Livelihood Buffer Effect of Agriculture: Evidence from China's Farm Household Survey During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant effect on the production and life of farmers; however, research on farmers' active responses to minimise losses is lacking. This study examines the buffer effect of agriculture on farm household livelihoods using probit, propensity score matching, entropy...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Development Studies Vol. 62; no. 7; pp. 1189 - 1207 |
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