Economics of Marketable Surplus Supply

Taylor & Francis

Economics of Marketable Surplus SupplyTheoretical and Empirical Analysis for China\nAuthor(s): Ping Zong, John Davis\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138624610, 978-1138624610\nSynopsis\nPublished in 1998. Chinese farm households have been at the centre of the rural reform process since the introduction of the Household Responsibility System in the late 1970s. There can be little doubt that, for decades to come, they will continue to be a focus of interest both in academic and political circles. This is particularly true in relation to their role of grain sector, when we consider the prominent position of grain in Chinas political economy. There is also intense global interest in the impact of the reform process on the countrys future grain self-sufficiency and trade. \n\nThis book is ambitious in both its scope and remit. Its primary focus is the behaviour of the marketable surplus element of farm households gr.