Chinese migrant workers are very exposed to the shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Falling remittances adversely affect their families who rely on remittance incomes.

Rice cultivation in the NLPR regions has moved to higher latitudes.

We study the impact of preschool quality on off-farm work participation among women. We first develop a theoretical model that predicts higher qualities of preschools increase the likelihood of women’s off-farm labor force participation.

Initial impacts & resilience of China's food systems during the pandemic and the government's responses & long-term efforts to promote resilience.

Agrochemicals are overused in China. One strategy to reduce agrochemical use is to increase farm size because of the potential effect of economy of scale.

We analyze the implication of structural change to the evolving role of agriculture using China as an example.

African swine fever is a deadly porcine disease that has spread into East Asia where it is having a detrimental effect on pork production. However, the implications of African swine fever on the global pork market are poorly explored.

We assess food trade among and across two Asian trading blocs, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and China.

IFPRI's flagship report examines the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2012.

危机促成改革

革命胜利后的二十几年，激进
主义一直占上风，过早废除土地私
有，土地疏远农民，到“文化大革
命”结束时，中国经济已处于相当
困难的境地，引发农业危机。人口
增长，食品短缺。人均粮食始终只
有300多公斤。8亿农民中，贫困人
口占2 . 5亿。整个国家粮食不能自
给，要大量进口。