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Author_Colin A. Carter
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China's Grain
China's Historical Role
Chinese Government
Chinese grain production
Double Rice
Double Rice Cropping System
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Estimated Engel Curve
Estimated Income Elasticity
Feed Grain
Feed Grain Production
Food Grain Consumption
grain yields
Lagged Consumption
Liu Suinian
Medium Growth Scenario
Nationality Autonomous Region
Percent Annual Decline
Pooled Time Series
Procurement Quota
Production Responsibility System
Quota Price
Quota Purchases
Sown Area
Van Der Gaag
world food trade
Yangtze River
Product details
- ISBN 9780367014384
- Weight: 420g
- Dimensions: 146 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 23 May 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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China, with over 20 percent of the earth's population, is both the world's largest producer and largest consumer of cereal grains. As a consequence, the supply and demand of grain in China will have a major impact on the world food trade. In this comprehensive study of China's grain production and trade, Colin A. Carter and Fu-Ning Zhong trace the historical role of China in the grain trade; analyze the impact of economic and political variables on production, consumption, and trade; and discuss alternative scenarios for China's future levels of trade. This is the first study to move beyond aggregate data to deal with regional models of Chinese grain production. The authors' major findings are that budgetary pressures will limit further increases in grain prices, and consequently the growth rate in grain yields will slow. As the total population continues to increase, China's area planted in grain will decline. The Chinese will gradually shift their food consumption toward more meat and other indirect grain consumption; therefore China may continue to import a limited amount of grain but imports will shift from wheat to feed grains.
Colin A. Carter is associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of California, Davis. Fu-Ning Zhong is currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management at the University of Manitoba.
