10-12 November 1995
Manchester, United Kingdom

THE FOURTH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA (ECARDC)

The Fourth meeting of ECARDC will be geld in Manchester, Great
Britain, on 10-12 November 1995.
The conference brings interested scholars, development
professionals and graduate studnts together to debate Chinese
rural and agricultural development in an interdisciplinary
setting (ranging from plant protection and agricultural
technology over agricultural extension to economy, rural
sociology and the management of the common goods).
The focus of the meeting in Manchester will be on four broad
issues:
(a) Chinese agriculture in the global context
(b) Rural investement, the collective and the state in China
(c) Measures to improve agricultural productivity and the
environmental link
(d) Learning, social patterns, and sustainabiliti in rural China

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: 
Flemming Christiansen or Zhang Junzuo
Governement Department
Manchester University
Manchester M13 9PL
Great Britain
Tel: +44-161-275 4911
Fax: +44-161-275 4925
E-mail: junzuo.zhang@man.ac.uk
    or: flemming.christiansen@man.ac.uk