As the slow-release fertilizer, oil-coated fertilizer can not only slow down the nutrients loss,
but also have outstanding advantages in controlling the nutrients release. Based on a large …

Agricultural labor productivity (ALP) remains low in China. The unique land tenure system
and fast-growing land rental market in China provides a new perspective in understanding …

Low fertilizer use efficiency is commonly found in China's agriculture sector. It is critical to
understand the drivers of fertilizer use in order to increase fertilizer use efficiency (FUE). The …

Demand for fertilizer in developing countries has expanded at a rapid rate over the past forty
years. The relative scarcity of agricultural land has been a major underlying cause of this …

Economists' views of agricultural and rural development in the modern world have changed
dramatically in the past several decades. Traditionally, agriculture was seen as an inferior …

Using a panel dataset of 31 provinces in China, this paper computes the output-oriented
Malmquist productivity indexes and their decomposition in China's agricultural sector over …

This paper presents a macro–micro analysis of the impact of policy reforms in China on
agricultural production, input use and soil quality change for a major rice-producing area …

This paper reviews the current literature on Chinese agricultural growth in the past three
decades, and finds that fertilizers, price reforms, human capital growth, and demographic …

Surface nitrogen (N) balances for China's crop production systems were estimated using
statistical data collected from 1980 to 2004 at the national and provincial scale and from …

Maximizing the productivity of arable land, providing high-quality food, and reducing
negative environmental impacts are paramount importance to the agricultural sector. This …