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The Chinese Food Industry: development, constraints and policies

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  • Maria Bruna Zolin

    (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics)

  • Matilde Cassin

    (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics)

Abstract

Given the phenomenon of growing urbanization, the pressure on food demand for a rising population as well as changing diets, China has had to resort to imports, becoming a net importer of food. In absence of external flows, this scenario is set to continue and could then materialize in a future Malthusian scenario. Improved efficiency and productivity, reform of land use rights, but also the policy of "going out" or land grabbing are some of the plausible strategies that the country could improve to avoid an inexorable stabilization or, at worst, a decline in domestic production, as well taking into account the impact of climate change on agricultural commodities. Starting from these premises, the paper aims to analyze the existing scenario identifying constrains and policies that could prevent the development of the Chinese food industry.

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  • Maria Bruna Zolin & Matilde Cassin, 2016. "The Chinese Food Industry: development, constraints and policies," Working Papers 2016:29, Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari".
    • Handle: RePEc:ven:wpaper:2016:29
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    1. Lucia Luzi & M. Bruna Zolin, 2014. "Unexpected and Growing Interest in Land Investments? The Asian Case," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan & Jacques Jaussaud & Maria Bruna Zolin (ed.), Economic Integration in Asia: Towards the Delineation of a Sustainable Path, chapter 5, pages 78-98, Palgrave Macmillan.
    2. Maria Bruna Zolin & Lucia Luzi, 2013. "Unexpected and Growing Interest in Land Investments? The Asian Case," Working Papers 2013:26, Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari".
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      Keywords

      Food demand; Food supply; China; Food industry; Food security; Food safety;
      All these keywords.

      JEL classification:

      • Q11 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis; Prices
      • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
      • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
      • Q31 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Demand and Supply; Prices
      • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
      • R14 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns

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