Title: On the Effect of Agricultural Extension on the Input of Production Factors and the Rice Output Gap:Analysis Based on Quantile Regression
Abstract: Based on the panel date from the two rounds of survey on 300 technological demonstration farming households from Hongze County,Jiangsu Province in 2005 and 2007,and with the use of Quantile Regression method,the present paper analyzed the effect of agricultural extension on the input of production factors and rice output gap in order to provide empirical data and evidence for the improvement of the agricultural extension system in China.The research findings showed that due to the fact the extension service provided by the demonstration county was conducive to the rational input of farming household factors,there existed remarkable differences between the rice output of farming households with different size and labor capital;however,the extension service has narrowed the rice output gap resulted from the labor resources level gap.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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