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02913aam a2200361Ia 4500 001 CE9D897C493111E49277FB87DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20141001010218 008 080924s2008 iau s000 0 eng d 035 $a (OCoLC)256500452 040 $a IOZ $c IOZ $d SILO 245 00 $a Farmer participation, the dairy industry, and the rise of dairy production in China / $c Jikun Huang ... [et al.] 260 $a [Ames, Iowa : $b Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, $c 2008] 300 $a 33 p. ; $c 28 cm. 490 1 $a Working paper ; $v 08-WP 476 500 $a "August 2008." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 25-26). $b 16 520 3 $a With rapid income growth, dairy production and consumption in China have increased significantly. This emergence of the dairy sector will provide opportunities for farmers to participate in a high-value, potentially more lucrative enterprise. The overall goal of this paper is to analyze the major determinants of farmers' participation in dairy production. Our main question is whether or not the pace of the emergence of the dairy processing industry has affected the ability of farmers to participate in dairy production and whether or not it has limited the expansion of their herd size. Based on household, village and processor surveys conducted in the Greater Beijing region, our analysis shows that the location of dairy processing firms is one of the key factors that determines the participation of farmers in dairy production. Although other factors affect participation and herd size -- for example, access to roads and the ability to get a job off the farm (which affects the opportunity cost of household members) -- access to dairy processors is shown to be the major factor that has encouraged the growth of dairy production over the past decade. The results also show that poor, less educated farmers with relatively less access to land are not excluded from the rapid expansion of the Greater Beijing dairy market. 530 $a Also available on the Internet at: http://www.card.iastate.edu/publications/DBS/PDFFiles/08wp476.pdf 650 0 $a Dairying $z China. 650 0 $a Dairy processing $z China. 650 0 $a Dairy plants $z China. 650 0 $a Farmers $z China. $9 26075 700 1 $a Huang, Jikun. $9 59896 710 2 $a Iowa State University. $b Center for Agricultural and Rural Development. 830 0 $a Working paper (Iowa State University. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development) ; $v 08-WP 476 $9 51160 856 41 $z Connect to the online version of this report on the Center's Web site at: $u http://www.card.iastate.edu/publications/DBS/PDFFiles/08wp476.pdf 941 $a 3 952 $l IAOX771 $d 20240710101702.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217030432.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180703063425.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CE9D897C493111E49277FB87DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search