China’s Grain for Green Program A Review of the Largest Ecological Restoration and Rural Development Program in the World

This book provides a comprehensive review of Grain for Green, China’s nationwide program which pays farmers to revert sloping or marginal farm land to trees or grass. The program aims to improve the ecological conditions of much of China, and the socioeconomic circumstances of hundreds of millions o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Delang, Claudio O., Yuan, Zhen (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Why the Grain for Green program?
  • Chapter 1 Management of forest resources from 1949 to 1998
  • Chapter 2 China’s reforestation and rural development programs
  • Part 2: Overview of the Grain for Green program
  • Chapter 3 Program timeline
  • Chapter 4 Farmers’ compensation
  • Chapter 5 Land selection
  • Chapter 6 Plant selection
  • Chapter 7 Household selection, participation and attitudes
  • Chapter 8 Planning and implementation
  • Part 3: The impact of the Grain for Green program
  • Chapter 9 Ecological and environmental impact
  • Chapter 10 Impact on grain market and price
  • Chapter 11 Participants’ income levels
  • Chapter 12 Labor force redistribution
  • Chapter 13 Sustainability of the Grain for Green program
  • References