Yifei Ma

Yifei Ma – PhD candidate

Biography

As almost rural China is poor with the economy but rich in natural resources, Yifei Ma is curious about how can we turn lucid waters and lush mountains into invaluable assets. During her postgraduate study, she studied how to utilize the ecological advantages of rural areas for poverty alleviation. Also, she paid attention to ecological security when we utilize ecological resources. During her PhD study, she focuses on protecting rural natural ecological resources (especially water resources). The research mainly focuses on the public participation of the River Chief System (RSC: an environmental regulation policy in China to control river pollution and manage water resources). Yifei is trying to discuss the behavior motivation and influencing factors of villagers’ collective action of water management and environmental governance on village level, and the empowerment role of policy in the supply of rural public goods. The aim is to promote villagers’ collective action to achieve effective autonomous management of rural commons by villagers and to have more sustainable rural development.

Involved in research themes

  • Formation of institutions for collective action

Expertise

  • Water governance
  • Collective action
  • Public participation
  • Irrigation systems
  • Environmental regulation policy
  • Rural development

CV and publications

  • Mei, Y.M.,Ma,Y.F., Dou, Y.(2019). The development process and experience summary of rural regeneration plan in Taiwan area ——On the enlightenment to rural revitalization in mainland China. World Agriculture, 10, 105-110 (in Chinese)
  • Deng, Y.J., Ma,Y.F., Mei, Y.M.(2019). The Path of Rural Eco-Industry Integration Development in Mountain Area: A Case from Lishui City in Zhejiang Province. Ecological Economy, 06, 49-55. (in Chinese)
  • Ma,Y.F., (2018). The Study of Farmers’ Green Agriculture Development under the “Two Mountains” Thought: A SWOT Analysis Based on the Survey Data of Farmers in Lishui City Zhejiang Province. Journal of the Postgraduate of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, 04, 18-26. (in Chinese)
  • Ma,Y.F., (2018). New Opportunities for the Development and Its Realization Path of Leisure Agriculture in Hubei Province . Science & Technology Economy Market, 08, 64-67. (in Chinese)
  • Liu, J.L., Li, W.F., Ma, Y.F., Wang, X.J., (2018). Study on the Delimitation of Ecological Red Line in Ecologically Vulnerable Areas. China Agricultural Press: Beijing, China. (in Chinese)[ In charge of chapter 2-3, more than 30000 words]
  • Tian, T., Ma, Y.F., (2018). Externality Analysis of Regional Agricultural Green Development. In Hubei Green Agriculture Development Research Report in 2016-2017. Hubei People’s Publishing House: Wuhan, China. pp. 10-17. (in Chinese)
  • Tian, T., Ma, Y.F., Deng, Y.J., (2018). Green Agricultural Ecological Capital Operation Process and Its Poverty Alleviation Effect. In Hubei Green Agriculture Development Research Report in 2016-2017. Hubei People’s Publishing House: Wuhan, China. pp. 120-125. (in Chinese)
  • Li, P.H., Yan, L.D., Pan, S.L., Ma, Y.F., (2017). Evaluation of Agricultural Ecological Security in HubeiProvince. Journal of Resources and Ecology (English), 8(6):620-627
  • Ma, Y.F., Liao, X.Z., (2017). Research on Problems and Countermeasures of Precision Poverty Alleviation in Hubei Province. In Hubei Green Agriculture Development Research Report in 2015. Hubei People’s Publishing House: Wuhan, China. pp. 177-183. (in Chinese)
  • Liu, J.L., Ma, Y.F., Peng, F.W., (2017). On the Benefit Value and Guarantee Mechanism of Transformation of Social Science Achievements from the Perspective of Transformation Development of Colleges and Universities. Journal of Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, 03, 92-96. (in Chinese)
  • Liu, J.L., Ma, Y.F., (2016). A Study on Cognitive Differences of School-enterprise Cooperation in Business Administration Department of Newly Local University: Take the Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology as an Example. Journal of Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology