Formal credit is critical in agricultural production,allowing more expenditure and productive input,thereby improving farmers'welfare.In pastoral China,formal financial institutions are gradually increasing.Howeve...Formal credit is critical in agricultural production,allowing more expenditure and productive input,thereby improving farmers'welfare.In pastoral China,formal financial institutions are gradually increasing.However,a limited understanding remains of how formal credit affects herders'household expenses.Based on a survey of 544 herders from the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau of China,this study adopted the propensity score matching approach to identify the effect of formal credit on herders'total household expenses,daily expenses,and productive expenses.The results found that average age,grassland mortgage,and other variables significantly affected herders'participation in formal credit.Formal credit could significantly improve household expenses,especially productive expenses.A heterogeneity analysis showed that formal credit had a greater impact on the household total expense for those at higher levels of wealth;however,it significantly affected the productive expense of herders at lower wealth levels.Moreover,the mediating effect indicated that formal credit could affect herders'household income,thus influencing their household expenses.Finally,this study suggests that policies should improve herders'accessibility to formal credit.展开更多
In Mongolia,the numbers of herders who own more than 1,000 herds have been increasing year by year.Some of the herder families are operating small agricultural factories as well.The appropriate power supply systems ar...In Mongolia,the numbers of herders who own more than 1,000 herds have been increasing year by year.Some of the herder families are operating small agricultural factories as well.The appropriate power supply systems are not being developed yet in their farms.At the farms,mostly 4-10 herder families work together and the monthly power consumption of one farm reaches to 11.8-14.9 kWh.Currently,the gasoline,diesel,solar and wind power are being used as a source of energy production.In addition,the small-scale CHP(Combined Heat and Power)system is not introduced to the farms for their sustainable operation.There are abundant biomass resources in the rural area of Mongolia.In this paper,we conduct experimental studies on biomass gasification system and suggest small-scale CHP system for rural farms in Mongolia.展开更多
In 2006, a hot topic arose in regard to Tibetan economic development. This was the“ comfortable housing project”. A range of new houses and enumerable new villages are rising above the ground at accessible sights su...In 2006, a hot topic arose in regard to Tibetan economic development. This was the“ comfortable housing project”. A range of new houses and enumerable new villages are rising above the ground at accessible sights such as the sides of roads and grasslands close to villages. Beaming smiles are fixed on the faces of farmers and herders while they are moving into new houses. Since the beginning of 2006, Tibet has launched a comfortable housing project to settle herders, transferring living places for the sak...展开更多
基金funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (72303086)the Leading Scientist Project of Qinghai Province, China (2023-NK-147)+1 种基金the Consulting Project of Chinese Academy of Engineering (2023-XY-28,2022-XY-139)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (lzujbky-2022-sp13)
文摘Formal credit is critical in agricultural production,allowing more expenditure and productive input,thereby improving farmers'welfare.In pastoral China,formal financial institutions are gradually increasing.However,a limited understanding remains of how formal credit affects herders'household expenses.Based on a survey of 544 herders from the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau of China,this study adopted the propensity score matching approach to identify the effect of formal credit on herders'total household expenses,daily expenses,and productive expenses.The results found that average age,grassland mortgage,and other variables significantly affected herders'participation in formal credit.Formal credit could significantly improve household expenses,especially productive expenses.A heterogeneity analysis showed that formal credit had a greater impact on the household total expense for those at higher levels of wealth;however,it significantly affected the productive expense of herders at lower wealth levels.Moreover,the mediating effect indicated that formal credit could affect herders'household income,thus influencing their household expenses.Finally,this study suggests that policies should improve herders'accessibility to formal credit.
文摘In Mongolia,the numbers of herders who own more than 1,000 herds have been increasing year by year.Some of the herder families are operating small agricultural factories as well.The appropriate power supply systems are not being developed yet in their farms.At the farms,mostly 4-10 herder families work together and the monthly power consumption of one farm reaches to 11.8-14.9 kWh.Currently,the gasoline,diesel,solar and wind power are being used as a source of energy production.In addition,the small-scale CHP(Combined Heat and Power)system is not introduced to the farms for their sustainable operation.There are abundant biomass resources in the rural area of Mongolia.In this paper,we conduct experimental studies on biomass gasification system and suggest small-scale CHP system for rural farms in Mongolia.
文摘In 2006, a hot topic arose in regard to Tibetan economic development. This was the“ comfortable housing project”. A range of new houses and enumerable new villages are rising above the ground at accessible sights such as the sides of roads and grasslands close to villages. Beaming smiles are fixed on the faces of farmers and herders while they are moving into new houses. Since the beginning of 2006, Tibet has launched a comfortable housing project to settle herders, transferring living places for the sak...
