At‐home meat consumption in China: an empirical study*

Liu, Hongbo; Parton, Kevin A.; Zhou, Zhang‐Yue; Cox, Rodney J.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8489.2009.00463.x

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“…China not only has the highest record of sustained economic growth, but it also has the world's largest population, with almost 1.35 billion people (one-fifth of the world population). An important number of academic studies note the relationship between economic growth and changes in diet in terms of amount, composition and quality (Regmi et al, 2001;Ishida et al, 2003;Jones et al, 2003;Zhou, 2005, andLiu et al, 2009). The development process in China, the growing industrialization, the increase in the GDP per capita and urbanization have led to a change in diet and food consumption patterns.…”

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The Argentine portion of the soybean commodity chain

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2017

Palgrave Commun

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Since the 1990s the soybean crop has increased in the Southern Cone of Latin America (LA). During this time, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia and Paraguay have become soybean producers. This phenomenon was influenced by the rising soybean demand from China for use in animal feed as the country changed its diet patterns. South American soybean exports to China constitute an important percentage of the bilateral commerce. Basically, two views can be identified with regard to China’s relations with LA countries. One of them emphasizes opportunities for building mutually beneficial relations and underscores the economic complementarity between both regions. Yet, the critical literature on China and Latin American relations draws attention to the contradictions of this process by highlighting the deepening of neo-extractivism and the expansion of the agricultural frontier. Describing the Argentine portion of the soybean commodity chain this paper will present data to support this critical literature. It depicts the actors, strategies and the degree of monopolization of each of the nodes of soybean production based on secondary data. The article’s key findings are as follows: (1) there is high monopolization and foreignization of soybean production and commercialization; (2) as China has become a global player in genomics and agrochemicals, it has reproduced the same patterns as the core countries; (3) despite the win-win diplomatic statements of the People’s Republic of China, there are important asymmetries in trade, and the Argentine deficits have continually increased; (4) by expanding GM soybean production, Argentina has augmented the concentration of land, primarization and transnationalization of the economy and monoculture; (5) the Cristina F. de Kirchner progressive government failed to stop soybean expansion, and with the drop of the economic growth rate that is associated with the fall of commodity prices combined with the restriction of access to international credits, the government was put in check by various fronts. The distributive conflict contributed to the increasing social confusion that led to a right wing recovery in 2015. Therefore, this article shows that China’s increasing trade with Argentina in the soybean sector follows the existing structure of the global commodity chain and does not offer much space for progressive change in Argentina’s political economy. The data that are presented demystify Chinese win-win statements and counter expectations about China as an alternative globalizer that would bring more benefits to the global South than traditional core countries have.

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The Argentine portion of the soybean commodity chain

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2017

Palgrave Commun

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“…China's diet in the 1990s transformed from that of a low-income, developing nation to one of a country transitioning to higher incomes, with pork, poultry, eggs and oilcrops taking on greater roles in Chinese consumption patterns (Guo et al 2000;Popkin 2001). Liu et al (2009) explicitly looked at different livestock products, finding that as Chinese income increases, the level of meat consumption increases and so does the composition of meat consumed, shifting from fatty meats like pork to leaner meats like beef. These changes have major ramifications for GHGs with livestock requiring more land inputs than crops which, along with enteric GHG generation, results in substantially greater carbon intensities in production of animal sourced food (Wang 2010;Lin et al 2014).…”

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China's changing diet and its impacts on greenhouse gas emissions: an index decomposition analysis

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With increasing awareness of agriculture's contribution to global greenhouse gases (GHGs) and China's position as the world's top GHG emitter, there is heightened attention to the embodied emissions in China's food consumption. China's diet has shifted to include more fruit, vegetables, meat and dairy. Not surprisingly, GHG emissions from food consumption have also increased substantially. This analysis links China's food consumption with the emissions of food production industries in China and its trade partners to determine the effects of dietary change on GHGs since 1989. We utilise high-resolution food production and emissions data to perform a logarithmic mean Divisia index decomposition to attribute changes in GHG emissions to the scale, supply structure, demand structure and efficiency effects resulting from Chinese dietary changes over a 20-year period. This study finds that while countries supplying food to China contribute little to China's food-related GHGs, demands for meat and dairy play a much larger role, driving up emissions. The overall scale of increased consumption of all food further propels growth in GHG emissions. Results indicate, however, that while food consumption in China more than doubles between 1989 and 2009 improvements in technological efficiency limit the rate of increase.

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“…The GDP growth of China has averaged nearly 10% per year over the last 30 years, and, in what is reported as a slowdown in its economy, is growing at 6.7% for 2015 [1]. This rapid economic growth has had effects on Chinese society, resulting in, among other things, an increase in animal protein consumption, which accompanies improved incomes [2,3]. The other big change-and one profoundly related to it-is the rapid urbanization of China, which has gone from 42.52% urban to 55.61% urban between 2005 and 2015 [4].…”

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Property Rights and the Soybean Revolution: Shaping How China and Brazil Are Telecoupled

2017

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China currently has the largest population in the world and is currently experiencing rapid economic and urban growth, becoming the world's number one pork and poultry consumer. In order to meet this growing demand for meat, China has increased its demand for soybeans to produce chicken and pork. It has imported soybeans from the United States, Brazil, and Argentina, while keeping its soybean production for direct human consumption stable at home. Brazil has become the largest soybean exporter to China, and, in response specifically to Chinese demand, has become the second largest producer of soybeans in the world. This has changed land use in Brazil, particularly in its central plateau. In this paper, we indicate how these two countries, telecoupled by trade in soybeans, are depending on each other as they try to balance environmental and economic objectives. Brazil, as a sending system, has created pressures on its natural ecosystems, which have led to losses particularly in the Cerrado biome and its ecotones in the Amazon's tropical moist forest biome. China, as a receiving system, has created a land asset important to regenerating its lost natural systems (e.g., forest cover areas). Both countries have different property rights regimes, which have created distinct circumstances in which they are to protect or regenerate their natural ecosystems.Throughout this paper, we analyze how both countries have dealt with the lure offered by the soybean commodity trade.

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At‐home meat consumption in China: an empirical study*

Cited by 50 publications

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The Argentine portion of the soybean commodity chain

The Argentine portion of the soybean commodity chain

China's changing diet and its impacts on greenhouse gas emissions: an index decomposition analysis

Property Rights and the Soybean Revolution: Shaping How China and Brazil Are Telecoupled

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