Prof. Dr. Min Liu

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• Policy assessment,
• Land use,
• Land degradation,
• Socio-ecological systems,
• Climate change

• SDGnexus Network

2012.10-2017.01

Ph.D., Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands

2010.09-2012.07

M.A., Agricultural Economics and Management, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, China

1. Min Liu, Liu Tianjun, Ren Yanjun, Leslie Wu. (2024). How Does the Adoption of E-Commerce Impact the Selling Prices of Agricultural Products? Empirical Evidence From Apple Farmers in China. Review of Development Economics,13168. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.13168
2. Min Liu, Pengfei Liu, Kaixin Huang. (2024). Combining Private and Common Property Management: The Impact of a Hybrid Ownership Structure on Grassland Conservation. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 128, 103069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2024.103069
3. Jizhe Wang, Lita Alita, Ming Jiang, Zihan Nie, Qin Tu ,Min Liu*. (2024). Collective Action in the Pastural Area of Inner Mongolia, China: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-field Experiment. Land Use Policy, 144: 107255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107255
4. Jing Gao, Yiwu Zeng, Min Liu*(2024). Policy Interventions and Market Innovation in Rural China: Empirical Evidence from Taobao Villages. Economic Analysis and Policy, 81: 1411-1429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2024.02.015
5. Nannan Kang, Lita Alita, Xiaohua Yu, Min Liu*. (2023). Valuing the Plant Species Diversity of Permanent Grasslands: From the Perspective of Herders. Journal of Environmental Management, 345, 118797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118797
6. Min Liu, Pengfei Shi, Jinxia Wang, Huimin Wang, Jikun Huang*. (2022). Do Farmers Get a Greater Return from Selling their Agricultural Products through E-Commerce?. Review of Development Economics.
7. Min Liu, Shi Min, Wanglin Ma, Tianjun Liu*. (2021). The Adoption and Impact of E-commerce in Rural China: Application of an Endogenous Switching Regression Model. Journal of Rural Studies.
8. Min Liu, Qian Zhang, Song Gao, Jikun Huang*. (2020). The Spatial Aggregation of Rural E-Commerce in China: An Empirical Investigation into Taobao Villages. Journal of Rural Studies, 80: 403-417.
9. Min Liu, Liesbeth Dries, Wim Heijman, Xueqin Zhu, Xiangzheng Deng, Jikun Huang*. (2019). Land Tenure Reform and Grassland Degradation in Inner Mongolia, China. China Economic Review.
10. Min Liu, Liesbeth Dries, Jikun Huang, Shi Min, Jianjun Tang*. (2019). The Impacts of the Eco-Environmental Policy on Grassland Degradation and Livestock Production in Inner Mongolia, China: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Simultaneous Equation Model. Land Use Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104167
11. Min Liu, Jikun Huang*, Liesbeth Dries, Wim Heijman, Xueqin Zhu. (2017). How Does Land Tenure Reform Impact upon Pastoral Livestock Production? An Empirical Study for Inner Mongolia, China. China Economic Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2017.09.009
12. Min Liu, Liesbeth Dries, Wim Heijman, Jikun Huang*, Xueqin Zhu, Yuanning Hu, Haibin Chen. (2017). The Impact of Ecological Construction Programs on Grassland Conservation in the Pastoral Areas of Land Degradation and Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2692
13. Shi Min, Xiaobing Wang*, Min Liu, Jikun Huang. (2018). The Asymmetric Response of Farmers to the Expected Change of Rubber Price：the Roles of Sunk Cost and Path Dependency. Land Use Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.09.006.
14. Min Liu*, Wim Heijman, Xueqin Zhu, Liesbeth Dries, Jikun Huang. (2016). Individual and Social Optima of Rural Land Allocation by Stakeholders：A Case Study on Eco-fragile Areas of Northern China. The Rangeland Journal. https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ15069
15. Shi Min, Min Liu, Jikun Huang*. (2020). Does the Application of ICTs Facilitate Rural Economic Transformation in China? Empirical Evidence from the Use of Smartphones among Farmers. Journal of Asian Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asieco.2020.101219
16. Wanglin Ma, Xiaoshi Zhou*, Min Liu. (2019). What Drives Farmers’ Willingness to Adopt E-Commerce in Rural China? The Role of Internet Use. Agribusiness. https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.21624
17. Min Liu*. (2017). China’s Grassland Policies and the Inner Mongolia Grassland System. Monograph (Ph.D dissertation). https://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/512511
18. Yu Jiang, Pengfei Duan, Tianhe Sun, Min Liu*. (2024). Grassland Water Resource Value Assessment from the Perspective of Herders—Evidence from a Choice Experiment on Grassland Irrigation Services. Resource Science, 46(08): 1493-1507. (in Chinese)
19. Jingming Lu, Huanguang Qiu, Liufang Su, Min Liu*. (2024). Can Digital Capabilities Promote Herders' Income Growth—Empirical Evidence from Pastoral Areas. China Rural Economy. (in Chinese)
20. Weidong Wang, Shukun Wang, Min Liu*. (2022). The Effect of Non-Agricultural Employment on Livestock Production—Empirical Evidence from Pastoral Areas. Agricultural Technology Economics. (in Chinese)
21. Min Liu, Yuying Shen*, Shi Yan, Tiangang Liang, Zeng Tang, Zhenghao Hou. (2024). Exploration of the Interdisciplinary Talent Training Model in Grassland Science—A Case Study of "Grassland Science + Information Technology." Grassland Science. (in Chinese)

1. Junior Researcher Grant from Wageningen School of Social Sciences (WASS), 2016, Wageningen University, the Netherlands.
2. Best Conference Paper Award, 2018, “The Development of Rural E-Commerce in China – an Empirical Analysis Based on the Development of Taobao Villages”, CAER-IFPRI Annual International Conference, China.
3. Best conference paper award, 2023, “Green Growth Paradox: Environmental Costs of Rural E-Commerce in Developing Countries”, CAER-IFPRI Annual International Conference, China.

1. A Study on the Impact of Climate Change on the Synergistic Development of Biodiversity and Agricultural Production in Ecologically Fragile Agro-Pastoral Transition Zones and the Corresponding Adaptation Strategies, lzujbky-2025-ytC03, 2025.01-2027.12. Supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
2. A Study on the Strategy for Facilitating the Green, Low-Carbon and High-Quality Development in the Pastoral Area of China: Driving by the Coupling of Technologies and Policy Interventions, 72373059, 2024-2027. Supported by National Natural Science Foundation.
3. A Dynamic Monitoring and Forecasting System for Grassland Resources and Livestock Production in Pastoral Areas, CCPTZX2024QN 05, 2024-2026. Supported by the Grassland Technology Innovation Center of China.
4. Systematic Evaluation and Optimization of Grassland Ecological Subsidy Policy, 2025.01-2028.12. Supported by the Innovation in Grass Seed and Grassland Agricultural Ecosystem National Key Laboratory (Lanzhou University) Youth Talent Development Program.
5. A Study on the Transformation of Livestock Production in Pastoral Areas, 202319, 2023.01-2023.12. Supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China.
6. A Study on the Non-Market Valuation and the Ecological Subsidy Policy of Grassland Resource: Based on the Herders’ Household Survey, 72003083, 2021.01-2023.12. Supported by National Natural Science Foundation.
7. The Development of Rural E-Commerce in China, 8201400849, 2018.01-2019.6. Supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.
8. The Sustainable Development of Social-Ecological Systems in Pastoral Areas, 2022-HZ-09, 2022-2023, Supported by the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
9. The Economic Valuation of Grassland Ecosystem of China, 2020-XZ-015, 2020-2021 Supported by the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Project reports

1. Min Liu, Ming Gao, Jiating Wang, Shi Min, Haojie Xu, Jin Wu. (2024). Issues Associated with the Concentration of Cattle and Sheep Production in Semi-Agricultural and Semi-Pastoral Areas in China. Submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China.
2. Min Liu, Ming Gao, Jiating Wang, Shi Min, Haojie Xu, Jin Wu. (2024). Driving the Transformation and Upgrading of Livestock Production in Pastoral Areas through the Dual Engines of Technology and Institutional Reform. Submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China.
3. Jikun Huang, Min Liu, Song Gao. (2018). Current Status and Policy Recommendations for the Development of Rural Agricultural E-Commerce. Submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China.
4. Jikun Huang, Huayong Zhi, Min Liu, Shi Min. (2017). A Report on The Uses of ICT in Agriculture and E-commerce in Rural China：the Evidences from Village and Rural Household Surveys. Submitted to the World Bank Group.
5. Jikun Huang, Min Liu, Song Gao. (2018). A Report on The application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Rural China. Submitted to The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Asian Development Bank.
6. Jikun Huang, Min Liu, Song Gao. (2018). A Report on The Emergence of Agri-food E-commerce Sector：the Evidences from Rural Household Surveys. Submitted to The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Asian Development Bank.

1. Grassland Restoration Increases Agricultural Yields through Microclimate Regulation, University of Bonn, Germany. (2025.09)
2. The Impacts of Livestock Reduction on Greenhouse Gases, Air pollution, and Carbon Sequestration of Permanent Grasslands: Evidence from a Quasi−Natural Experiment, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) HALLE-JENA-LEIPZIG, Germany. (2024.01)
3. Communication, Reward, and Punishment in Grassland Management: Experimental Evidence from Herders, Wageningen University, Netherland. (2023.12)
4. What Can Smartphone do? Theory and Evidence of Livestock Trading in Pastoral Area of China, University of Göttingen, Germany. (2023.11)