EVENTS

Abstract:

This talk will examine deteriorating food consumption and nutritional levels in rural China since the early 2000s. Drawing upon household survey data that is nationally collected and compiled by National Statistical Bureau annually along with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates of food supply and utilization for China, evidence for such a trend can be clearly observed. In this context, the relationship between economic growth and income distribution and its reflection in the divergence between urban and rural food consumption and nutrition levels will be discussed. 

About the Speaker:

Dr. Sriram Natrajan is an independent consultant on economics, development and statistics, with a focus on food and agriculture in Asia. He has consulted on economics and statistics in international organizations such as FAO and ILO and taught economics and development in India and Thailand and lectured in various academic institutions. The development experiences in Asia, in particular China and India, have been the focus of his research over the years. He completed his Doctoral Study on ‘Agrarian Change and Rural Transformation in China: China’s Development Experience Since 1965’ from Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University.