This book focuses on rural eco-environment in China. It discusses issues concerned not only backgrounds but also some specific fields including water security issues, soil pollution, grassland ecological environment, nitrogen fertilizer excessive application and livestock produce safety issues. China's dual economy is characterized by urban and rural economy, the mostly manifestation is the coexistence of urban economy and the county economy, and income gap between urban and rural residents. Farmers not only suffered the damage of the water and soil pollutions which brought on morbidity, poverty, even death, but also mostly don’t have channels of expression and the right to speak, which may lead to social security incident. And also, rural pollution issues can cause agricultural decline in quality and even unsafe food for society. Therefore, the problems of rural pollution are our nation's most pressing environmental security.

Table of Contents:
General Discussion “Three Rural Issues” and the safety of China's water environment Backgrounds Dual economic background of China's ecological and environmental issues Territory plan, regional development and rural ecological environment Production mode of agriculture and its impact upon environment -- case study of U.S. Analysis and Specific Discussions The soil pollution situation is grim in China, urgent need to accelerate the pace of prevention Real or fictional over grazing: Discussion of a major problem that affect grassland ecological environment The impact of farmers' consumption on carbon emissions -- comparative analysis based on urban residents differences How does the tendency of agricultural science and technology’s future affect the ecological environment in rural areas -- Speaking of the United Nations International Agricultural Knowledge and Technology for development assessment The negative externalities of nitrogen fertilizer excessive application and reduction pathways Origins of the livestock produce safety issues -- An Investigative Survey and Proposed solution Based upon site survey covering 3 townships and 6 villages in Shandong Province The needs and strategy of Chinese small town rural sewage distributed processing facilities The systematical construction of rural ecological environment in China -- A case study of ""Wushan Model""