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Food security the key, not self-sufficiency (pdf 85kb)

This publication investigates the long-term economic pitfalls of food self-sufficiency policies relating to Chinese agriculture.

The results show that, as a result of World Trade Organisation (WTO) accession, China's agricultural sector will have to make substantial adjustments, in particular moving out of land-intensive activities, such grain production, and into labour-intensive activities, such as horticultural products and agricultural product processing where it has a comparative advantage. These structural adjustments will inevitably benefit some households, but disadvantage others. However taking an economy-wide approach, rural poverty should be alleviated by households earning off-farm income.

 

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