A NOTE ON THE CERU-MOA GRAIN FARM HOUSEHOLD SURVEY IN CHINA

During the period 1994-95 the Chinese Economy Research Unit (CERU), Un iversity of Adelaide, Australia and the Department of Policy, Reform a nd Law, Ministry of Agriculture (MoA),(1) the People's Republic of Chi na, jointly designed and conducted an annual sample survey of about 10 00 farm households in five Chinese provinces: Guangdong, Jilin, Jiangx i, Sichuan and Shandong. The CERU-MoA survey is a part of the ACIAR (A ustralian Centre for International Agricultural Research) project on C hina's grain production and marketing during 1994-96.(2) Based on this survey a large database has been established which contains cross-hou sehold data on population and labour, land, grain production and marke ting, food consumption, income, and related policy issues.(3).