Product Description: This book, first published in 1984, looks at the way in which food grains still provided the overwhelming proportion of food intake in China. In common with other countries at a similar stage of economic development, there was a marked rise in the demand for food grain, and consequent difficulties in ensuring a sufficient increase in supply...read more

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Product Description: 1988 marked the end of an important chapter in China's agricultural development, following a series of reforms in the previous decade. This is the single most comprehensive summary of these developments. This volume surveys different aspects of reform, while assessing its historical significance...read more