Principal Investigator

Dr. Ruifa Hu

Contact Address: No. 699 Binhu Road, Fangzi District, Weifang, Shandong, China

Email: ruifa@bit.edu.cn

Education

1993-1996, PhD in Agricultural Economics, Zhejiang Agricultural University, China

1988-1990, MS in Agricultural Economics, Zhejiang Agricultural University, China

1979-1982, BS in Agriculture, Henan Baiquan Agricultural College, China

Working Experience

May. 2023 - to dateProfessor, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences

Jan. 2011- Apr. 2023Professor, School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

May. 2004- Dec. 2010Principal Investigator, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Oct. 2000- May. 2004Researcher and Doctoral Supervisor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Oct. 1999 - Dec. 2000Visiting Professor, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines

3-5 months each in 1998, 1999, 2007, 2009；Visiting Scholar, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico

Oct. 1999- Dec. 1999Visiting Scholar, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis, USA, USA

Jul. 1997- Oct. 2000Postdoctoral and Director of Science, Technology and Production Department, Agricultural Policy Research Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), China

Jul. 1996- Jul. 1997Associate Professor, College of Economics and Trade, Zhejiang Agricultural University, China

May.1995- Jan. 1996Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), State University of New Jersey, USA, USA

Jan. 1991- Jul. 1996Lecturer, College of Economics and Trade, Zhejiang Agricultural University, China

Jul. 1982- Aug. 1988Teacher, Henan Baiquan Agricultural College, China

Research Interests

l  Development economics and agro-technical economics

l  Science, technology and development policy

l  Agricultural emissions reduction

Selected Publications

Articles：

Prof. Hu is mainly engaged in the research of development economics and agricultural technology economics, and his research interests include science and technology and development policy, agricultural emission reduction, agricultural resources and environmental economics, etc. He has authored 154 research papers, 4 monographs, and 18 policy consulting reports that have received approval from national leaders. Below are some representative publications.

Ruifa Hu, Changxin Yu, Yanhong Jin, Carl Pray, Haiyan Deng. Impact of government policies on research and development (R&D) investment, innovation, and productivity evidence from pesticide firms in China. Agriculture,2022.12(5):709.

Hu, Ruifa*, Huang, Xusheng, Huang, Jikun, Li, Yifan, Zhang, Chao, Yin, Yanhong, Chen, Zhaohui, Jin, Yanhong, Cai, Jinyang, Cui, Fang. Long- and short-term health effects of exposures to pesticide: a cohort study from China. Plos One, 2015, 10(6): e0128766.

Hu, Ruifa*, Xiaobing Wang, Jikun Huang, and Jinyang Cai, Patents and China's research and development in agricultural biotechnology. Nature Biotechnology, 2013, (31): 986-988. 

Hu, Ruifa*,Yaqing Cai, Kevin Z. Chen, Jikun Huang. Effects of inclusive public agricultural extension service: results from a policy reform experiment in Western China. China Economic Review,2012, 23(4): 962-974.

Hu, Ruifa*, Jinyang Cai, Jikun Huang, Xiaobing Wang. Silos Hamstring Chinese Plant Biotech Sector. Nature Biotechnology, 2012,30(8): 749-750.

Hu, Ruifa*, Qin Liang, Carl Pray, Jikun Huang, Yanhong Jin. Privatization, public R&D policy, and private R&D investment in China’s agriculture. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2011, 36(2):416-432.

Hu, Ruifa*, Zhijian Yang, Peter Kelly, Jikun Huang. Agricultural extension system reform and agent time allocation in China. China Economic Review, 2009, 20 (2): 303-315.

Hu, Ruifa, Carl Pray, Jikun Huang, Scott Rozelle. Cunhui Fan, Caiping Zhang. Reforming Intellectual Property Rights, Bio-safety Management and the Bt Cotton Seed Industry in China: Who Benefits from Policy Reform? Research Policy, 2009, 38(5): 793-801.

Hu, Ruifa, Jikun Huang, Songqing Jin and Scott Rozelle. Assessing the contribution of research system and CG genetic materials to the total factor productivity of rice in China. Journal of Rural Development, 23 (2000):33-70.

Yawei Zhao, Haiyan Deng,Ruifa Hu*,Changzhao Xiong. Impact of government policies on seed innovation in China. Agronomy,2022, 12(4):917.

Chao Zhang, Yiduo Sun, Ruifa Hu*,Fan Yang, Xin Shen. The impact of rural-urban migration experience on fertilizer use: Evidence from rice production in China. Journal of Cleaner Production,2021,280:124429.

LI Zhongju, ZHANGChao, HuRuifa*,CHEN Zhigang. Research on technical services of fertilizer and pesticide dealerships to farmers and their effects. China Soft Science,2021(11):36-44.

Deng, Haiyan, Hu, Ruifa*, Pray, Carl, Jin, Yanhong, Perception and attitude toward GM technology among agribusiness managers in China as producers and as consumers, Sustainability, 2019 ,11(5)1342. 

Zhang Chao, Sun Yiduo, Hu Ruifa*, Huang Jikun, Huang Xusheng, Li Yifan, Yin Yanhong, Chen Zhaohui. A comparison of the effects of agricultural pesticide uses on peripheral nerve conduction in China. Scientific Reports,2018,8:9621.

Zhang, Chao, Hu, Ruifa*, Huang, Jikun, Huang, Xusheng, Shi, Guanming, Li, Yifan, Yin, Yanhong, Chen, Zhaohui. Health effect of agricultural pesticide use in China: implications for the development of GM crops. Scientific Reports,2016,6: 34918.

Hu Ruifa, Huang Jikun. Development and reform of China's agricultural research system: policy assessment and recommendations. Science and Society,2011,1(03):34-40+16.

Book chapters

Zhang S. Huang, Hu Ruifa. Commercial Breeding and Institutional Innovation in Maize, China Maize Variety Science and Technology Forum, China Agricultural Science and Technology Publishing House, April 2001, First Edition, pp. 14-30.

Hu Ruifa, Cheng Jiaan. Women's Role in Decision-Making in Rice Production, Grain Production and Agricultural Technology Extension in China, China Agricultural Science and Technology Press, First Edition, March 2000, pp. 194-208.

Hu Ruifa, Cheng Jiaan. The Role of Women in Decision-Making in Agricultural Production, Research on Agricultural Economy and Scientific and Technological Development-1999, China Agricultural Press, First Edition, September 1999, pp. 72-88.

Huang Jikun, Hu Ruifa, Sun Zhenyu. Reform of the Agricultural Technology Extension System: Institutional and Systemic Guarantees, Agricultural Economy and Science and Technology Development Research-2000, China Agricultural Press, November 2000, first edition, pp. 218-240.

Hu Ruifa. Theory of Agricultural Technology Induction and Its Application, China Agricultural Development Library, Unity Publishing House, February 1998, Beijing.

Hu Ruifa, Huang Jikun. Investigations and Reflections on Agricultural Research Inputs and Policies in China, Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Unity Publishing House, March 1997, Beijing.

Huang, Jikun, Hu, Ruifa, Carl Pray, Scott Rozelle and Fangbin Qiao. Smallholders, Transgenic Varieties, and Production Efficiency: the Case of Cotton Farmers in China. In Evenson, Santaniello and Zilberman (eds.), Economic and Social Issues.

Books

Hu, Ruifa.1998. Introduction to seed technology management, Science Press (in Chinese), 239pp.

Chao Zhang,Ruifa Hu,2019. Pesticide application by Chinese farmers: behavioral characteristics, health effects and drivers, Beijing University of Technology Press, Beijing, (in Chinese), 196pp.

Huang Ji-kun, Hu Ruifa. 2003. Scott Rozelle. Investment in Agricultural Research in China: Challenges and Prospects. China Finance and Economy Press, Beijing, (in Chinese), 262pp.

Huang Ji-Kun, Hu Rui-Fa, Chen Rui-Jian, Mi Jian-Wei, Scott Rozelle, Carl Pray. 2010. Economic Impacts of Genetically Modified Biotechnology - 10 Years of Bt Insect Resistant Cotton in China. Science Press, Beijing, (in Chinese), 207pp.

Huang, Jikun, Ruifa Hu, Linxiu Zhang, and Scott Rozelle. 2000. The Economy of China's Agricultural R&D Investment, China's Agricultural Sciences Press, Beijing (in Chinese), 330pp.

Honorables and Awards

Title of “Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions”, Ministry of Agriculture; (1999)

Recipient of the National Outstanding Youth Fund; (2003)

“Hundred Talents Program”, Chinese Academy of Sciences. (2004)

Obtaining awards for scientific research achievements: a total of 17 awards for various types of scientific research achievements, among which the main awards for scientific and technological progress at the provincial level or above are:

“Research and Application of Field Nitrogen Fertilizer Management Technology (SSNM) for Rice”, awarded the Third Prize of Hubei Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress, 2007.

“Research on China's Agricultural Science and Technology Investment Policy”, Second Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress, Ministry of Agriculture, 1999.

“China's Grain Toward the 21st Century”, Second Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress, Ministry of Agriculture, 1996.

“Technical Research on the Guarantee of Seed Supply of Excellent Crop Varieties”, Third Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress of Zhejiang Province, 1996.

“Research on high-yield and high-quality cultivation technology in different quality ecological types of wheat in Henan Province”, Third Prize of Henan Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress, 1990.

“Selection, Breeding and Popularization of New Winter Wheat Variety Bainong 3217”, First Prize of Technical Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, 1984.