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Grain for Green

Cost-Effectiveness and Sustainability of China's Conservation Set-Aside Program

Bibliographic Data

ID23366239
AuthorsEmi Uchida (0000-0001-6818-2849), Jintao Xu (0000-0001-5588-2942), Scott Rozelle (0000-0001-5053-0243)
Year2005
Volume81
Issue2
Pages247-264
Publication date2005-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLand Economics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-7639 • E-ISSN: 1543-8325
PublisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3368/le.81.2.247
OpenAlexW1874616974
LanguageEN
Citations received76

Since 1999, China has pursued Grain for Green, an ambitious conservation set-aside program to prevent soil erosion. This paper evaluates its cost-effectiveness and sustainability. The results indicate that while the program has made a clear attempt to retire plots that are susceptible to soil erosion, there is room for better targeting. The government also may be able to generate fiscal savings if the payments more accurately reflect the differences in the opportunity costs of each plot. The study finds that some farmers may reconvert the land back to cultivation after program ends. (JEL Q23, H43)

Agricultural economics · Agroforestry · Aside · Business · China · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Investment (military) · Microeconomics · Natural resource economics · Opportunity cost · Payment · Set-aside · Soil conservation · Sustainability · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Environmental Science · Finance · Land Rights and Reforms

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