1st Edition

China's Grain Economy The Challenge of Feeding More Than a Billion

By Liming Wang, John Davis Copyright 2000
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

This book was originally pubished in 2000. China is the largest developing country in the world and is still heavily based on agriculture. Currently, about 70 per cent of China's total of more than one bilion people live in rural areas, and about half of the total national labour force is involved in agricultural activities. It is clear that agriculture is the foundation for the development of the... Read more
1. Introduction.  2. Government Policy and Agricultural Development.  3. Grain supply and Demand in China: A Theoretical Framework.  4. Grain Supply Response Analysis.  5. Domestic Grain Demand Analysis.  6. Projections and Trade Implications.  7. Legacy, Triumph and Challenge.

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Liming Wang, John Davis