Research On Food Marketization And Foodsecurity Of Zhejiang Province

For a long time, Zhejiang government adopted the policy of self-sufficiency and self-balancing in terms of food supply and demand. It was in the middle of 1980s' that the State Council decided to carry out the reform of food marketization in Zhejiang province and elsewhere when the food production began to decrease, the comparative advantage weakened and the gap between demand and supply enlarged. With the furtherance of food market reform, the decrease of the number of cultivated area in the process of industrialization and urbanization as well as the change of consumption structure, the food sources which the relevant governments at all levels can control and regulate has reduced substantially, while the dependence on food import has strengthened, thus the regional food security system becoming more changeable. Since food security has always been an ever-lasting problem and dynamic concept, in the process of food marketization, how to keep the stable food production so as to realize the sustainable food security which suits the provincial economy and how to ensure that everyone can obtain safe and nutritious food anytime to enjoy a healthy and happy life are the major issues we have to deal with nowadays.The food market reform is in accordance with the object of...