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Does China Have a Grain Problem? An Empirical Analysis

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  • K. P. Kalirajan
  • Yiping Huang

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It has been acknowledged in the literature that productive efficiency in grain production in China has substantially improved in the post-reform period, particularly in the early 1980s. Since then, there have been several policy changes in China, which have affected the growth of the sector. Specifically, the spectacular growth of rural industries has attracted significant physical and human capital from agriculture. It is in this context that Brown's warning of China soon becoming the world's number one importer of grain has raised an important question of whether China has reached its grain production potential. Analysis of the 1994 farm household survey data indicates that the majority of the sample farmers is reasonably technically efficient in grain production but that productivity can be increased further even with the existing technology.

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  • K. P. Kalirajan & Yiping Huang, 2001. "Does China Have a Grain Problem? An Empirical Analysis," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 45-55.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:oxdevs:v:29:y:2001:i:1:p:45-55
    DOI: 10.1080/13600810123894
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    1. Soumita Khan, 2018. "An evaluation of input-specific technical efficiency of Indian fertilizer firms," Working Papers 410, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.
    2. Giannis Karagiannis & Vangelis Tzouvelekas, 2009. "Measuring technical efficiency in the stochastic varying coefficient frontier model," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 40(4), pages 389-396, July.
    3. Unknown, 1998. "Grain Market Reform in China: Global Implications," Technical Reports 113816, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
    4. Christopher Findlay, 1997. "Grain Sector Reform in China," Chinese Economies Research Centre (CERC) Working Papers 1997-01, University of Adelaide, Chinese Economies Research Centre.

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