“This actually reflcts people’s different values and mindsets. The U.S. CSA
farms don’t seek scale,” Shi said. However, scale means a lot in China.
“Currently the Chinese agricultural
sector is trying to replicate the U.S.
model of big ranches. If you possess 50
mu (1 mu=0.0667 ha.) of land today,
your ambition is to own 50,000 mu in
the future with a handful of people running the entire operation. But this model
is not suitable for East Asian countries,”
Shi said.