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Occasional Paper 19 - Agricultural Development and Nutrition: the Policies behind China’s Success - J. Huang and S. Rozelle

Author: WFP

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China’s success in economic development is nothing short of extraordinary and has been the subject of countless studies. Relatively little attention, however, has been paid to the fundamental role that improvements in agriculture and nutrition played in lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and hunger.

China’s success in economic development is nothing short of extraordinary and has been the subject of countless studies. Relatively little attention, however, has been paid to the fundamental role that improvements in agriculture and nutrition played in lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and hunger.