Zheng, Haochi; Glewwe, Paul; Polasky, Alan Stephen; Xu, … - 2011
Since 1999, China has spent RMB 50 billion (about US$7 billion) to implement the "Grain for Green" programme, the largest land retirement programme in the developing world. From 1999 to 2003, over 7.2 million hectares of agricultural land were retired under the programme. However, many farmers...