This book includes twelve chapters on agricultural trade and cooperation in Asia, which cover both the review of agricultural development in selected countries and analyses of their development linkages through trade and cooperation. Specific attention has been given to agricultural trade between China and the rest of developing Asia, as China has become the second largest country in agricultural trade, and the unique importance remains for trade partners in Asia due to geographic proximity. Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, we also reveal how the global regime of agricultural trade and the Sino-Asia agricultural trade, in particular, has been affected. Overall, the book aims to enhance understanding of the progress, challenges, and outlooks of the Sino-Asia agricultural trade and highlight the room for further cross-country collaborations in agricultural development.

Dr. Rui Mao is a Professor of the School of Public Affairs at Zhejiang University, Deputy Dean of the China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Chair of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, and Deputy Director of the Zhejiang University-International Food Policy Research Institute Center for International Development Studies. He currently serves as the executive director of the China Rural Development Society, the deputy director of the Youth Work Committee, and the deputy secretary-general of the Urban and Rural Committee of the Chinese Society for Urban Studies. Dr. Kevin Chen is a distinguished professor at Zhejiang University, specializing in food systems transformation, agri-food value chain development, and public policies on poverty. He holds various leadership roles, including as the Director of Zhejiang University-International Food Policy Research Institute Center for International Development Studies and the China leader of CGIAR Research Initiative on Mitigate+.