Rural wheat consumption in China

The share of wheat in China's overall grain production and consumption has increased since economic reform. China is also a large wheat importer, but imports are erratic. In the literature, there is disagreement over future prospects for per capita wheat consumption in China and imports. Most o...

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Published in:American journal of agricultural economics 1999-08, Vol.81 (3), p.582-592
Main Authors: Carter, Colin A., Zhong, Funing
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural commodities
Agricultural economics
Agricultural production
Agriculture
China
Coarse grains
Consumer behavior
Consumer choice
Consumer economics
Consumer information
Consumers
Consumption
consumption patterns
Crop economics
domestic consumption
Economic reform
Economics
Food
Food consumption
Grain
Grains
Household consumption
household surveys
Imports
Income distribution
International trade
Meat
O180
P320
P360
Per capita
Population
regression analysis
Rice
Rural areas
Solanum tuberosum
Trends
Wheat
wheat consumption
wheat trade
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Summary:The share of wheat in China's overall grain production and consumption has increased since economic reform. China is also a large wheat importer, but imports are erratic. In the literature, there is disagreement over future prospects for per capita wheat consumption in China and imports. Most of the wheat is consumed in rural areas where the majority of the population resides and where consumers have shifted from coarse grains and potatoes to wheat. We analyze rural wheat consumption using household data from two provinces. We find there is evidence to support a contention that China's per capita wheat consumption may not grow very fast in the future and could actually fall.
ISSN:0002-9092
1467-8276
DOI:10.2307/1244017