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Introduction
EDUCATION
PhD in Agricultural Economics, 1987-90
University of the Philippines Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines
BS in Agricultural Economics, 1980-84
Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210014, China
Positions Current
Primary positions:
Professor, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University
Director, New Rural Development Institute, Peking University
Honorary Director, China Center for Agricultural Policy, Peking University
Other major positions in recent 5 years:
Member of G20 Think Tank (T20) Expert Group of G20 2022 (Indonesia), Co-chairs of Working Group 4 (TF4) "Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture"
UN Food Systems Summit 2021, Member of the Scientific Group and Co-coordinator of the Action Track 4 – Advancing Equitable Livelihoods
Member, Expert Advisory Committee, the Office of Rural Leading Group under the Central Committee of CPC, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China
Member, Expert Committee of National Development Planning for “the 14th Five-Year Plan”, the National Development and Reform Committee
Think Tank Distinguished Expert, Shandong Provincial Government
Think Tank Distinguished Expert, Jiangxi Provincial Government
Senior Research Professor at Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) S&T Think Tank
Member, Academic Committee, China Institute for Rural Studies, Tsinghua University
Member, Academic Committee, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
Member, Academic Committee, Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, CAAS
Member, Academic Committee, Information Research Institute, CAAS
Council Member, Think Tank for Urban-Rural Integration, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Member and vice Chair, Academic Committee, Economic Forecasting Center, CAS
Positions in professional associations
President, Asian Society of Agricultural Economists, 2017-up to now
Vice-president of Chinese Association of Agricultural Economics, 2003-2020
Vice-President of Chinese Association of Agro-technology Economics, 2003-up to now
Editorial or Advisory Board in international journals:
Co-editor, China Agricultural Economic Review
Associate-Editor, Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development
Associate Editor, World Food Policy
Editor-in-Chief for Column in Agri. Econ., Journal of Integrated Agriculture
Member of Advisory Board, Agricultural Economics
Member of Editorial Board, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
Member of Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Member of Advisory Board, China Economic Journal
Member of Advisory Editors, Rangeland Journal
Member of Advisory Editors, China Economic Review
Member of Editorial Board, Frontiers of Engineering Management
Member of Editorial Board, Agribusiness: An International Journal
Member of Advisory Board, Asian Biotechnology and Development Review
Member of Editorial Board, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies
Member of Editorial Board, the Frontiers of Economics in China
Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Resources and Ecology
Member of Editorial or Advisory Board in Chinese journals
China Economic Quarterly
Chinese Rural Economy
Forecasting of Science & Technology of Engineering Management
Issues in Agricultural Economy
Journal of Agrotechnical Economics
Management Review
Resources Science
Scientia Agricultura Sinica
World Economic Papers
Agricultural Economics and Management
Pratacultural Science
Agricultural Outlook
Journal of Management Sciences in China
Journal of Agro-Forestry Economics and Management
Transaction of Beijing Institute of Technology (Social Science Edition)
Journal of Huazhong Agricultural University (Social Science Edition)
Journal of Nanjing Agricultural University (Social Science Edition)
Awards and Honorary Tittles
Fellow of Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) (2016)
Honorary Life Member of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) (2015)
Fellow, World Academy of Sciences TWAS - for the advancement of science in developing countries (2013)
Centennial Anniversary Distinguished Alumnus Award, College of Economics and Management, University of the Philippines (UPLB), 2019
Award for Scientific Progress (Second Prize), Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping Geographic Information, 2015
Award for the National Outstanding Team for Poverty Alleviation in China, the Poverty Alleviation Office, the State Council of China, 2011
Award for IRRI’s Outstanding Alumni, International Rice Research Institute, 2010
Award for Centennial Outstanding Alumnus of College of Economics and Management, the University of the Philippines, Los Banos, 2008
Award for Distinguished Alumni, the University of the Philippines, Los Banos, 2008
Award for Fudan Outstanding Achievement in Management Science in China, 2008
Award for Outstanding Scientific Progress (Third Prize) on Early Warning System Study on Grain and Food Security, the Ministry of Agriculture of China, 2007
National Outstanding Scientist Certificate, the State Council of China, 2007
Award for the First and National Finalists “New Century’s Bai-Qian-Wan Talent Program”, People’s Republic of China (PRC), 2004
Outstanding Achievement Award for Oversea Returning Chinese, 2003
Winner of the 5th Prizes for Young Scientists of China (top 10 Youth Scientists), PRC, 2002
Award for Innovation Team Grant, National Natural Science Foundation of China Committee (NSFC), 2001
Outstanding Youths in National Government Organization, awarded jointly by the State Council and Several Ministries of China, 1999
Award for Outstanding Scientific Progress (Second Prize) on Agricultural R&D Policy Study, the Ministry of Agriculture of China, 1999
Receiver of National Outstanding Youths Foundation, NSFC, 1998
Winner of the 4th Nomination Prizes for Young Scientists of China, PRC, 1998
Top Ten Outstanding Youths Award, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 1997
Top Ten Outstanding Staffs Award, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 1997
Distinguished Agricultural Scientist, the Ministry of Agriculture of China, 1997
Sun Yefang’s Economic Prize (the highest economist award in China, given every 3 years), 1997
Award for Outstanding Scientific Progress (Second Prize) on China’s Food Policy Study, the Ministry of Agriculture of China, 1996
Award for Outstanding Scientific Progress (Third Prize) on Zhejiang’s Seed Supply and Support System, Zhejiang Science and Technology Commission, 1996
Award for Outstanding Scientific Progress (Third Prize) on China’s Crop Regionalization, the State Agricultural Regional Planning Commission and Ministry of Agriculture, 1991
Received Several Best Quality Paper Awards from Various Academic Associations and Organizations in China
Project leader and co-leader in past 20 years
Received about 100 major research project grants from China and international donors to work on agricultural and rural development
Advising Graduate Students:
Graduate program: Advisor for about 70 M.S. and PhD graduate students with major in agricultural economics and management by end of 2021
Post-doctor program: Advisor for more than 20 post-doctors by end of 2021
Employment Record:
December 2015 to date
Professor
School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University
Director, China Center for Agricultural Policy, Peking University
Director, New Rural Development Institute, Peking University
Vice-president, Jiangxi Agricultural University (April 2018-April 2020)
October 2000 to December 2015
Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
CCAP is led by a small group of well-trained research fellows and support staff who have unmatched skill and experience in working on many aspects of agricultural and rural development. The Center has demonstrated that it can play unique roles in agricultural economics in China and helping government to make a better policy in agricultural and rural development. CCAP was established in Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) in 1995 and moved to CAS in 2000.
October 1995 – October 2000
Director and Founder of Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP)
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing
Professor, Institute of Agricultural Economics, CAAS
September 1994 - September 1995
Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C., USA
August - September, 1994
Visiting Scholar, Stanford University
November 1992 - August 1994
Professor and Department Head, Agri. Econ. Dept., China National Rice Research Institute (CNRRI), Hangzhou, China
October 1990-October 1992
Post-Doctor Research Fellow, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Banos, Philippines
April 1987-October 1990
Graduate Fellow, IRRI, Philippines
December 1985-February 1986
Collaborative Research Scholar, IRRI
July 1984-April 1987
Research Assistant, CNRRI, Hangzhou, China
Consulting Experience
Consultants for more than 20 international organizations, including World Bank, ADB, UNDP, FAO, WFP, ESCAP/UNs, UNEP, IFAD, OECD, APEC, Rockefeller Foundations, CGIAR, EU Commission, etc.
Publication:
Published more than 580 journal papers, of which 320+ in the refereed international journals, including Science and Nature, and 23 books.
The selected 20 publications:
- Lin, Wensheng, Jikun Huang, 2021. Impacts of Agricultural Incentive Policies on Land Rental Prices: New Evidence from China, Food Policy, 2021.10, 104 (2021): 11-102125.
- Hou, Lingling, Fang Xia, Qihui Chen, Jikun Huang, Yong He, Nathan Rose, Scott Rozelle, 2021. Grassland Ecological Compensation Policy in China: Improves Grassland Quality and Increases Herders' Income, Nature Communications, (2021) 12:4683. | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24942-8.
- Sheng, Yu, Jiping Ding, Jikun Huang, 2019. The Relationship between Farm Size and Productivity in Agriculture: Evidence from Maize Production in Northern China, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2019. 101(3): 790-806.
- Huang, Jikun, Ke Zhou, Wei Zhang, Xiangzheng Deng, Wopke van der Werf, Yanhui Lu, Kongming Wu, Mark Rosegrant, 2018. Uncovering the Economic Value of Natural Enemies and True Costs of Chemical Insecticides to Cotton Farmers in China, Environmental Research Letters, 2018. 13: 064027.
- Huang, Jikun, Pengfei Shi. Regional Rural and Structural Transformations and Farmer's Income in the Past Four Decades in China, China Agricultural Economic Review, 2021, 13(2): 278-301.
- Huang, Jikun, Scott Rozelle, Xinkai Zhu, Shiji Zhao, Yu Sheng, 2020. Agricultural and Rural Development in China during the Past Four Decades: An Introduction, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2020, 64(1): 1-13.
- Hu, Yuanning, Jikun Huang, Lingling Hou. 2019. Impacts of the Grassland Ecological Compensation Policy on Household Livestock Production in China: An Empirical Study in Inner Mongolia, Ecological Economics, 2019, 161: 248-256.
- Zhang, Wei, Yanhui Lu, Wopke Werf van der, Jikun Huang, Feng Wu, Ke Zhou et al. 2018. County-level Analysis of the Effects of Land Use, Bt Cotton, and Weather on Cotton Pests in China, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018, 115: E7700-E7709.
- Huang, Jikun, Guolei Yang, 2017. Understanding Recent Challenges and New Food Policy in China, Global Food Security, 2017, 12: 119-126.
- Huang, Jikun, Shukun Wang, Zhihua Xiao, 2017. Rising Herbicide Use and Its Driving Forces in China, European Journal of Development Research, 2017, 29(3): 614-627.
- Huang, Jikun, Jiping Ding. 2016. Institutional Innovation and Policy Support to Facilitate Small-Scale Farming Transformation in China, Agricultural Economics, 47: 227–237.
- Huang, Jikun, Yangjie Wang, Jinxia Wang, 2015. Farmers’ Adaptation to Extreme Weather Events through Farm Management and Its Impacts on the Mean and Risk of Rice Yield in China, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 97: 602-617.
- Deiningger, Klaus, Songqing Jin, Fand Xia, Jikun Huang, 2014. Moving Off the Farm: Land Institutions to Facilitate Structural Transformation and Agricultural Productivity Growth in China, World Development, 59:505-520.
- Liu, Elaine, Jikun Huang. 2013. Risk Preferences and Pesticide Use by Cotton Farmers in China, Journal of Development Economics, 103: 202-215.
- Huang, Jikun, Jun Yang, Siwa Msangi, Scott Rozelle, Alfons Weersink. 2012. Biofuels and the Poor: Global Impact Pathways of Biofuels on Agricultural Markets, Food Policy, 37: 439-451
- Huang, Jikun, Ruifa Hu, Scott Rozelle and Carl Pray. 2005. Insect-Resistant GM Rice in Farmer Fields: Assessing Productivity and Health Effects in China, Science, 308: 688-690.
- Huang, Jikun, Ruifa Hu, Hans van Meijl, Frank van Tongeren. 2004. Biotechnology Boosts to Crop Productivity in China: Trade and Welfare Implications, Journal of Development Economics, 75: 27-54.
- Huang, Jikun, Scott Rozelle, Carl Pray, Qinfang Wang. 2002 Plant Biotechnology in China, Science, 295:674-677.
- Huang, Jikun, Scott Rozelle, Carl Pray. 2002. Enhancing the Crops to Feed the Poor, Nature, 418: 678-684.
- Huang, Jikun, Scott Rozelle. 1996. Technological Change: The Re-Discovery of the Engine of Productivity Growth in China's Rural Economy, Journal of Development Economics, 49: 337-369.
