2001, Volume 4, Paper 47
ISSN: 2209-6612

Changing Patterns of Feedgrain Production and Marketing in China

Xian Xin – College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University
Wei-Ming Tian – College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University
Zhang-Yue Zhou – Asian Agribusiness Research Centre, The University of Sydney, Orange NSW

Abstract

Increased disposable income has, in the past two decades, led Chinese consumers to demanding more animal products. China’s animal husbandry industry has responded to this demand by producing more animal products. Indeed, not only has this increase in animal products been very impressive in recent years, but it has been achieved with little feedgrain imports.

The question as to whether China’s domestic resources will be able to continue supplying the animal husbandry industry with the needed feedgrains has attracted much attention from government officials and academics both within and outside China. Many believe that China’s future demand for feedgrain will exceed its supply and imports are inevitable.

Among the many factors that affect the quantity of feedgrain that China will import are two important ones: China’s own capacity to produce and its feedgrain marketing arrangements. It is thus imperative to examine closely the changing patterns of China’s feedgrain production and marketing. This paper fulfils this task by providing some important facts and updating information of the latest developments that are related to China’s feedgrain production and marketing.

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