Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of price and income changes on food and nutrient demand of … rural households by including own-produced food and production-side effects in the demand estimation to correct potential … and grain price changes on food and nutrition security are provided for economic nutrition security policy applications …

This study provides an alternative explanation for the unusual apparent decline in food consumption in rural China …. Our results indicate that food consumption in rural China is currently being underestimated by about 30%. Our results also … and the calculation of per capita food consumption. In a household survey, total consumption for a household in a certain …

Many studies of food demand do not use actual prices but unit values, obtained by dividing expenditures by the quantity … price elasticities of demand and applies the framework to data for rural China. Empirical results indicate that households … in rural China tend to consume higher-quality food as income increases, with a greater sensitivity to income for basic …