This book investigates the impact of agricultural industrialisation models on rural livelihoods. Lingohr-Wolf analyses the forms of household linkages with AI organisations, the underlying household incentives to diversify both labour and agricultural production towards AI, and the developmental benefits and potential constraints that shape such rural involvement.

Susanne Lingohr-Wolf holds a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Her doctoral research focuses on agricultural industrialisation in China. In her work as a consultant agro-economist for the United Nations she advises on international agro-industry developments. Her research interests include agro-economy, rural development and rural livelihoods. She has published in The China Quarterly.

1. Livelihoods and the Agro-economy: Rural Transformations in China after 1978 2. Research Approach and Methods 3. The Case Study: The Sweet Potato (SP) Sector in Sichuan Province 4. Analysis of Linkage Forms in SP Processing 5. Benefits from Involvement in AI 6. Constraints and Limitations to Rural Livelihood Improvements 7. AI and Rural Livelihoods: Opportunities and Challenges