Environment, Water Resources and Agricultural Policies: Lessons from China and OECD Countries (China in the Global Economy)

China's Endowment Of Water Resources Is Extremely Low, Poorly Distributed, And Increasingly Polluted. With Agriculture Being One Of The Main Consumers Of Water, China's Future Development Depends On Initiatives That Will Raise The Efficiency And Efficacy Of Water Use. These Workshop Proceedings Examine The Current Situation In China, Look At What Is Being Done In Oecd Countries To Manage Water Resources, And Suggest Policy Options For China. Executive Summary -- Résumé -- The New Socialist Countryside And Its Implications For China's Agriculture And Natural Resources -- Selected Aspects Of Water Management In China -- Effects Of Integrated Ecosystem Management On Land Degradation Control And Poverty Reduction -- Water Resources And Agricultural Production In China -- Agri-environmental Policies In Oecd Countries And Natural Resource Management -- Market Mechanisms In Water Allocation In Australia -- The Dutch Approach To Water Quality Problems Related To Fertilisation And Crop Protection -- Policy Issues Regarding Water Availability And Water Quality In Agriculture In The United States -- Decision Support Tools To Aid Policy Design And Implementation For Sustainable Resource Use In Agriculture -- Fertiliser Use In Chinese Agriculture -- Conserving Agricultural Biodiversity Through Water Markets In China -- A Resource Utilisation Approach To Resolving Food Security Issues In China -- Models And Strategies For The Development Of Circular Agriculture In China -- The Crop Protection Industry Role In Supporting Sustainable Agriculture Development In China -- Does Crop Insurance Influence Agrochemical Use In The Current Chinese Situation? A Case Study In The Manasi Watershed, Xinjiang -- Non-point Source Agricultural Pollution -- Annex. The Workshop On Environment, Resources And Agricultural Policies In China, Held In Beijing On 19-21 June 2006--foreword. Includes Bibliographical References. Also Available Online Via Sourceoecd (subscription-based Access) Foreword And Summary Also In French. The new socialist countryside and its implications for China's agriculture and natural resources: editor's summary of Tan Renjian's speech -- Selected aspects of water management in China: conditions, poilcy responses, and future trends / Simon Spooner -- Effects of integrated ecosystem management on land degradation control and poverty reduction / Han Jun -- Water resources and agricultural production in China: the present situation / Ma Xiaohe and Fang Songhai -- Agric-environmental policies in OECD countries and natural resource management / Wilfrid Legg -- Market mechanisms in water allocation in Australia / Seamus Parker -- The Dutch approach to water quality problems related to fertilisation and crop production / Peter van Boheemen -- Policy issues regarding water availability and water quality in agriculture in the United States / Dennis Wichelns -- Decision support tools to aid policy design and implementation for sustainable resource use in agriculture / Kevin Parris -- Fertiliser use in Chinese agriculture / Chen Mengshan -- Conserving agricultural biodiversity through water markets in China: lessons from the millennium ecosystem assessment / Jeffrey McNeely -- A resource utilisation approach to resolving food security issues in China / Ke Bingsheng -- Models and strategies for the development of circular agriculture in China / Tang Huajun and Yin Changbin -- The crop protection industry role in supporting sustainable agriculture development in China / Jeff Au -- Does crop insurance influence agrochemical use in the current Chinese situation?: a case study in the Manasi Watershed, Xinjiang / Zhong Funing, Ning Manxiu and Xing Li -- Non-point source agricultural pollution: issues and implications / Huang Jikun [and others]. Chinas leaders face the daunting challenge of feeding the worlds largest population with limited resources. Chinas per capita endowment of arable land is low and water scarcity is of particular concern. Not only is Chinas endowment of water resources extremely low, but it is also badly distributed, with the North China Plain having one of the lowest per capita endowments in the world. The serious water shortage, particularly in the north of China, is exacerbated by poor efficiency in its use and contradictions in the way water is allocated, distributed and managed. Water pollution is contr