china s food and agriculture issues for the 21 st century fred gale editor market trade economics division economic research service us department of information bulletin no 775 abstract impact on world agricultural markets in coming decades will depend many factors growing income transition to modern urban lifestyles increase demand all foods but shift toward meat high value products wto accession may openness allow more imports an understanding geographic variations consumption production policy is critical vast development transportation infrastructure channels make it easier reach consumers approach biotechnology its reform institutions allocating land labor water inputs have important implications productive capacity keywords regions interna tional livestock irrigation retail marketing rural statistics acknowledgments praveen dixit usda ers played a key role conceptualizing overseeing this report bill coyle john dunmore dyck lynn alfalla
