The Role of Agriculture in a Modernizing Society : Food, Farms and Fields in China 2030

China's success in addressing food problems after adopting the reforms in 1978 has been nothing less than remarkable. Grain output (rice, wheat and maize) has almost doubled and most hunger has been eliminated. Ever since China embarked on its...

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Main Author: Christiaensen, Luc
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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GDP
WTO
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AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
AGRICULTURAL LABOR
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL MARKET
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING
AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL R&D
AGRICULTURAL SECTORS
AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURAL TRADE
AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
AGRONOMIC PRACTICES
ANIMAL FEED
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
ANIMAL PRODUCTION
ANIMAL PRODUCTS
ANIMAL WASTE
ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
ANIMALS
APPLES
AQUACULTURE
AQUATIC PRODUCTS
AVIAN FLU
BARLEY
BASIC NEEDS
BEEF
BRAN
BREEDING
BULK COMMODITIES
CAPITA INCOMES
CARBOHYDRATES
CASH CROPS
CASSAVA
CEREAL IMPORTS
CEREAL PRICES
CEREAL PRODUCTION
CEREAL TRADE
CEREALS
CGIAR
CHEMICAL INPUTS
CHEMICAL PESTICIDES
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
COMMERCIALIZATION
COMMODITY PRICE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITION FOR WATER
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
CORN
COTTON
COTTON PRODUCTION
CROP
CROP LAND
CROP PRODUCTION
CROP VARIETIES
CROPLAND
CROPPING
CULTIVATED LAND
CULTIVATION
DAIRY
DAIRY PRODUCTION
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DIET
DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK
DRAINAGE
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EDIBLE OILS
ELASTICITY
EXTENSION AGENTS
FAMINES
FAO
FARM
FARM ACTIVITIES
FARM EMPLOYMENT
FARM INCOME
FARM INCOMES
FARM LAND
FARM STRUCTURES
FARMER
FARMER COOPERATIVES
FARMERS
FARMING
FARMLAND
FARMS
FEED GRAINS
FEEDS
FERTILIZER
FERTILIZER USE
FERTILIZERS
FOOD CHAIN
FOOD FOR ALL
FOOD GRAINS
FOOD INDUSTRY
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD MARKETS
FOOD POLICIES
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRICE INFLATION
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PROBLEMS
FOOD SAFETY
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD SUPPLIES
FOOD SUPPLY
FORESTRY
FORESTS
FRUIT
FRUITS
GARLIC
GDP
GENETIC RESOURCES
GRAIN
GRAIN CROPS
GRAIN FARMING
GRAIN MARKETING
GRAIN PRICES
GRAIN PRODUCTION
GRAINS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS VALUE
GROUND WATER
GROUNDNUT
GROUNDWATER
GROWTH IN AGRICULTURE
HAZARDS
HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS
HORTICULTURE
HOUSING
HUNGER
IFPRI
INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTERS
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
IRRIGATION
KITCHEN GARDENS
LABOR COSTS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKETS
LAND DISTRIBUTION
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND PRODUCTIVITY
LARGE FARMS
LETTUCE
LIVELIHOODS
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY
MAIZE
MAIZE PRODUCTION
MEAT
MEAT PRODUCTION
MILK
MILLET
MULTIPLE CROPPING
MUTTON
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY
OIL CROPS
OIL SEEDS
OILSEED
OILSEED CAKES
OILSEEDS
ORCHARDS
PASTURES
PEPPER
PESTICIDE
PESTICIDES
PLANTING
POLLUTION
POPULATION GROWTH
PORK
POTATO
POTATOES
POULTRY
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCE
PRODUCTION COST
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION SYSTEM
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROTEIN
RAPESEED
REAL INCOME
RESISTANT VARIETIES
RICE
RICE BRAN
RICE FIELDS
RICE PRICES
RICE PRODUCTION
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
RURAL INCOME
RURAL ROADS
SAFETY ISSUES
SAFETY PROBLEMS
SEED COMPANIES
SESAME
SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOIL DEGRADATION
SOIL EROSION
SOIL FERTILITY
SORGHUM
SOYBEAN
SOYBEANS
SPINACH
SUGAR
SUGAR BEET
SUGAR CROPS
SUGARCANE
SUNFLOWER
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TOBACCO
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TUBERS
URBANIZATION
VALUE OF OUTPUT
VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
VEGETABLES
VETERINARY DRUGS
WAGES
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SCARCITY
WHEAT
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
YIELD LOSSES
YIELDS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO FOOD
AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
AGRICULTURAL LABOR
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL MARKET
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING
AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL R&D
AGRICULTURAL SECTORS
AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURAL TRADE
AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
AGRONOMIC PRACTICES
ANIMAL FEED
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
ANIMAL PRODUCTION
ANIMAL PRODUCTS
ANIMAL WASTE
ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
ANIMALS
APPLES
AQUACULTURE
AQUATIC PRODUCTS
AVIAN FLU
BARLEY
BASIC NEEDS
BEEF
BRAN
BREEDING
BULK COMMODITIES
CAPITA INCOMES
CARBOHYDRATES
CASH CROPS
CASSAVA
CEREAL IMPORTS
CEREAL PRICES
CEREAL PRODUCTION
CEREAL TRADE
CEREALS
CGIAR
CHEMICAL INPUTS
CHEMICAL PESTICIDES
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
COMMERCIALIZATION
COMMODITY PRICE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITION FOR WATER
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
CORN
COTTON
COTTON PRODUCTION
CROP
CROP LAND
CROP PRODUCTION
CROP VARIETIES
CROPLAND
CROPPING
CULTIVATED LAND
CULTIVATION
DAIRY
DAIRY PRODUCTION
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DIET
DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK
DRAINAGE
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EDIBLE OILS
ELASTICITY
EXTENSION AGENTS
FAMINES
FAO
FARM
FARM ACTIVITIES
FARM EMPLOYMENT
FARM INCOME
FARM INCOMES
FARM LAND
FARM STRUCTURES
FARMER
FARMER COOPERATIVES
FARMERS
FARMING
FARMLAND
FARMS
FEED GRAINS
FEEDS
FERTILIZER
FERTILIZER USE
FERTILIZERS
FOOD CHAIN
FOOD FOR ALL
FOOD GRAINS
FOOD INDUSTRY
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD MARKETS
FOOD POLICIES
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRICE INFLATION
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PROBLEMS
FOOD SAFETY
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD SUPPLIES
FOOD SUPPLY
FORESTRY
FORESTS
FRUIT
FRUITS
GARLIC
GDP
GENETIC RESOURCES
GRAIN
GRAIN CROPS
GRAIN FARMING
GRAIN MARKETING
GRAIN PRICES
GRAIN PRODUCTION
GRAINS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS VALUE
GROUND WATER
GROUNDNUT
GROUNDWATER
GROWTH IN AGRICULTURE
HAZARDS
HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS
HORTICULTURE
HOUSING
HUNGER
IFPRI
INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTERS
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
IRRIGATION
KITCHEN GARDENS
LABOR COSTS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKETS
LAND DISTRIBUTION
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND PRODUCTIVITY
LARGE FARMS
LETTUCE
LIVELIHOODS
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY
MAIZE
MAIZE PRODUCTION
MEAT
MEAT PRODUCTION
MILK
MILLET
MULTIPLE CROPPING
MUTTON
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY
OIL CROPS
OIL SEEDS
OILSEED
OILSEED CAKES
OILSEEDS
ORCHARDS
PASTURES
PEPPER
PESTICIDE
PESTICIDES
PLANTING
POLLUTION
POPULATION GROWTH
PORK
POTATO
POTATOES
POULTRY
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCE
PRODUCTION COST
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION SYSTEM
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROTEIN
RAPESEED
REAL INCOME
RESISTANT VARIETIES
RICE
RICE BRAN
RICE FIELDS
RICE PRICES
RICE PRODUCTION
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
RURAL INCOME
RURAL ROADS
SAFETY ISSUES
SAFETY PROBLEMS
SEED COMPANIES
SESAME
SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOIL DEGRADATION
SOIL EROSION
SOIL FERTILITY
SORGHUM
SOYBEAN
SOYBEANS
SPINACH
SUGAR
SUGAR BEET
SUGAR CROPS
SUGARCANE
SUNFLOWER
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TOBACCO
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TUBERS
URBANIZATION
VALUE OF OUTPUT
VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
VEGETABLES
VETERINARY DRUGS
WAGES
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SCARCITY
WHEAT
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
YIELD LOSSES
YIELDS
Christiaensen, Luc
The Role of Agriculture in a Modernizing Society : Food, Farms and Fields in China 2030
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China
description China's success in addressing food problems after adopting the reforms in 1978 has been nothing less than remarkable. Grain output (rice, wheat and maize) has almost doubled and most hunger has been eliminated. Ever since China embarked on its reform agenda more than 30 years ago, its economic growth and poverty reduction have been nothing less than remarkable. Agriculture has been an important contributor to these developments. Since 1978, China has almost doubled its cereal production (rice, wheat and maize) and it is now feeding 1.3 billion people, or 20 percent of the world's population, while having less than 11 percent of the world s agricultural land and less than 6 percent of its water. New challenges are presenting themselves for China's agriculture, and old ones are resurfacing. High (land saving) Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth and increasingly open domestic and international markets, combined with grain self-sufficiency targets, a multitude of very small, fragmented production structures, and distorted land and labor markets have defined Chinese agriculture over the past three decades. The relative importance of agriculture s three problems in policymaking thus evolves during the course of development away from the food to the farm and field problems. This shift has however recently been compounded by a resurgence of the food problem, as global supplies struggle to keep up with demand. China's agriculture anno 2030 will be predominantly a modern commercial smallholder agriculture that ensures self-sufficiency in cereal food (rice and wheat), but not in cereal feed (maize and soybeans). The sector will maximize rural employment opportunities in labor intensive high value agricultural products and act as a diligent custodian of its precious natural resources.
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author Christiaensen, Luc
author_facet Christiaensen, Luc
author_sort Christiaensen, Luc
title The Role of Agriculture in a Modernizing Society : Food, Farms and Fields in China 2030
title_short The Role of Agriculture in a Modernizing Society : Food, Farms and Fields in China 2030
title_full The Role of Agriculture in a Modernizing Society : Food, Farms and Fields in China 2030
title_fullStr The Role of Agriculture in a Modernizing Society : Food, Farms and Fields in China 2030
title_full_unstemmed The Role of Agriculture in a Modernizing Society : Food, Farms and Fields in China 2030
title_sort role of agriculture in a modernizing society : food, farms and fields in china 2030
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/799991468220149896/The-role-of-agriculture-in-a-modernizing-society-food-farms-and-fields-in-China-2030
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spelling okr-10986-268822021-04-23T14:04:37Z The Role of Agriculture in a Modernizing Society : Food, Farms and Fields in China 2030 Christiaensen, Luc ACCESS TO FOOD AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL LABOR AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL R&D AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION AGRONOMIC PRACTICES ANIMAL FEED ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ANIMAL PRODUCTION ANIMAL PRODUCTS ANIMAL WASTE ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT ANIMALS APPLES AQUACULTURE AQUATIC PRODUCTS AVIAN FLU BARLEY BASIC NEEDS BEEF BRAN BREEDING BULK COMMODITIES CAPITA INCOMES CARBOHYDRATES CASH CROPS CASSAVA CEREAL IMPORTS CEREAL PRICES CEREAL PRODUCTION CEREAL TRADE CEREALS CGIAR CHEMICAL INPUTS CHEMICAL PESTICIDES CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMERCIALIZATION COMMODITY PRICE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION FOR WATER COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CORN COTTON COTTON PRODUCTION CROP CROP LAND CROP PRODUCTION CROP VARIETIES CROPLAND CROPPING CULTIVATED LAND CULTIVATION DAIRY DAIRY PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DIET DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK DRAINAGE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDIBLE OILS ELASTICITY EXTENSION AGENTS FAMINES FAO FARM FARM ACTIVITIES FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARM LAND FARM STRUCTURES FARMER FARMER COOPERATIVES FARMERS FARMING FARMLAND FARMS FEED GRAINS FEEDS FERTILIZER FERTILIZER USE FERTILIZERS FOOD CHAIN FOOD FOR ALL FOOD GRAINS FOOD INDUSTRY FOOD INSECURITY FOOD MARKETS FOOD POLICIES FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRICE INFLATION FOOD PRICES FOOD PROBLEMS FOOD SAFETY FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLIES FOOD SUPPLY FORESTRY FORESTS FRUIT FRUITS GARLIC GDP GENETIC RESOURCES GRAIN GRAIN CROPS GRAIN FARMING GRAIN MARKETING GRAIN PRICES GRAIN PRODUCTION GRAINS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS VALUE GROUND WATER GROUNDNUT GROUNDWATER GROWTH IN AGRICULTURE HAZARDS HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS HORTICULTURE HOUSING HUNGER IFPRI INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTERS INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRRIGATION KITCHEN GARDENS LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND PRODUCTIVITY LARGE FARMS LETTUCE LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY MAIZE MAIZE PRODUCTION MEAT MEAT PRODUCTION MILK MILLET MULTIPLE CROPPING MUTTON NATURAL RESOURCES NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY OIL CROPS OIL SEEDS OILSEED OILSEED CAKES OILSEEDS ORCHARDS PASTURES PEPPER PESTICIDE PESTICIDES PLANTING POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PORK POTATO POTATOES POULTRY POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCE PRODUCTION COST PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION SYSTEM PRODUCTION SYSTEMS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROTEIN RAPESEED REAL INCOME RESISTANT VARIETIES RICE RICE BRAN RICE FIELDS RICE PRICES RICE PRODUCTION RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL INCOME RURAL ROADS SAFETY ISSUES SAFETY PROBLEMS SEED COMPANIES SESAME SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL EROSION SOIL FERTILITY SORGHUM SOYBEAN SOYBEANS SPINACH SUGAR SUGAR BEET SUGAR CROPS SUGARCANE SUNFLOWER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOBACCO TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TUBERS URBANIZATION VALUE OF OUTPUT VEGETABLE PRODUCTION VEGETABLES VETERINARY DRUGS WAGES WATER RESOURCES WATER SCARCITY WHEAT WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO YIELD LOSSES YIELDS China's success in addressing food problems after adopting the reforms in 1978 has been nothing less than remarkable. Grain output (rice, wheat and maize) has almost doubled and most hunger has been eliminated. Ever since China embarked on its reform agenda more than 30 years ago, its economic growth and poverty reduction have been nothing less than remarkable. Agriculture has been an important contributor to these developments. Since 1978, China has almost doubled its cereal production (rice, wheat and maize) and it is now feeding 1.3 billion people, or 20 percent of the world's population, while having less than 11 percent of the world s agricultural land and less than 6 percent of its water. New challenges are presenting themselves for China's agriculture, and old ones are resurfacing. High (land saving) Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth and increasingly open domestic and international markets, combined with grain self-sufficiency targets, a multitude of very small, fragmented production structures, and distorted land and labor markets have defined Chinese agriculture over the past three decades. The relative importance of agriculture s three problems in policymaking thus evolves during the course of development away from the food to the farm and field problems. This shift has however recently been compounded by a resurgence of the food problem, as global supplies struggle to keep up with demand. China's agriculture anno 2030 will be predominantly a modern commercial smallholder agriculture that ensures self-sufficiency in cereal food (rice and wheat), but not in cereal feed (maize and soybeans). The sector will maximize rural employment opportunities in labor intensive high value agricultural products and act as a diligent custodian of its precious natural resources. 2017-06-05T16:36:52Z 2017-06-05T16:36:52Z 2012-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/799991468220149896/The-role-of-agriculture-in-a-modernizing-society-food-farms-and-fields-in-China-2030 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26882 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific China