Agriculture in China's development: Past disappointments, recent successes, and future challenges

China's Great Economic Transformation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 467-505

  Huang, Jikun ^a   Otsuka, Keijiro ^b   Rozelle, Scott ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867660426     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511754234.014     Document Type: Chapter

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