Family Name:  Liu

First Name:  Guangzhe

Place of Birth:  Xixiang County, Shaanxi, China

Nationality:  Chinese

Marital Status:  Married

Academic Degree: Doctor in Agriculture and Rural Development

Current Position:

Associate Professor/Supervisor of Master Students, Group of Forest Management, College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University (NWAFU) ;

Director of Yangling Modern Agricultural Standardization Institute

Education

12/2004-06/2012 Doctor degree in agricultural and rural development from Northwest A&F University.

01/2000- 08/2001 Master degree in rural system management from the University of Queensland, Australia.

08/ 1984-07/1988  Bachelor degree in forest science from the Northwest Forestry College.

Professional Expertise

Ÿ Agricultural (forestry) extension ( advisory service) theories and practice in relation to rural development

Ÿ Designing of training program based on adult learning principles for competency improvement and awareness building

Ÿ Agricultural and forestry standardization

Ÿ Sustainable forest management

Consulting Activities Involved:

Research projects undertaken

Standardization and products certification of kiwifruit industry in Langao County, funded by Yangling Sci-tech pilot for poverty alleviation (2020-2021).

Standardization and products certification of kiwifruit industry in Danfeng County, funded by Yangling Sci-tech pilot for poverty alleviation(2020-2021).

Standardization and products certification of kiwifruit industry in Shangnan County, funded by Yangling Sci-tech pilot for poverty alleviation(2020-2021).

Ecological restoration along the Yellow River in Shaanxi—afforestation establishment in dry and stony mountains, funded by central finance program (2019-2021).

Exploration and practice of integrated system configuration and management of agriculture-forest-animal husbandry on a sustainable basis in Mu Us Desert, funded by GFA-Shaanxi Project (2016-2018).

Management regulation on standardization approach to integrated rural reform, funded by Standardization Administration of P. R. China (2014).

Agricultural extension and information service standardization, a branch research of agricultural socialized service system in China, funded by Standardization Administration of P. R. China (2014).

Branch research of modern agricultural strategy of Yangling: Modern agricultural standardization demonstration, funded by World Bank (2011).

Research on effectiveness of agricultural standardization, funded by Ministry of Agriculture (2010).

Joint research on ecosystem service and poverty reduction in China, funded by NERC, UK (2009).

Farmer-centered IPM practice and development, funded by World Bank(2003-2009)

Safety model of tobacco production in Shaanxi, funded by Shaanxi tobacco administration bureau (2008-2009).

Effect of agricultural standardization demonstration district, funded by Standardization Administration of P. R. China (2005-2007).

Books

· Co-authored：Introduction to agricultural standardization. Science and technology press, 2016

· Associate editor: Agricultural standardization: theory and practice. China Agriculture Press, 2010.

· Edition member: Case study collection of agricultural standardization. China Agriculture Press, 2011

· Edition member：Modern agricultural standardization. China Standardization Press, 2013.

· Co-Translation：Du-zhong, A Globally Fashionable Healthcare Concept. Northwest A&F University Press, 2010

Selected publications (recent five years)

J. Philipp Benz * , Shaolin Chen, Shuangren Dang, Matthias Dieter, Eric R. Labelle, Guangzhe Liu, Lin Hou, Reinhard M. Mosandl, Hans Pretzsch, Klaus Pukall, Klaus Richter, Ralph Ridder, Shuaichao Sun, Xiaozhou Song, YifeiWang, Hongli Xian, Li Yan, Jie Yuan, Shuoxin Zhang, and Anton Fischer(2020). Multifunctionality of forests: A white paper on challenges and opportunities in China and Germany. Forests, 11, 266. doi:10.3390/f11030266.

Mei Qu, Guangzhe Liu, Yin Lin, et al. (2017). Experts’ perceptions of the sloping land conversion program in the Loess Plateau, China. Land Use Policy 69, 204–210.

Qin Xiaokang, Liu Guangzhe* (2018). Forestry-based project choice for targeted poverty alleviation and their effect analysis in Nanzhen district (Chinese). Shaanxi Forest Science and Technology, (2): 63-65.

Zhang Xiaorui, Kang Jian, Dong Yang, Zhang Chengyao, Liu Guangzhe*(2018). Patterns of poverty reduction through forestry in the south of Shaanxi Province (Chinese). Journal of Temperate Forestry Research, (3):55-62.

Xu Xiaoqian, Liu Guangzhe*, Fang Yilong, et al. (2017). Influencing factors of farmers’ willingness on using forest-based bioenergy products in Shaanxi Province of China (Chinese). Journal of Northwest Forestry University, (32): 306-312.  

Xu Xiaoqian, Liu Guangzhe*(2017). Overview of forest bioenergy development based on production chain and its implication to China(Chinese). Research on Development, (5): 143-147

Liu Guangzhe (2016). Education model of MSc European Forestry and its implications to our forestry-majored master degree program(Chinese). China Forestry Education, (1):70-75

Liu meng, Liu Guangzhe* (2015). Analysis of the problems with Shaanxi walnut industry development(Chinese). Shaanxi Forest Science and Technology, (6):48-51

Lei Yongdong, Liu Guangzhe* (2015). Analysis of main elements to forest fire in Qinling forest area(Chinese). Shaanxi Forest Science and Technology,(6): 24-26

Li Xin, Liu Guangzhe*, Cai Bin et al.( 2016). The nature of standard, standardization and agricultural standardization(Chinese). Standardization Science, (3):6-8

Li Xin, Xu Changxing, Liu Guangzhe*( 2015). Demonstration mechanism and prospective of China agricultural standardization(Chinese). Standardization Science, (12): 20-24

Memberships

· Member of Shaanxi Forestry Society

· Member of Shaanxi Technical Committee of Forestry Standardization

· Member of National Yellow Horn Industrial Alliance for Innovation  

· Member of Shaanxi Forest Management Association

· Member of Shaanxi Agricultural Standardization Association

Awards, Honors and Scholarships

2003 Award of Outstanding Teachers in the National Agricultural Extension Master Program

2011 Visiting Scholar to the University of Eastern Finland, University of LIeida and Wageningen University financed by Erasmus Mundus Program.

Foreign Language: English

Address:

College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University

3 Taicheng Road,  Yangling, Shaanxi 712100

P. R. China

Contact

Tel\ Fax: +86-29-87082110

E-mail: gzl66106@nwsuaf.edu.cn  QQ 464378501