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Agricultural Productivity in China and India: A Comparative Analysis
Author(s) -
Wong LungFai
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
canadian journal of agricultural economics/revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.505
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1744-7976
pISSN - 0008-3976
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7976.1989.tb03337.x
Subject(s) - china , legislature , library science , productivity , agriculture , political science , agricultural economics , management , history , economics , law , economic growth , archaeology , computer science
China and India are the world's two most populous countries; together they comprise more than one-third of the total population. For a thousand years, most people in both countries lived in rural areas. Even today the rural population in each nation accounts for about 80 percent of its population. Although China and India differ greatly in economic, social, and political circumstance, both emerged as net exporters of agricultural products after more than three decades of development.1 Each country, however, employed different strategies and reforms and, therefore, they have been great interest to economists for many years...