贫困缺粮地区的粮食消费和食品安全

Grain Consumption and Food Security in Less-Favored Regions in China

本文以实证分析方法对我国农村地区，特别是贫困缺粮地区的农民食品消费及其影响因素进行研究，认为影响我国贫困农村地区农民粮食和食品安全保障的最主要因素是农民的收入水平；传统的扩大当地粮食种植比重、提高自给自足水平的政策选择不仅导致资源配置低效，而且不利于食品安全水平的提高。研究提出，更有效地保障这部分弱势人群食品安全的政策选择是增加农民收入、完善和健全农产品，特别是粮食市场的流通机制。

An empirical study is conducted to analyze the factors affecting food consumption in rural China, especially regions of poverty and low grain production. The results show that food consumption is positively related to income and purchasing power, and the expansion of grain area percentage, advocated by the self-sufficiency policy as a traditional measure to enhance food security for disadvantageous groups of people, negatively affects consumption and expenditure on foods. It is suggested by the paper that an alternative approach to improving the accessibility to foods for farmers in the less-favored regions is to further market-oriented reforms that aim at increasing farmers' income.