Commercialization of Food Consumption in Rural China
by
Fred Gale, Ping Tang, Xianhong Bai, and Huijun Xu
Economic Research Report No. (ERR-8) 43 pp, July 2005
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Over 60 percent of China's consumers live on farms. Consequently, a large share of the agricultural commodities produced in China is consumed on farms by the rural population. This study of rural food consumption patterns in China finds that rural households rely on self-produced commodities, especially grains and vegetables, for a large share of the food they consume. However, the study also finds that the reliance on self-produced food has fallen since the mid-1990s as rural households purchased an increasing share of their food.
Keywords: Rural, food, consumption, expenditures, China, agriculture, subsistence, households, survey, elasticities, commercialization
In this publication...
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Report summary, Pdf file 93 kb
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Abstract, Acknowledgments, Contents, and Summary, Pdf file 231 kb
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Introduction, Pdf file 43 kb
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Self-Produced Food Minimizes Expenditure, Pdf file 363 kb
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Commercialization of Rural Food Consumption, Pdf file 151 kb
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Household Expenditure Analysis, Pdf file 110 kb
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Implications of Rural Food Commercialization, Pdf file 75 kb
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Conclusions, Pdf file 41 kb
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References, Pdf file 44 kb
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Appendix, Pdf file 44 kb
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Appendix Tables, Pdf file 146 kb
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Entire report, Pdf file 830 kb
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