Name: YAN Xiaohuan
Department：Agricultural Economics
Title：Associate Professor
Basic Information
Dr. YAN Xiaohuan, Female, born in March 1981 in Wuqi county Shaanxi Province China，Communist Party Member，Associate Professor，Master Supervisor. Appointed Tang Scholar in 2017, Member of Youth Committee of China Agricultural Economics Association, Member of Shaanxi Development Economics Association, Member of Youth Committee of Shaanxi Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese.
Admission Orientation：Agricultural Economics (Doctoral degree); Finance (Master degree); Agricultural Economics and Management (Bachelor Degree)
Office： C-4-13, College of Economics and Management
Phone: 029-87081157
Email：xiaohuan.yan@nwsuaf.edu.cn
Education
Dr. of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Program and Regional Planning, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, Oct., 2008 ~ July, 2013.
M.A., Economics, College of Economics and Management, NWAFU, Sep, 2003 ~ July, 2006.
B.E., Management, College of Economics and Management, NWAFU, Sep, 1999 ~ July, 2003.
Visiting Scholar, Università Roma Tre, Italy, Sep. 2015.
Visiting Scholar, Life Science University, Mongolia, Aug. 2016.
Visiting Scholar, Kasetsart University, Thailand, Jan. 2017.
Visiting Scholar, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, Aug. 2017 ~ Nov. 2017.
Working Experience
Lecturer, Aug. 2013 ~Dec 2015，College of Economics and Management, NWAFU.
Associate Professor, Jan 2016 ~Present, College of Economics and Management, NWAFU
Research Interests
Agricultural Economics and Management, Industrial Economics, Rural Development
Course Teaching
For Undergraduates:《Development Economics》,《Agricultural Economics (English teaching)》
For Graduates:《Development Economics II》,《Frontiers of Agricultural and Forestry Economics and Management》
Scientific Research Achievements
1. Research Projects
[1] The Green Production Behavior of Apple Growers under "Direct Connection between Farms and Supermarket": Contract Selection, Organizational Support and Decision-making, sponsored by the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Planning Fund project of the Ministry of Education, Host, Jan. 2022 ~ Dec. 2024.
[2] Ecological Efficiency Calculation and Improvement Path of Shaanxi Apple Production under Environmental Constraints, Shaanxi Soft Science Project, Host, Jun. 2020 ~ May. 2021.
[3] Tang Scholar support program of Northwest A&F University, Cyrus Tang Foundation and NWAFU, Host, Jan. 2018 ~ Dec. 2021.
[4] Farmer’s Professionalization and the Expansion of Agricultural Operation Scale-Evidence from apple growers. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Research Program for Young Scholars. Host, Jan. 2015 ~ Dec. 2017.
[5] World Bank Program-Shaanxi Poverty Stricken Rural Community Development Project (Dingbian, Mizhi and Yanchuan Cooperatives and Value Chain Development Subproject), Shaanxi Foreign Investment Office, Host, Jul. 2021 ~ Oct. 2022.
[6] China Agricultural Industry Investment Research Subproject, Yangling Demonstration Zone Finance Bureau, Host, Mar. 2015 ~ Oct. 2023.
[7] Labor-saving Technology Choice Behavior of Apple Growers. Shaanxi Provincial Foundation for Returned Scholars. Host, Jul. 2015~Jun. 2018.
[8] Apple Industry Economy and Policy Research, China Agriculture Research System-Apple Industry, Participant, 2013 ~ Present.
[9] Research on Demand Inducing Mechanism of Conservation Tillage Technology: Organizational Support, Intertemporal Selection and Incentive Effect, National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Research Program, Participant, Jan.2019 ~ Dec. 2022.
[10] Research on Decision-Making Motivation and Constraint Incentive Mechanism of Apple Growers' Green Production Behavior in Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Social Science Fund Project, Participant, Sep. 2020 ~ Dec. 2022.
2. Books
（1）Authored book
[1] Land Tenure Arrangements, Factor Market Development and Agricultural Production in China: Evidence from Henan Province. ISBN: 978-3-8236-1665-8. Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim, Germany. 2013. 09.
（2）Edited books
[1] Strategic Research on Issues Related to Modern Agricultural Development and Regional Demonstration in Northwest semi-arid areas of China, Member of Editor Committee, Lanzhou University Press, 2018.
[2] China Agricultural Industry Investment Report 2017, Vice Chief Editor, Northwest University of agriculture and Forestry Press, 2017.
[3] China Agricultural Industry Investment Report 2018, Chief Editor, China Financial and Economic Publishing House, 2018.
[4] China Agricultural Industry Investment Report 2019, Vice Chief Editor, China Financial and Economic Publishing House, 2019.
[5] China Agricultural Industry Investment Report 2020, Vice Chief Editor, China Financial and Economic Publishing House, 2020.
[6] China Agricultural Industry Investment Report 2021, Vice Chief Editor, China Financial and Economic Publishing House, 2021.
3. Papers
[1] Guoyu, Yan Xiaohuan*. International competitiveness and influencing factors of Chinese fresh apple [J] Northern horticulture, 2021 (24): 155-162. (in Chinese)
[2] Niefubin, Yan Xiaohuan*. Analysis of apple production efficiency- Based on the survey data of 602 Apple specialized households in 8 counties of Shaanxi Province [J] Journal of Agrotechnical Economics, 2018, (11): 110-119. (in Chinese)
[3] Xiaohuan Yan*. The Implementation Path of Professionalization of the Peasantry in Agricultural Modernization [J]. Academic (学术界). 2016,30(2): 292-296.
[4] Yan, Xiaohuan*, Huo, Xuexi. Drivers of household entry and intensity in land rental market in rural China [J], China Agricultural Economic Review, 2016, 8 (2): 345-364.
[5] Yan Xiaohuan*, Bauer Siegfried, Huo Xuexi. Farm Size, Land Reallocation, and Labour Migration in Rural China [J], Population, Space and Place, 2014, 20(4): 303-315.
[6] Yan Xiaohuan*, Huo Xuexi. Farmers' employment, rural social security and land transfer-an analysis based on the survey of 479 farmers in Henan Province [J]. Journal of Agrotechnical Economics, 2013 (07): 34-44. (in Chinese)
Honors and Rewards
[1] "My Favorite University Teacher" of NWAFU in 2022, Jun. 2022.
[2] Excellent thesis instructor, directed graduate student Zhang Zhoulin (certificate number: ZS2022081) and Zenghui (certificate number: ZS2022081) won the 2022 NWAFU excellent professional master's thesis, NWAFU, Jun. 2022.
[3] Excellent thesis instructor, directed graduate student Wei Jiali (certificate number: ZS2021086) won the 2021 NWAFU excellent professional master's thesis, NWAFU, Jun. 2021.
[4] Innovation and Practice of "3456" Practical Teaching Mode of Agricultural & Forestry Economics and Management, the First Prize of Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award of Shaanxi Province in 2021, Jun. 2022, 7/7.
[5] The Construction and Exploration of the International Agricultural Management Talent Training System of "Coordination with production, teaching, research, learning and application, Three-dimensional cubical practice", the Second Prize of the Second Practical Teaching Achievement Award for National Agricultural Graduate Education, Jan. 2022, 2/5.
[6] Advanced Individual in Ideological and Political Education of NWAFU in 2021, NWAFU, Jan. 2022.
[7] "Advanced Individual (excellent in annual assessment)" in 2021. College of Economics and Management NWAFU, Dec. 2021.
[8] Outstanding Individual in the assessment of Teaching Ethics and Professionalism of College of Economics and Management NWAFU., Dec. 2020.
[9] "’Algae benefit’-the leading biological sand fixing agent to help sand areas get rich", Excellent instructor of the Second Prize of Outstanding Achievement Award in the Fifth National College Students' Life Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, Aug. 2020, 2/2.
[10] Drivers of household entry and intensity in land rental market in rural China，CAER 2016-2018 High Citation Award，Oct. 2019，1/2.
[11] 2014 Agricultural Industry Investment Report won the second prize of Science and Technology Award of Yangling Demonstration Zone. The Management Committee of Yangling Demonstration Zone, April, 2017, 3/5.
[12] The paper " farmers' employment, rural social security and land transfer: An Empirical Analysis Based on 479 households in Henan Province " won the Excellence Award of the Fourth Qian Xuesen Gold Award for Urban Studies "urban floating population", issued by Hangzhou Research Center for Urban Studies. Nov. 2014, 1/2.
