanization services on farm productivity in Northern China from an empirical perspective, with the aim to identify the underlying market and institutional barriers.
Q. Yi, Moyu Chen, Yu Sheng, Jikun Huang
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Adoption patterns and productivity impacts of agricultural mechanization services

Agricultural Economics, 2022
Qinan Lu, Xiaodong Du, H. Qiu
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The paradox of developing agricultural mechanization services in China: Supporting or kicking out smallholder farmers?

, 2021
Tongwei Qiu, Xinjie Shi, Qinying He, Biliang Luo   +3 more
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