Food accessibility,diversity of agricultural production and dietary pattern in rural China |
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| Institution: | 1. College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, No.1, Weigang, Nanjing, China;2. Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Management, University of Göttingen, Wilhelm-Weber-Str. 2, Goettingen 37073, Germany;3. China Center for Food Security Studies & College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1, Weigang, Xuanwu District, Nanjing 210095, China;1. School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China;2. Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, 10.121, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, 37073 Göttingen, Germany;3. Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education, Penn State University, 207 Armsby Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA;1. Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108-6050, USA;2. Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0240, USA;3. College of Economics & Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China;1. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11A, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China;2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A, Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, China;3. Center for Animal Health and Productivity, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, PA, 19348, USA;4. Centre for Sustainability and Wellbeing in the Visitor Economy, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK;5. Hotelschool The Hague, Brusselselaan 2, 2587 AH, Den Haag, the Netherlands;1. College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1, Weigang, Nanjing, China;2. Courant Research Centre “Poverty, Equity and Growth”, University of Göttingen, Wilhelm-Weber-Str. 2, Goettingen 37073, Germany;1. Renmin University of China, China;2. University of Manchester, UK;3. University of Delhi, India;4. Harvard School of Public Health, USA;1. College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Longpan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China;2. College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China |
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| Abstract: | The market-oriented reform in China in the past 4 decades has greatly reshaped the consumption pattern in rural areas. In particular, farmers’ diets are more likely to depend on food market development such as food accessibility. This study investigates the role of food accessibility in the transition of dietary pattern in rural China by using the China Health and Nutrition Survey data (1997–2011) and whether food accessibility helps alleviate the deviation between farmers’ dietary pattern and the recommended dietary pattern according to China Food Pagoda 2016. The primary results indicate that food accessibility contributes to improvements in quality. In particular, food accessibility increases the consumption of oil and decreases the consumption of cereal, potatoes, and beans; fruits; vegetables; and salt. Further estimation finds evidence that along with increasing food accessibility, fruit is converging to the recommended dietary pattern in China Food Pagoda 2016, and the deviations of legumes, nuts, and oil are increasing. We also observe that the impact of food accessibility on dietary quality is stronger for those not engaged in agriculture production. Our study provides valuable implications for rural development and nutrition security in the developing world. |
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| Keywords: | Food accessibility Diversity of agricultural production Dietary pattern China Food Pagoda |
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