This book uses simple economic theories to explain how China's agricultural economic phenomena exists in reality. It …Chapter 1 Does China Have Enough to Eat -- Chapter 2 The Problem of Food Safety -- Chapter 3 Rural Land System and …

This book provides a detailed review of the accumulated experience and lessons from China’s agricultural reform and … contribute to developing economic theories. The success of China’s reform and opening up creates benefits for farmers, and is … progressive reform can provide valuable guidance for those developing countries still lagging behind China …

This book extends current research on the political economy of modern China, with particular regard to agricultural … technological change under complex market institutions with empirical studies on China and selected East Asian economies. The text … also questions how technological advances in China contribute to the Great Divergence debate. Through a comparative …

In the modern era, China’s rural credit landscape is transforming at a dizzying rate, but, in terms of financial … development, these changes represent a second attempt in the past 100 years to reform China’s credit institutions and provide … a full picture of the difficult conditions China faced during the Republican era in order to explain the myriad reforms …

1 China’s Agriculture in the 1930s: An Overview -- 2 John Lossing Buck and Land Utilization in China -- 3 Calamities … and Conflict Affecting Rural China 1929–1933 -- 4 The Discovery and Restoration of Buck’s Original Data -- 5 Reliability … China During the Republican Era -- 7 Regional Differences in Surplus Agricultural Labor During China’s Republican Era, Based …

Many African countries are increasingly interested in learning from China's experiences in achieving effective …. China made agriculture one of its development assistance priorities at the Third FOCAC Summit in Beijing in 2006. This … systematic comparative study of agricultural development in China and Africa provides a unique basis for African countries and …

"'Agriculture and Food Security in China' explains the background to China's WTO accession and links accession to … reforms beginning as far back as 1979. The book highlights China's policymakers' decision to move away from protectionism and … grain self-sufficiency and illustrates how China's step away from direct participation in the agricultural sector to …