【Speaker】Peter A. Kelly, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics,

University of California, Berkeley

【Topic】Agricultural extension system reform and agent time allocation in China

【Time】14:30-16:00, 2008-6-12, Thursday

【Venue】Weilun 501, Tsinghua SEM

【Language】English

【Organizer】Department of Economics, Tsinghua SEM

Peter Kelly is a 5^thyear PhD student at theUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeleyin the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.He is currently visiting the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy inBeijing, where he is collaborating on a number of projects studyingChina’s rural economy, and working on his dissertation on the Sloping Land Conversion Program.Peter grew up in a rural area ofNew YorkStatein theUSA, where he began college part-time at age 11, and started a farming business at age 15.He graduated with Highest Honors and many awards from theUniversityofCaliforniaatDaviswith a degree in International Agricultural Development.He speaks and reads Chinese, and has spent a total of approximately 3 years inChina, which has included working for one year in a small city inSichuanProvince, and designing and participating in several household surveys in remote areas ofShaanxiandInner Mongolia.

|About the speaker

|About the lecture