In view of China's rapid increase in animal production and the commonly held view that China's ability to increase feedgrains is limited, it is useful to examine China's feedgrain international trade prospects in a broad context. This has become even more important given that China is now a...

As a large developing country, China has experienced rapid economic growth in the two decades. With the increase of consumer income, food consumption has become greatly diversified. Such changes have more implications for policy makers and for food marketers. Beef as a meat product is slowly...

Asia has become the major agrifood consumer on the planet. As a result of rapid urbanisation and industrialisation coupled with increased consumer income, Asia’s demand for agrifood has increased rapidly in recent years. When consumer income further increases in the future, the total demand...

Beef processors' procurement channel selection is a critical element of a successful supply chain in addressing challenges of food safety from consumers. However, preference-based studies of cattle procurement methods in China are scarce. In this study, the conjoint modelling approach is used to...

The remarkable economic changes occurring within China since 1978 have resulted in a striking alteration in food consumption patterns, and one marked change is the increasing consumption of meat. Given China's large population, a small percentage change in per capita meat consumption could lead...

A better understanding of the development of part-time farming in China would be invaluable both for academic inquiry and policy formulation. This study, using farm-level survey data, examines the development of part-time farming in China. The two key questions examined are (1) how part-time...

India is now the second largest producer of wheat in the world even though it is only the seventh largest in land area. It produces about 70 million tons of wheat per year or about 12 per cent of the world production. Being second largest in population, it is also second largest in wheat...

The book explores the implications of both the extension of the market into key parts of the Chinese economy and the integration of China into the global economy. The main focus of the book is on the role and nature of China’s financial system and its ability to transform enterprise and...

The livestock industry in China has undergone massive changes since the liberalisation of markets started in 1985. The beef sector is no exception to this transition with production and consumption increasing faster than all other meats in the last two decades. The number of cattle has nearly...

How much animal product do the Chinese consume at present? How much animal product will the Chinese consume in the near future? Plausible estimates that can answer these questions seem to be extremely scarce. On the other hand, there has been strong demand for such estimates by many in trade and...