Professor Jikun Huang, Director of CCAP, Leads a Delegation to Attend the 29th International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) Conference in Italy

Release date：2015/9/6　　Source： ccap

During August 8-14, 2015, Professor Jikun Huang, Director of CCAP leads a delegation of 13 faculty members and graduate students to attend the 29th International Agricultural Economists Assembly (IAAE) conference. The event, carrying a theme of "Agriculture in an Interconnected World”, was held in Milan, Italy. CCAP made a “Roadshow” by presenting a total of 34 papers, of which 27 oral presentations and 7 posters. In addition, In addition, CCAP also organized 4 symposia sessions.

Professor Huang was invited to present at the Plenary Session on “Changing Global Farm Structure and Agricultural Land Use: Causes and Consequences.” In his talk titled “Institutional Innovation and Policy Support to Facilitate Small-Scale Farming Transformation in China,” he argued that while Asian food economy has been experiencing significant transitions, little transformation occurs in farm land operation. However, recent rapid emergence of middle and large farms in many regions of China is striking. His talk aims to understand small-scale farm transformation in China based on a unique dataset surveyed in Northeast and North China. The results show that the institutional innovation through establishing land transfer service center to activate land rental market, supporting policies to incentivize and speed up land consolidation, and farm mechanization services are major driving forces in recent evolution of China’s farm operations. He concludes with policy implications on small-scale farming transformation in China and the rest of world and identifies remaining research issues for further study.

Other 12 faculty member and graduate student delegates also presented/chaired at various parallel sessions and invited panels during this conference. They are deputy directors Professor Linxiu Zhang and Professor Jinxia Wang; associate professors Renfu Luo, Xiaobing Wang, Chengfang Liu, Hongmei Yi; assistant professors Lingling Hou, Wei Xie; Post-doctor Dan Wang; Senior research assistant Qinghe Qu; as well as Ph.D graduates Jiping Ding, and Tingting Yan.


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