Agricultural production cooperatives and agricultural development: Is there a niche after all? Findings from an exploratory survey in China
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Keywords
: agricultural production cooperatives; agricultural service cooperatives; agricultural development; empirical research; China;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
- O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
- P13 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Cooperative Enterprises
- Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
- Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2020-05-04 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-TRA-2020-05-04 (Transition Economics)
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