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Impacts of policy related to structural adjustment of agriculture on grain supply in China
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Key words: Structural adjustment of agriculture, agricultural policy, grain supply, China
SUMMARY
China's policy on structural adjustment of its agriculture is an effective instrument for increasing agricultural production and developing the rural economy. The policy interventions used included converting cultivated land from growing grain crops to cash crops and increasing the production of meat, eggs and milk. The impacts of these changes on grain supply between 1998 and 2004 ...
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