Chapter 1 General Introduction
1.1 Poverty -Environment Nexus in Less Favored Areas
1.2 Unsustainable Development on the Loess Plateau
1.3 The Launch of the Grain for Green Program
1.4 Literature Review on GfG
1.4.1 Impact Analysis of GfG on Agricultural Production and Rural Livelihoods
1.4.2 Mechanism of the Impact of GfG on Agricultural Production and Rural Livelihoods
1.5 Objectives of the Book
1.6 Organization of the Book
Chapter 2 Justification of Productivity, Efficiency Analysis under the Context of GfG
2.1 Productivity and Efficiency
2.1.1 Productivity
2.1.2 Efficiency
2.2 Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods
2.3 Justification of Productivity and Efficiency Analysis under the Context of GfG for the Sake of Sustainable
Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods
Chapter 3 General Description of the Study Area
Chapter 4 Agricultural TFP and Efficiency Change Induced by GfG
4.1 Specific Objectives
4.2 Methods
4.2.1 Malmquist TFP Index
4.2.2 Data Envelopment Analysis
4.3 Model and Data
4.3.1 Inputs and Outputs for Agricultural TFP Change Estimation, Decomposition and the Explanatory Variables
4.3.2 Descriptive Statistics of the Data
4.4 Results and Discussions
4.4.1 Agricultural TFP Change,Technological Growth,and TE Change
4.4.2 Technical Efficieney in 1999 and 2007
4.4.3 Determinants of TFP Change,Technological Growth, and TE Change
4.5 Conclusions
Chapter 5 Farm Efficiency and Its Determinant Factors
5.1 Specific Objectives
5.2 Methods
5.2.1 Estimation of Efficiencies:PTE,TE,CE,SE and AE
5.2.2 Second - stage Regression Analysis
5.3 Model and Data
5.3.1 Inputs and Outputs for Farm Efficiencies Estimation and the Explanatory Variables
5.3.2 Descriptive Statistics of the Data
5.4 Results and Discussions
5.4.1 Farm Efficiencies
5.4.2 Determinants of Farm Efficiencies
5.5 Conclusions
Chapter 6 Determinant of Off -farm Employment and Household Welfare
6.1 Specific Objectives
6.2 Methods
6.2.1 Analytical Framework
6.2.2 Estimation Strategy
6.3 Model and Data
6.3.1 Empirical Model Specification
6.3.2 Descriptive Statistics of the Data
