Issues and Challenges in Agricultural Reform

Li Ding

Chapter 2 in China’s Agriculture at the Crossroads, 2000, pp 21-33 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract There have always been three challenges facing China’s agriculture: to raise food supply with a low per capita land endowment; to create employment opportunities and raise farm incomes; and to improve rural infrastructure for sustained development. Before the rural reforms beginning in the late 1970s, China’s development strategy focused on how to raise productivity through collectivisation. It was thought that the commune system would not only provide full employment in rural areas but also increase incentives for farmers to work. This would ensure rapid growth of farm incomes.

Keywords: Land Tenure; Urban Economy; Farm Income; Rural Economy; Rural Infrastructure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1057/9780333978108_2

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