Food Supply and Demand in China and Forecast

Author: Chen Yongfu
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is divided into two main parts, namely the general part and the specific part. The general part includes three chapters, which provide a detailed elaboration on how to understand and address China's food issues, the research objectives of this book, the research methods, and the overall research findings. The specific part consists of five chapters, which focus on the supply and demand analysis and forecasting of Chinese rice, wheat, corn, soybeans, livestock products, and aquatic products. In these five chapters, each one starts with an analysis of the supply and demand balance of each product, establishes supply and demand models at the provincial, autonomous region, and municipal level for each product, and conducts simulation and forecasting based on various policy scenarios using the supply and demand models of each product.