Agriculture and Dairy Production Systems in China: An Overview and Case Studies

Michel A. Wattiaux, Gary G. Frank, J. Mark Powell, Zhinguo Wu and Yuyuan Guo

No 37654, Discussion Papers from University of Wisconsin-Madison, Babcock Institute for International Dairy Research and Development

Abstract: The Chinese dairy industry is growing rapidly. Since 1980, the rate of increase in dairy cattle in China's dairy industry (+210,000 cows per year) is 1.7 times higher than the rate of decline of dairy cattle in the US dairy industry (-124,000 cows per year). If the current trends do not change, there will be as many dairy cows in China as in the US-approximately 7.45 million cows in 2012. This two-part Discussion Paper presents the context in which the Chinese dairy industry is developing (Part I) and a study of the Dairy Farm systems and case studies of five farms in the Province of Yunnan, the city of Beijing and the province of Heilongjiang (Part II).

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Productivity Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 62
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.37654

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