Dr Jing Zhang
Research Fellow
School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
+61 7 334 68167
Researcher biography
Jing Zhang is an agricultural economist with a diverse range of expertise in agricultural policy, natural resource management, farming systems, and international trade. She brings advanced skills in statistical, market, and policy analysis, alongside extensive experience and strong networks in the Chinese agricultural sector. Her work spans multidisciplinary projects across Australia, China, Indonesia, and Mongolia, engaging government, industry, and academic partners.
Publications
Book Chapters
Ruhon, Radhiyah, Waldron, Scott, Langford, Zannie, Komarek, Adam, Zhang, Jing and Cahyadi, Eko (2024). The South Sulawesi seaweed industry. Globalisation and livelihood transformations in the Indonesian seaweed industry. (pp. 77-98) edited by Zannie Langford. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003183860-5
Zhang, Jing, Langford, Zannie and Waldron, Scott (2024). The global carrageenan industry. Globalisation and livelihood transformations in the Indonesian seaweed industry. (pp. 23-50) edited by Zannie Langford. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003183860-3
Langford, Zannie, Waldron, Scott, Zhang, Jing, Ruhon, Radhiyah, Walyandra, Zulung Zach, Armis, Risya Arsyi, Lapong, Imran, Julianto, Boedi, Siradjuddin, Irsyadi, Pasaribu, Syamsul and Nuryartono, Nunung (2024). Diverse Seaweed Farming Livelihoods in Two Indonesian Villages. Tropical Phyconomy Coalition Development. (pp. 143-160) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-47806-2_12
Addison, Jane, Brown, Colin G., Lkhagvadorj, Enkh-Orchlon, Jing, Zhang, Waldron, Scott, Bao, Zhang and Bukhbat, Duinkherjav (2020). Institutions and macrodevelopments. Common grasslands in Asia: a comparative analysis of Chinese and Mongolian grasslands. (pp. 12-47) edited by Colin G. Brown. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781788974059.00009
Brown, Colin G., Lkhagvadorj, Enkh-Orchlon, Jing, Zhang, Dorjburegdaa, Lkhagvadorj, Guanghua, Qiao and Bao, Zhang (2020). Efficiency of marketing systems. Common grasslands in Asia: a comparative analysis of Chinese and Mongolian grasslands. (pp. 96-119) edited by Colin G. Brown. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781788974059.00012
Journal Articles
Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott, Dong, Xiaoxia and Dai, Xin (2024). Mediating roles of perceived quality and perceived behaviour control in shaping Chinese consumer’s purchase intention for domestic Infant Milk Formula (IMF). Foods, 13 (19) 3099, 3099. doi: 10.3390/foods13193099
Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott, Langford, Zannie, Julianto, Boedi and Komarek, Adam Martin (2023). China’s growing influence in the global carrageenan industry and implications for Indonesia. Journal of Applied Phycology, 36 (2), 1-22. doi: 10.1007/s10811-023-03004-0
Zhang, Bao, Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin, Zhang, Jing and Qiao, Guanghua (2023). Measuring transaction costs of grassland eco-compensation policies: the case of the Compensation and Rewards Policy for Grassland Protection in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Rangeland Journal, 45 (5), 202-209. doi: 10.1071/RJ23046
Jia, Li, Zhang, Jing and Qiao, Guanghua (2022). Scale and environmental impacts of food loss and waste in China—A material flow analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (1) 460, 1-21. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20010460
Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott and Dong, Xiaoxia (2022). Evidence from a choice experiment in consumer preference towards Infant Milk Formula (IMF) in the context of dairy revitalization and COVID-19 pandemic. Foods, 11 (17) 2689, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/foods11172689
Zhang, Jing, Brown, Colin, Waldron, Scott, Yadav, Lava and Zhuoga, De-qing (2022). Heterogeneity in agricultural households and transition paths in southern Tibet. Journal of Mountain Science, 19 (5), 1386-1403. doi: 10.1007/s11629-021-7154-z
Langford, Alexandra, Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott, Julianto, Boedi, Siradjuddin, Irsyadi, Neish, Iain and Nuryartono, Nunung (2022). Price analysis of the Indonesian carrageenan seaweed industry. Aquaculture, 550 737828, 737828. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737828
Brown, Colin, Zhang, Jing, Zhuoga, Deqing, Baiyang, Weisi and Yadav, Lava (2021). Market integration and agricultural development: The case of Tibet's ruminant livestock industries. Agribusiness, 37 (4), 818-837. doi: 10.1002/agr.21696
Brown, Colin, Behrendt, Karl, Ping, Li, Guanghua, Qiao, Bennett, Jeff, Bao, Zhang, Addison, Jane, Kemp, David, Guodong, Han and Jing, Zhang (2020). Refining China's grassland policies: an interdisciplinary and ex-ante analysis. The Rangeland Journal, 42 (6), 435-445. doi: 10.1071/rj20097
Brown, Colin, Yadav, Lava Prakash, Zhang, Jing and Zhouma, Deqing (2019). Sustainability of agricultural diversity in the farm households of southern Tibet. Sustainability, 11 (20) 5756, 5756. doi: 10.3390/su11205756
Zhang, Jing, Brown, Colin, Qiao, Guanghua and Zhang, Bao (2019). Effect of Eco-compensation Schemes on Household Income Structures and Herder Satisfaction: Lessons From the Grassland Ecosystem Subsidy and Award Scheme in Inner Mongolia. Ecological Economics, 159, 46-53. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.01.006
Zhang, Jing and Brown, Colin (2018). Spatial variation and factors impacting grassland circulation price in Inner Mongolia, China. Sustainability, 10 (12) 4381, 4381. doi: 10.3390/su10124381
Dong, Xiaoxia, Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin and Zhang, Jing (2018). Price transmission in regional beef markets: Australia, China and Southeast Asia. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture, 30 (2), 99-106. doi: 10.9755/ejfa.2018.v30.i2.1601
Guanghua, Qiao, Bao, Zhang, Jing, Zhang and Brown, Colin (2018). Land rental, prices and the management of China's grasslands: the case of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Rangeland Journal, 40 (3), 231-240. doi: 10.1071/RJ17106
Dong, Xiaoxia, Brown, Colin, Waldron, Scott and Zhang, Jing (2018). Asymmetric price transmission in the Chinese pork and pig market. British Food Journal, 120 (1), 120-132. doi: 10.1108/BFJ-02-2017-0056
Zhang, Jing, Brown, Colin, Dong, Xiaoxia and Waldron, Scott (2017). Price transmission in whole milk powder markets: implications for the Oceania dairy sector of changing market developments. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 60 (2), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/00288233.2017.1284133
Conference Papers
Langford, Alexandra , Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott and Nuryartono, Nunung (2021). Price analysis of the Indonesian seaweed industry. Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Sydney, Australia, 8-12 February 2021. Sydney, Australia:
Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott, Pubuzhuoma, Brown, Colin and Wujincuomu (2018). Agricultural development in a Tibetan township. The 22nd biennial conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), Sydney, NSW Australia, 3-5 July 2018.
Zhang, Jing, Brown, Colin and Waldron, Scott (2017). Case study analysis on household attitudes towards weather index crop insurance in rural China. The 61st Annual Conference of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 7-10 February 2017. St. Paul, MN USA: AgEcon Search. doi: 10.22004/ag.econ.258683
Video Document
Thesis
Zhang, Jing (2015). An analysis of factors influencing the feasibility of weather index crop insurance in China: the case of Huojia County, Henan Province. PhD Thesis, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.427
Creative Works
Waldron, Scott and Zhang, Jing (2024). The WTO review of China’s trade policy and what it means for Australia. Deakin, ACT, Australia: Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA).
Waldron, Scott and Zhang, Jing (2024). The Third Party Plenum, the WTO review of China’s trade policy and what it means for Australia. Deakin, ACT, Australia: Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA).
Research Reports
Langford, Zannie, Waldron, Scott, Nuryartono, Nunung, Pasaribu, Syamsul, Julianto, Boedi Sarjana, Siradjuddin, Irsyadi, Ruhon, Radhiyah, Walyandra, Zulung Zach, Lapong, Muhammad Imran, Armis, Risya Arsyi, Zhang, Jing, Rifai, Muhammad Amin, Rizkullah, Fakhri and Anggraenie, Triana (2023). Sustainable upgrading of the South Sulawesi seaweed industry. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Australia-Indonesia Centre.
Komarek, Adam M., Cahyadi, Eko Ruddy, Zhang, Jing, Fariyanti, Anna, Julianto, Boedi, Arsyi, Risya, Lapong, Imran, Langford, Alexandra, Waldron, Scott A. and Grist, Madeline (2023). Increasing incomes in carrageenan seaweed value chains in Takalar, South Sulawesi. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Australia-Indonesia Centre.
Komarek, Adam M., Cahyadi, Eko Ruddy, Zhang, Jing, Fariyanti, Anna, Julianto, Boedi, Arsyi, Risya, Lapong, Imran, Langford, Alexandra, Waldron, Scott and Grist, Madeline (2023). Meningkatkan pemasukan dalam rantai nilai rumput laut di Takalar, Sulawesi Selatan. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Australia-Indonesia Centre.
Waldron, Scott and Zhang, Jing (2021). Chinese tariffs on Australian wine in 2020: the domestic drivers of international coercion. Associate Paper Online: Future Directions International.
Brown, Colin, Zhang, Jing and Waldron, Scott (2020). CAEGTibet Manual: Version 2020-1. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Newspaper Articles
Langford, Alexandra, Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott, Siradjuddin, Irsyadi and Nuryartono, Nunung (2022, 01 14). Indonesia is the world’s largest seaweed producer, but why are prices so volatile? The Conversation
Langford, Alexandra, Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott, Siradjuddin, Irsyadi and Nuryartono, Nunung (2022, 01 14). Harga rumput laut yang fluktuatif pengaruhi Indonesia sebagai produsen terbesar dunia. Apa saja penyebabnya? The Conversation Indonesia