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China's Grain for Green Program - A Review of the Largest Ecological Restoration and Rural Development Program in the World (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
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China's Grain for Green Program - A Review of the Largest Ecological Restoration and Rural Development Program in the World (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
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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 of people. GfG is the largest
reforestation, ecological restoration, and rural development
initiative in history, combining the biggest investment, the
greatest involvement, and the broadest degree of public
participation ever. The book is organised in three sections. Part
One reviews the history of land management in China from 1949 to
1998, exploring the conditions that led to the introduction of GfG,
and comparing it to other reforestation programs. Part Two offers
an overview of GfG, describing the timeline of the program,
compensation paid to farmers, the rules concerning land and plant
selection, the extent to which these rules were followed, the
attitudes of farmers towards the program, and the way in which the
program is organized and implemented by various state actors. Part
Three discusses the impact of the GfG, from both ecological and
socio-economic standpoints, looking at the economic benefits that
result from participating in the GfG, the impact of the GfG across
local economies, the redistribution of the labor force and the
sustainability of the program, in particular the question of what
will happen to the converted land when payments to farmers end.
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