Food Security, Farm Income and Trade Policy

Yongzheng Yang and Yiping Huang

Chapter 16 in China’s Agriculture at the Crossroads, 2000, pp 263-276 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Food security has long been a key objective of China’s agricultural policy. It is alleged that Mao Zedong once said, ‘You don’t panic when you have grain.’ In the commune era, grain production was pursued at any cost. Grassland and forests were converted into cropland to the detriment of the environment, as well as the livestock and forestry industries. Production of non-grain crops was minimised in order to leave more arable land for grain production.

Keywords: Food Security; World Trade Organization; Trade Policy; Trade Liberalisation; Farm Income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1057/9780333978108_16

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