Policy options for Agriculture Green Development by farmers in China

doi:10.15302/J-FASE-2019290

Front. Agr. Sci. Eng.

2020, Vol. 7

Issue (1) : 90-97 https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2019290

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Policy options for Agriculture Green Development by farmers in China

Laurence E. D. SMITH(

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Centre for Development, Environment and Policy, SOAS University of London, London, WC1H 0XG, UK

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Abstract

Farmers are the key agents who manage land and water. Agriculture Green Development (AGD) requires a transformation in farming from high resource consumption and environmental cost to sustainable intensification with high productivity, high resource use efficiency and low environmental risk. This paper analyzes the public policy challenge of AGD and makes the case for a location-sensitive policy mix made up of regulation, advice provision, voluntarism and targeted incentives. The public agricultural extension service in China is a key resource, but one that requires reorientation and reform with the aim of better balancing high farm productivity with environmental protection.

Keywords agriculture environment development incentives policy regulation

Corresponding Author(s): Laurence E. D. SMITH

Just Accepted Date: 11 December 2019 Online First Date: 30 December 2019 Issue Date: 02 March 2020

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Laurence E. D. SMITH. Policy options for Agriculture Green Development by farmers in China[J]. Front. Agr. Sci. Eng. , 2020, 7(1): 90-97.

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Fig.1 A policy framework for agricultural green development (AGD). Adapted from Smith et al.^[⁹^], with permission from Elsevier.

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