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Modeling Staple Food Consumption: Measuring the Trade Effect on Food Security for Chinese Grain Farmers

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  • Chang, Min
  • Sumner, Daniel A.

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This paper derives a simulation model that examines the food security of the grain producing households in China in an open border model regime. We define a food inadequacy index (F.I.) to measure the change of the food security status under alternative scenarios of border liberalization for the households. We conclude that if opening the border of grain market is followed by a more variable grain price distribution, the food security status will deteriorate for the low-income households on average. However, if border liberalization is followed by a decrease in mean of the price distribution, even with a more variable distribution, the food security status improves.

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  • Chang, Min & Sumner, Daniel A., 2005. "Modeling Staple Food Consumption: Measuring the Trade Effect on Food Security for Chinese Grain Farmers," 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI 19398, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea05:19398
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.19398
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