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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 comprehensively assessed while the factors that affect agricultural productivity are examined through detailed econometric analysis 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. Throughout, consideration is given to the experiences of other Asian economies relevant to China's agricultural development.

Xiao-yuan Dong is Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Winnipeg, Canada.

Shunfeng Song is Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Nevada, USA.

Xiaobo Zhang is Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA.

The table of contents and chapter 1 are available to download in PDF format.

• Table of Contents
  (PDF 58K)
• Chapter 1: Introduction
  Xiao-yuan Dong, Shunfeng Song and Xiaobo Zhang
  (PDF 353K)