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The impact of soil and water conservation on agricultural economic growth and rural poverty reduction in China

There is a lack of systematic study on the impact of soil and water conservation on the sustainable development of agricultural economies and rural poverty reduction in China. This study investigates the effects of soil and water conservation on agricultural economic growth. It looks at levels of di...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rahim, Abdul Samad, Sun, Chenglong, A. W., Noraida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74201/1/The%20impact%20of%20soil.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74201/
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/12/4444
https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124444
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spelling my.upm.eprints.742012021-09-26T11:46:54Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74201/ The impact of soil and water conservation on agricultural economic growth and rural poverty reduction in China Abdul Rahim, Abdul Samad Sun, Chenglong A. W., Noraida There is a lack of systematic study on the impact of soil and water conservation on the sustainable development of agricultural economies and rural poverty reduction in China. This study investigates the effects of soil and water conservation on agricultural economic growth. It looks at levels of disposable income in rural households in China and uses the econometric method to examine panel data obtained from 30 provinces between 2003–2012. Agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) is the dependent variable, and soil and water conservation are the independent variables. Farmland area, along with four other variables, is the control variables that are used to establish the Cobb–Douglas production function and provide further data. It was found that soil and water conservation have a significant impact on the per capita income of rural households in China. The findings support that soil and water conservation can contribute to the agricultural economic growth and rural poverty reduction in China. There is evidence that supports the idea that soil quality and capital input are now more important in poverty reduction and economic growth than farmland area and agricultural labour. The government and farmers need to prioritise investment in soil and water conservation in order to promote the development of agricultural economies and reduce rural poverty. MDPI 2018-11-27 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74201/1/The%20impact%20of%20soil.pdf Abdul Rahim, Abdul Samad and Sun, Chenglong and A. W., Noraida (2018) The impact of soil and water conservation on agricultural economic growth and rural poverty reduction in China. Sustainability, 10 (12). art. no. 4444. pp. 1-12. ISSN 2071-1050 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/12/4444 https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124444
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description There is a lack of systematic study on the impact of soil and water conservation on the sustainable development of agricultural economies and rural poverty reduction in China. This study investigates the effects of soil and water conservation on agricultural economic growth. It looks at levels of disposable income in rural households in China and uses the econometric method to examine panel data obtained from 30 provinces between 2003–2012. Agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) is the dependent variable, and soil and water conservation are the independent variables. Farmland area, along with four other variables, is the control variables that are used to establish the Cobb–Douglas production function and provide further data. It was found that soil and water conservation have a significant impact on the per capita income of rural households in China. The findings support that soil and water conservation can contribute to the agricultural economic growth and rural poverty reduction in China. There is evidence that supports the idea that soil quality and capital input are now more important in poverty reduction and economic growth than farmland area and agricultural labour. The government and farmers need to prioritise investment in soil and water conservation in order to promote the development of agricultural economies and reduce rural poverty.
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author Abdul Rahim, Abdul Samad
Sun, Chenglong
A. W., Noraida
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Sun, Chenglong
A. W., Noraida
The impact of soil and water conservation on agricultural economic growth and rural poverty reduction in China
author_facet Abdul Rahim, Abdul Samad
Sun, Chenglong
A. W., Noraida
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title The impact of soil and water conservation on agricultural economic growth and rural poverty reduction in China
title_short The impact of soil and water conservation on agricultural economic growth and rural poverty reduction in China
title_full The impact of soil and water conservation on agricultural economic growth and rural poverty reduction in China
title_fullStr The impact of soil and water conservation on agricultural economic growth and rural poverty reduction in China
title_full_unstemmed The impact of soil and water conservation on agricultural economic growth and rural poverty reduction in China
title_sort impact of soil and water conservation on agricultural economic growth and rural poverty reduction in china
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2018
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74201/1/The%20impact%20of%20soil.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74201/
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/12/4444
https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124444
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