Research paper on the effectiveness of the farmers' associations of Taiwan, China in furthering the integrated approach to rural development - examines the membership process, communication, decision making, role in providing agricultural extension, agricultural credit, agricultural marketing, agricultural insurance, etc., financing and costs, administrative aspects, etc., and their contribution to development policy. Bibliography pp. 409 to 422, flow charts, questionnaire, references and statistical tables.

This book reports the proceedings of the symposium, "Chinese Rural Development: Strategies and Experience," organized by the China Com-mittee of the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) and held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 30, 1989. The editors would like to thank members of the committee, listed below, for their time and efforts in planning, organizing, and hosting the symposium.