date:Jun 27, 2014
ional slaughter.
The beef sector in China is behind pig and poultry largely because of the way that the subsidy system in the country has operated. While pig and poultry meat have received subsidies, up until now subsidies for the beef sector have been on a local basis.
There is now a national subsidy scheme that will run out in three provinces aiming to increase production by 1 million tonnes by 2020, but this subsidy only totals 1.7 billion RMB.
It has been estimated that by 2020, 40 per ce