Food security and social protection for the rural poor in China / Zhu Ling.

Includes index.

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Transformation of land tenure system -- Agricultural reforms during the 1980s -- Land tenure system in village communities -- Gender inequality in land tenure system -- Food security and the future of small farmers -- Development in Tibetan agriculture -- Impacts of food and energy price hikes -- Food security and agricultural changes in the course of urbanization -- Nutrition and health -- Changes in rural basic health system -- Effects of rural medical financial assistance in China -- Nutrition and healthcare for children from rural Tibetan households -- Poverty reduction and social protection -- Labor intensive public works in poor areas -- Old age security for the landless farmers -- Pension program for the rural migrant workers -- Income distribution policy options amid the global financial crisis -- Addressing extreme poverty and marginality -- Index.