Transforming Agriculture in Taiwan : : The Experience of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction / / Joseph A. Yager.

From 1948 to 1979, agricultural development in Taiwan was guided and assisted by a unique binational organization, Sino-American Joint commission on Rural Reconstruction, usually known as the JCRR. This book is the first comprehensive description of JCRR's experience over the entire period of i...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
©1988
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One. EARLY HISTORY OF THE JCRR
  • 1. Beginnings of the JCRR on the China Mainland
  • 2. Evolution of the JCRR Program on the Mainland
  • 3. The Move to Taiwan
  • Part Two. INCREASING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN TAIWAN
  • 4. An Overview of Agricultural Development in Taiwan
  • 5. The Period of Accelerated Growth, 1952—1967
  • 6. The Period of Decelerated Growth, 1968—1979
  • 7. Land Reform
  • 8. Farmers’ Organizations
  • 9. Research, Education, and Extension Services
  • Part Three. Special Programs
  • 10. Increasing the Output of Fish
  • 11. Forestry
  • 12. Rural Health
  • 13. International Cooperation
  • 14. Agricultural Development on Kinmen and Matsu
  • Part Four. Retrospect and Evaluation
  • 15. The Changing Role of Agriculture in the Economy of Taiwan
  • 16. JCRR Relations with the Chinese and U.S. Governments
  • 17. Review and Evaluation of the JCRR Experience
  • Index