Research on the Phenomenon That the Increase of Grain Production Did Not Cause the Harvest Paradox in China from 2003 to 2014

Xu Jianlong; Zhang Xinyue

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Research on the Phenomenon That the Increase of Grain Production Did Not Cause the Harvest Paradox in China from 2003 to 2014

Xu Jianlong, Zhang Xinyue

Published in International Journal of Business and Economics Research (Volume 7, Issue 6)

Received: 8 November 2018 Accepted: 30 November 2018 Published: 20 December 2018

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The phenomenon that China's increase of grain production didn’t cause the Harvest Paradox from 2003 to 2014 occurred in the context of significant increase in domestic residents’ income and food demand, as well as loosening price and the market of grain purchase and sales. Research on the phenomenon not only enhances the understanding of the condition and mechanism for the Harvest Paradox, but also maybe offers some little reference values in solving food problems of China. Following the methods of Samuelson and Nordhaus, this paper utilizes the supply and demand theorem to study the phenomenon. The phenomenon was found it didn’t cause the loss of farmers' total income that the grain production in China had increased for 11 years from 2003 to 2014, which was inconsistent with the Harvest Paradox in economics. It resulted from non-grain price factors which caused the demand line moved in excess of the supply line. Thus the grain price rose. Grain supply policies taken by Chinese government such as the four subsidies were conducive to the Harvest Paradox. To ensure that farmers’ income increase, the demand line should get sharper move towards the upper right via the power of market or government policies.

Published in	International Journal of Business and Economics Research (Volume 7, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijber.20180706.16
Page(s)	218-226
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Chinese Grain Production, Demand Line’s Movement, Occurrence Condition of Harvest Paradox, Supply and Demand Theorem

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Xu Jianlong

College of Economics, Qinghai Nationalities University, Xining, China
Zhang Xinyue

College of Economics, Qinghai Nationalities University, Xining, China

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