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Book Synopsis China’s Grain for Green Program by : Claudio O. Delang
Download or read book China’s Grain for Green Program written by Claudio O. Delang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-07 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive review of Grain for Green, China’s nationwide program which pays farmers to revert sloping or marginal farm land to trees or grass. The program aims to improve the ecological conditions of much of China, and the socioeconomic circumstances of hundreds of millions of people. GfG is the largest reforestation, ecological restoration, and rural development initiative in history, combining the biggest investment, the greatest involvement, and the broadest degree of public participation ever. The book is organised in three sections. Part One reviews the history of land management in China from 1949 to 1998, exploring the conditions that led to the introduction of GfG, and comparing it to other reforestation programs. Part Two offers an overview of GfG, describing the timeline of the program, compensation paid to farmers, the rules concerning land and plant selection, the extent to which these rules were followed, the attitudes of farmers towards the program, and the way in which the program is organized and implemented by various state actors. Part Three discusses the impact of the GfG, from both ecological and socio-economic standpoints, looking at the economic benefits that result from participating in the GfG, the impact of the GfG across local economies, the redistribution of the labor force and the sustainability of the program, in particular the question of what will happen to the converted land when payments to farmers end.
Book Synopsis China's Grain for Green Program by : Claudio O. Delang
Download or read book China's Grain for Green Program written by Claudio O. Delang and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Unintended Land Use Effects of Afforestation in China's Grain for Green Program by : Youpei Yan
Download or read book Unintended Land Use Effects of Afforestation in China's Grain for Green Program written by Youpei Yan and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of China's Grain for Green Program is to reduce soil erosion by subsidizing reforestation of farmland located on steep slopes with low crop productivity. I show theoretically that the incentives created by the program combined with insufficient oversight have led to afforestation of non-sloped highly productive farmland. With a unique land transition dataset, I show that this unintended land use effect has been substantial, amounting to nearly one-fifth of the total amount of cropland converted to forest. This unexpected displacement of highly productive farmland represents a form of slippage/leakage that has not been fully explored in the literature on payment for ecosystem services programs. This form of land displacement is significant in the context of China as well as other countries with limited arable land relative to population size as it can negatively impact national food production targets and self-sufficiency goals.
Book Synopsis Forest Ecosystem Services and Rural Development by : Emi Uchida
Download or read book Forest Ecosystem Services and Rural Development written by Emi Uchida and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Impact of China's Grain for Green Program on Farmer's Income by : Yu Lu
Download or read book The Impact of China's Grain for Green Program on Farmer's Income written by Yu Lu and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grain for Green Program (GFGP) in China, one of the largest Payment for Ecosystem Service (PES) schemes, has been regarded as an effective approach to achieving sustainable development. However, the conclusion of the impact of GFGP on farmers' income reported in the existing literature is still controversial. It is crucial to find the combined effect of the impact of the GFGP on farmers' income and the causes of the heterogeneous effects. In this paper, the impact of the GFGP on farmers' income with different income sources was analyzed by using the Meta-analysis method with 66 domestic and international studies from 1999 to 2022. The farmers' income was further divided into four different income groups, total income (including subsidies), total income (excluding subsidies), farm income, and off-farm income. It is noteworthy that the differences in methodology, such as measurement of independent variables, data acquisition methods, sample regions, and the choice of estimation model could affect the results of the impact of the GFGP on farmers' income. Thus, the heterogeneous effect of methodology had been conducted further. The results demonstrated: (1) The GFGP had a significant positive impact on total income (including subsidies) and off-farm income. However, the GFGP on total income (including subsidies) is not significant, and it may harm the farm income. (2) Using continuous variables (area of participation and years of participation) had higher estimated coefficients as opposed to using binary variables (whether to participate). (3) The effect of using primary data on total income (excluding subsidies) and off-farm income was higher than using secondary data. (4) The impact of the GFGP on farmers' off-farm income was strongest in the central region, followed by the western region, and weakest in the nationwide region. The sample regions had no significant difference in other income groups. (5) The GFGP also had smaller effects on total income (including subsidies), total income (excluding subsidies), and off-farm income using the endogenous model compared to not using the model.
Book Synopsis An Integrated Assessment of China’s Ecological Restoration Programs by : Runsheng Yin
Download or read book An Integrated Assessment of China’s Ecological Restoration Programs written by Runsheng Yin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China has been undertaking unprecedented ecological restoration efforts to deal with its problems of soil erosion, flooding, dust storms, and habitat loss. While there have been studies of these efforts, questions remain concerning whether they have been effectively implemented, what their induced socioeconomic and ecological impacts are, and how their performance can be improved. Tackling these important questions in an integrated manner, “An Integrated Assessment of China’s Ecological Restoration Programs” is extraordinary for its broad coverage and methodological rigor. It provides a substantial improvement over the conventional approach of simply reporting projects undertaken and accepting uncritically the government assessment, and thus fills an important knowledge gap of the restoration efforts being implemented upon a variety of ecosystems in China.
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Book Synopsis Growth and Evolution in China's Agricultural Support Policies by : Fred Gale
Download or read book Growth and Evolution in China's Agricultural Support Policies written by Fred Gale and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China is perhaps the most prominent example of a developing country that has transitioned from taxing to supporting agriculture. In recent years, Chinese price supports and subsidies have risen at an accelerating pace after they were linked to rising production costs. Per-acre subsidy payments to grain producers now equal 7 to 15 percent of those producers' gross income, but grain payments appear to have little influence on production decisions. Chinese authorities began raising price supports annually to bolster incentives, and Chinese prices for major farm commodities are rising above world prices, helping to attract a surge of agricultural imports. U.S. agricultural exports to China tripled in value during the period when China's agricultural support was accelerating. Overall, China's expansion of support is loosely constrained by World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments, but the country's price-support programs could exceed WTO limits in coming years. Chinese officials promise to continue increasing domestic policy support for agriculture, but the mix of policies may evolve as the Chinese agricultural sector becomes more commercialized and faces competitive pressures.
Book Synopsis Red China's Green Revolution by : Joshua Eisenman
Download or read book Red China's Green Revolution written by Joshua Eisenman and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China’s dismantling of the Mao-era rural commune system and return to individual household farming under Deng Xiaoping has been seen as a successful turn away from a misguided social experiment and a rejection of the disastrous policies that produced widespread famine. In this revisionist study, Joshua Eisenman marshals previously inaccessible data to overturn this narrative, showing that the commune modernized agriculture, increased productivity, and spurred an agricultural green revolution that laid the foundation for China’s future rapid growth. Red China’s Green Revolution tells the story of the commune’s origins, evolution, and downfall, demonstrating its role in China’s economic ascendance. After 1970, the commune emerged as a hybrid institution, including both collective and private elements, with a high degree of local control over economic decision but almost no say over political ones. It had an integrated agricultural research and extension system that promoted agricultural modernization and collectively owned local enterprises and small factories that spread rural industrialization. The commune transmitted Mao’s collectivist ideology and enforced collective isolation so it could overwork and underpay its households. Eisenman argues that the commune was eliminated not because it was unproductive, but because it was politically undesirable: it was the post-Mao leadership led by Deng Xiaoping—not rural residents—who chose to abandon the commune in order to consolidate their control over China. Based on detailed and systematic national, provincial, and county-level data, as well as interviews with agricultural experts and former commune members, Red China’s Green Revolution is a comprehensive historical and social scientific analysis that fundamentally challenges our understanding of recent Chinese economic history.
Book Synopsis The China Study: Revised and Expanded Edition by : T. Colin Campbell
Download or read book The China Study: Revised and Expanded Edition written by T. Colin Campbell and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revised and expanded edition of the bestseller that changed millions of lives The science is clear. The results are unmistakable. You can dramatically reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes just by changing your diet. More than 30 years ago, nutrition researcher T. Colin Campbell and his team at Cornell, in partnership with teams in China and England, embarked upon the China Study, the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease. What they found when combined with findings in Colin's laboratory, opened their eyes to the dangers of a diet high in animal protein and the unparalleled health benefits of a whole foods, plant-based diet. In 2005, Colin and his son Tom, now a physician, shared those findings with the world in The China Study, hailed as one of the most important books about diet and health ever written. Featuring brand new content, this heavily expanded edition of Colin and Tom's groundbreaking book includes the latest undeniable evidence of the power of a plant-based diet, plus updated information about the changing medical system and how patients stand to benefit from a surging interest in plant-based nutrition. The China Study—Revised and Expanded Edition presents a clear and concise message of hope as it dispels a multitude of health myths and misinformation. The basic message is clear. The key to a long, healthy life lies in three things: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Book Synopsis Environmental Governance in China by : Jesse Turiel
Download or read book Environmental Governance in China written by Jesse Turiel and published by Brill Research Perspectives in. This book was released on 2017 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article provides an analytical overview of major works on the topic of environmental governance in China, with a particular emphasis on studies examining policies during the reform era (post-1978). We begin by exploring the rise of China's "environmental state" and the various institutional and political factors that shape state behavior. Next, we describe the complex relationship between the Chinese state and society, analyzing studies related to environmental public opinion, citizen action, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), green civil society, the role of the media, and China's judiciary. Finally, we conclude by reviewing research on market-based mechanisms of environmental governance in China, including emissions trading schemes, environmental transparency, corporate information disclosure, and green finance.
Book Synopsis Environmental Governance in China by : Jesse Turiel
Download or read book Environmental Governance in China written by Jesse Turiel and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article provides an analytical overview of major works on the topic of environmental governance in China, with a particular emphasis on studies examining policies during the reform era (post-1978).
Book Synopsis Modern Urban and Regional Economics by : Philip McCann
Download or read book Modern Urban and Regional Economics written by Philip McCann and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this accessible text provides an integrated framework of the study of urban and regional economics. It offers a concise and up-to-date introduction to the main foundational models, principles, and theories of the subject, and uses a range of international examples to illustrate ideas.
Book Synopsis The Impact Assessment of “Grain for Green” Program in Dingbian, China by : Zhe Li
Download or read book The Impact Assessment of “Grain for Green” Program in Dingbian, China written by Zhe Li and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis China's West Region Development by : Ding Lu
Download or read book China's West Region Development written by Ding Lu and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2004 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last two decades, China's western inland region has largely been left out of the nation's economic boom. While its 355-million population accounts for 28% and its land area for 71% of China's total, the region's share of the national GDP is under 20%. Since 1999, Beijing has implemented the West China Development Program to boost the region's growth. To study the major domestic issues and the global implications of this program, the University of Victoria's Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives organized and hosted a multidisciplinary international conference on March 6OCo8, 2003. This volume of papers presented at the conference offers perspectives on the issues by leading experts of diversified academic disciplines from China, Canada, the US, and other countries. Sample Chapter(s). Introduction: West China Development Issues and Challenges (3,355 KB). Contents: Goals and Objectives: Designing a Regional Development Strategy for China (D Perkins); Eco-Environmental Protection and Poverty-Alleviation in West China Development (Y Zheng & Y Qian); Western China: Human Security and National Security (R Bedeski); Coordinating Institutions and Mechanism: A New Pattern of Regional Co-operation in China: Four Economic Belts Across East to West (S Li et al.); The Political Logic of Fiscal Transfers in China (S Wang); An Introductory Environmental Macroeconomic Framework for China: Implications for West China Development (D Thampapillai et al.); Enhancing the Western China Development Strategy (WCDS): Innovative Approaches (N C Stoskopf et al.); Effectiveness and Efficiency: On the UrbanOCoRural Relationship in Western Region Development Program (Y Shi & P Du); The Western Region's Growth Potential (D Lu & E Thomson); Measuring the Impact of the OC Five Mega-ProjectsOCO (L Lin & S Liu); Education and Development: A Historical Experience of Sichuan (Y Li); Distribution of Benefits and Costs: The New Challenges Facing the Development of West China (S Liu & L Lin); Migration Scenarios and Western China Development: The Evidence from 2000 Population Census Data (S Bao & W T Woo); Gender Relations, Tourism and Ecological Effects in Lijiang, China (G Kelkar); Sources of Interregional Disparity: The Relative Contributions of Location and Preferential Policies in China's Regional Development (S Demurger et al.); Urbanization and West China Development (D Lu & W T Woo); China's Regional Disparities in 1978OCo2000 (Z Lu & S Song); and other papers. Readership: Researchers, academics, students and business consultants interested in China and its development."
Book Synopsis China's Grain Production And Trade by : Colin A. Carter
Download or read book China's Grain Production And Trade written by Colin A. Carter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-10 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China, with over 20 percent of the earth's population, is both the world's largest producer and largest consumer of cereal grains. As a consequence, the supply and demand of grain in China will have a major impact on the world food trade. In this comprehensive study of China's grain production and trade, Colin A. Carter and Fu-Ning Zhong trace the
Book Synopsis Environmental And Natural Resource Economics, 6/e by : Thomas H. Tietenberg
Download or read book Environmental And Natural Resource Economics, 6/e written by Thomas H. Tietenberg and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis China's Grain Economy by : Liming Wang
Download or read book China's Grain Economy written by Liming Wang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was originally pubished in 2000. China is the largest developing country in the world and is still heavily based on agriculture. Currently, about 70 per cent of China's total of more than one bilion people live in rural areas, and about half of the total national labour force is involved in agricultural activities. It is clear that agriculture is the foundation for the development of the Chinese national economy. Within agriculture, the grain economy is the most important sector: indeed it has been recognised as a treasure in managing the country by all past Chinese dynasties. Ensuring enough grain supply to meet the demands of such a huge population seems to be a long-term goal for the Chinese government and this book explores whether China will be able to produce enough grain to keep pace with its population increases.
