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| The puzzle of the missing meat: Food away from home and China’s meat statistics |
| XIAO Hong-bo, CHEN Qiong, WANG Ji-min, Les Oxley, MA Heng-yun |
1、School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, P.R.China
2、Institute of Rural Economy and Agricultural Regional Planning, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tianjin 300192,
P.R.China
3、Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P.R.China
4、Department of Economics, University of Waikato, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
5、College of Economics and Management, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, P.R.China |
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摘要 From 1985, an increasing gap has emerged between the official statistical measures of meat production and meat consumption in China, which has raised concerns from many researchers using such data. In this paper we report the results of 428 observations (survey of 107 urban and rural households×4 quarters) from 7 provinces conducted in 2010, and compare them with the official statistical data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBSC). We conclude that the main reason for the discrepancy is due to the underreporting of consumption, which is due mainly to the omission of consumption away from home.
Abstract From 1985, an increasing gap has emerged between the official statistical measures of meat production and meat consumption in China, which has raised concerns from many researchers using such data. In this paper we report the results of 428 observations (survey of 107 urban and rural households×4 quarters) from 7 provinces conducted in 2010, and compare them with the official statistical data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBSC). We conclude that the main reason for the discrepancy is due to the underreporting of consumption, which is due mainly to the omission of consumption away from home.
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Received: 29 September 2014
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| Fund: This research was supported by the Earmarked Fund for Modern Agro-Industry Technology Research System, China (CARS-42-G24), the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program, China (ASTIP-IAED-2015-01), the Project of Construction of Innovative Teams and Teacher Career Development for Universities and Colleges Under Beijing Municipality, China (IDHT20140510), and the Project of Strategy of Ensuring China’s Animal Products Eatable Safety (13BGL098). |
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Corresponding Authors:
WANG Ji-min, Tel/Fax: +86-10-82109079, E-mail: wangjimin@caas.cn
E-mail: wangjimin@caas.cn
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| About author: XIAO Hong-bo, Mobile: +86-13683672538, E-mail: xiaoxiaoxhb@sina.com; |
Cite this article:
XIAO Hong-bo, CHEN Qiong, WANG Ji-min, Les Oxley, MA Heng-yun.
2015.
The puzzle of the missing meat: Food away from home and China’s meat statistics. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 14(6): 1033-1044.
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