China's Agricultural Development: Challenges and Prospects

by Dong,Xiao-yuan; Song,Shunfeng

• ISBN13: 9780754646969
• ISBN10: 0754646963
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book identifies the main challenges Chinese agriculture is confronting and considers how these challenges might be met. The performance of China's agricultural production is assessed and the factors that affect agricultural productivity examined via detailed econometric analyses and up to date nationally representative data.In addition the effects of risk and uncertainty on agricultural household production are explored and the main determinants of rural demand for insurance identified. The experiences of other Asian economies relevant to China's agricultural development are also considered.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	viii
List of Contributors	xi
Introduction
China's Agricultural Development: Challenges and Prospects	3	(8)
Xiao-yuan Dong
Shunfeng Song
Xiaobo Zhang
Part 1 Overview of the Challenges and Options
High Performing Asian Economies: Retrospect and Prospect	11	(12)
Robert W. Fogel
Several Strategic and Political Thoughts on Boosting Rural Development	23	(10)
Justin Yifu Lin
Conflicts and Problems Facing China's Current Rural Reform and Development	33	(10)
Xiwen Chen
China's Rural Economy and the Path to a Modern Industrial State	43	(35)
Scott Rozelle
Jikun Huang
Rural Development Strategy in Western China under the WTO	78	(20)
Shenggen Fan
Taiwan's Agricultural Development: Experience and Lessons	98	(31)
Chia-Chu Hou
Jack W. Hou
Part 2 The Performance and Potentials of China's Agriculture
Production and Productivity Growth in Chinese Agriculture: New National and Regional Measures	129	(23)
Shenggen Fan
Xiaobo Zhang
County-Level Agricultural Production Efficiency in China: A Spatial Analysis	152	(21)
Zhuo Chen
Wallace E. Huffman
Impact of Land Fragmentation on Rice Producers' Technical Efficiency in Southeast China	173	(18)
Shuhao Tan
Nico Heerink
Arie Kuyvenhoven
Futian Qu
Future Prospects of Grain Supply and Demand in China: A Regionalized Multi-market Model Simulation	191	(16)
Wencong Lu
How Well will China Handle its Demand for Grain when it Peaks?	207	(36)
Guanzhong James Wen
Part 3 Agricultural Risk Management
Agricultural Income Risk and Acreage Decision in China: Analysis of the Alternative Relationship between Soybeans and Corn	243	(12)
Qingsen Mao
Reforms, Risks and Crop Diversification in Chinese Provinces: Commercial Crops versus Grain Crops	255	(19)
Weiyong Yang
An Empirical Analysis on Farmer's Demand of Alternative Types of Insurance in China	274	(14)
Holly H. Wang
Guangwen He
Price Behavior in China's Wheat Futures Market	288	(16)
Wen Du
Holly H. Wang
Index	304