Call for Papers
                                                                 4th CAER-IFPRI Annual International Conference
                                                             Transforming China’s Agricultural and Rural Sector:
Challenges and Solutions
October 18-19, 2012, Beijing, P.R. China
Background
China Agricultural Economic Review (CAER) is delighted to announce its fourth annual conference,
which is being organized by the CAER editorial office and International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI). CAER is an academic journal published by Emerald in association with China
Agricultural University and Chinese Association of Agricultural Economists, and has been accredited
for SSCI (Social Science Citation Index) and SCIE (Science Citation Index Expanded). The theme of
2012 conference is ‘Agricultural and Rural Development in China: Opportunities and Challenges’,
aiming to explore the related issues and countermeasures of agricultural and rural development in
both China and the rest of the world. Internationally renowned scholars and policy makers will be
brought together to present and discuss their insights and suggestions.
Suggested Topics
Submissions are solicited on a wide variety of topics including but not limited to:
 Agriculture and the Macro-economy
 Agriculture and Economic Development
 Agriculture and Poverty Alleviation
 Agriculture and the Environment
 Food Security and Food Safety
 Climate Change and Agriculture
 Natural Disaster and Agriculture
 Bio-technology and Agriculture
 Exchange Rates and Agriculture
 Agricultural Prices and CPI
 Foreign Direct Investment and Agriculture
 Agricultural Commodity Futures and Options
 Agricultural Trade
 Food Value Chain
 Rural Land
 Rural Finance
 Rural Labour
 Agricultural R&D and extensions
Important Dates
Submission Deadline:
Acceptance Notification:
Conference Dates:
July 31, 2012
August 31, 2012
October 18-19, 2012
Submission Guidelines
Please format the submission following the Authors Guidelines, which is available on
<http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=caer>.
Please submit your manuscript at
<http://www.cau.edu.cn/cem/caer/conference/htdocs/index.php>.
All submissions will be peer reviewed. Author(s) of the accepted papers, or at least one of them, are
required to register and present their work at the conference.
Conference Proceedings
Depending on the number and quality of papers submitted, the organizer may publish selected
conference papers in the form of a special journal issue. The advanced papers will be invited to
submit to CAER.
Planning and Organizing Committee
Prof. Xian Xin, CAER Editor-in-Chief, and Dean of College of Economics and Management, China
Agricultural University
Prof. Kevin Chen, CAER Co-editor, and China Program Leader, International Food Policy Research
Institute
Prof. Fu Qin, CAER Co-editor, General Secretary of Chinese Association of Agricultural Economists,
and Director of Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development of Chinese Academy of
Agricultural Sciences
Prof. Holly Wang, CAER Co-editor, Purdue University
Prof. Pei Guo, Deputy Dean, College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University
Contact
Please kindly inquire any question about the conference with Mr. Yitian Xiao.
E-mail：caer.cau@gmail.com
Office Phone: 86-10-6273 8685