Maize production in China

Weikai Chen

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

The goal of the author's thesis is to analyze the production of maize in China and to provide a relevant prognosis for the upcoming decade that will be based on the results of the empirical analysis conducted by the author. The author incorporates primarily numeric methods that involve regression analysis, trend analysis, self-sufficiency and terms of trade analyses. The author uses secondary data as a numeric basis for the empirical analysis with information collected from FAO, World Bank and Chinese Statistical Office. In the end, it is identified that China is not self-sufficient in maize, but the country managed to make a huge effort to get closer to the goal of becoming self-sufficient in the next decade. Yield is categorized as the most important factor influencing the total production function. It is suggested that the development of maize production in the short-term perspective is likely to be optimistic, but it can be obscured by a potential demographic boom and deteriorating environment in the country and in the world.

Keywords

China, revenue, self-sufficiency, export, import, production, consumption, planned economy, hunger

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 17. 3. 2024

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: Ing. Pavel Kotyza, Ph.D.
• Oponent: Jiří Mach, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Bachelor programme:
Business Administration