Chinese agricultural development in 30 years: A literature review

Type Journal Article - Frontiers of Economics in China
Title Chinese agricultural development in 30 years: A literature review
Author(s)
Volume 4
Issue 4
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2009
Page numbers 633-648
URL http://www.u-goe.de/de/document/download/ea6917df155c29956e2fff5b5f6ca99c.pdf/YuZhao-FEC-2009.pdf
Abstract
This paper reviews the current literature on Chinese agricultural growth in the past three decades, and
finds that fertilizers, price reforms, human capital growth, and demographic changes are the main factors for the
continuous growth of agricultural outputs and farmer income. The costs for the growth include severe
environmental pollutions and the incoming population aging which should be cured in order to achieve a sustainable
growth.

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