A Comparative Study on Factors Influencing Food Security in China and India

作     者：Shaowen YANG Meixue QIU 

作者机构：School of BusinessLingnan Normal UniversityZhanjiang 524048China 

出 版 物：《Asian Agricultural Research》 (亚洲农业研究（英文）)

年 卷 期：2024年第16卷第2期

页      面：12-15页

学科分类：02[经济学] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 020202[经济学-区域经济学] 

基　　金：Supported by the MOE(Ministry of Education in China)Project of Humanities and Social Sciences(19YJA790105) 

主　　题：Food security Influencing factors Comparative study Econometric model 

摘      要：This paper analyzes and compares the key factors influencing food security in two populous countries(China and India),and cate-gorizes them into three types:agricultural production,economic development and income level,and income *** the prevalence of undernourishment as an indicator of food security,the paper empirically tests the degree of impact of various factors on food security in both countries using Tobit regression and Newey regression *** study finds that improving the level of economic development can significantly enhance food security in both countriesꎻreducing the Gini coefficient has a significant impact on India,but not on Chinaꎻincreasing the agricultural production per capita has a much greater effect on China than on ***,both countries should take measures that are both similar and different according to their national conditions to improve their food security level.