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== Background ==

== Background ==

China has been described as an emerging economic super power<ref name="A Global Power Shift in the Making">{{cite web |author=James F. Hoge, Jr. |publisher= Council on Foreign Relations|url=http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20040701facomment83401-p0/james-f-hoge-jr/a-global-power-shi%20ft-in-the-making.html |title=A Global Power Shift in the Making |date=2004-07|accessdate=2009-03-03}}</ref> and the growing purchasing power of its continually expanding middle class is a well documented feature of the countries economy<ref name="The McKinsey Quarterly">{{cite web |author=Yann Layma |publisher= McKinsey&Company|url=http://www.asia.udp.cl/informes/doc/08/china_middle_class_mckinsey.pdf |title=The value of China’s emerging middle class |date=2006|accessdate=2009-03-02}}</ref>.  These facts have made the Chinese market place for high quality and added value agricultural products a growing area of interest and an area that many economist have described as a missed boat for developed countries like Canada<ref name="Canada missing the boat in trade with China: report">{{cite web |author=David Mavin |publisher= Financial Post|url=http://www.financialpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1313292 |title=Canada missing the boat in trade with China |date=2009-02-21|accessdate=2009-03-02}}</ref>. The government in China has not been able to facilitate the growth and advancement of the agriculture sector fast enough to ensure that consistently high quality food products are available for the ever increasing middle class<ref name="Rising Demand for Meat: Who Will Feed China’s Hogs?">{{cite web |author=Frank Fuller, Francis Tuan and Eric Wailes |publisher= Economic Research Service and the USDA|url=http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aib775/aib775h.pdf |title=Rising Demand for Meat:  Who Will Feed China’s Hogs?|accessdate=2009-03-02}}</ref>.  Furthermore, scandals such as the melamine tainted milk products, that resulted in the death of several infants, has served to increased the size of the market for food products produce in developed countries with high safety and quality control standards<ref name="Mirror on Melamine as China’s Dairy Exports Drop">{{cite web |author=The CattleSite News Desk |publisher= TheDairySite|url=http://www.thedairysite.com/news/26188/mirror-on-melamine-as-chinas-dairy-exports-drop |title=Mirror on Melamine as China’s Dairy Exports Drop| date=2009-02-12 |accessdate=2009-03-02}}</ref>.  This market is a blooming one and persons involved in agricultural endeavors would do well to investigate the areas available for growth.  

China has been described as an emerging economic super power<ref name="A Global Power Shift in the Making">{{cite web |author=James F. Hoge, Jr. |publisher= Council on Foreign Relations|url=http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20040701facomment83401-p0/james-f-hoge-jr/a-global-power-shi%20ft-in-the-making.html |title=A Global Power Shift in the Making |date=2004-07|accessdate=2009-03-03}}</ref> and the growing purchasing power of its continually expanding middle class is a well documented feature of the countries economy<ref name="The McKinsey Quarterly">{{cite web |author=Yann Layma |publisher= McKinsey&Company|url=http://www.asia.udp.cl/informes/doc/08/china_middle_class_mckinsey.pdf |title=The value of China’s emerging middle class |date=2006|accessdate=2009-03-02}}</ref>.  These facts have made the Chinese market place for high quality and added value agricultural products a growing area of interest and an area that many economist have described as a missed boat for developed countries like Canada<ref name="Canada missing the boat in trade with China: report">{{cite web |author=David Mavin |publisher= Financial Post|url=http://www.financialpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1313292 |title=Canada missing the boat in trade with China |date=2009-02-21|accessdate=2009-03-02}}</ref>. China has not been able to facilitate the growth and advancement of the agriculture sector fast enough to ensure that consistently high quality food products are available for the ever increasing middle class<ref name="Rising Demand for Meat: Who Will Feed China’s Hogs?">{{cite web |author=Frank Fuller, Francis Tuan and Eric Wailes |publisher= Economic Research Service and the USDA|url=http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aib775/aib775h.pdf |title=Rising Demand for Meat:  Who Will Feed China’s Hogs?|accessdate=2009-03-02}}</ref>.  Furthermore, scandals such as the melamine tainted milk products, that resulted in the death of several infants, has served to increased the size of the market for food products produce in developed countries with high safety and quality control standards<ref name="Mirror on Melamine as China’s Dairy Exports Drop">{{cite web |author=The CattleSite News Desk |publisher= TheDairySite|url=http://www.thedairysite.com/news/26188/mirror-on-melamine-as-chinas-dairy-exports-drop |title=Mirror on Melamine as China’s Dairy Exports Drop| date=2009-02-12 |accessdate=2009-03-02}}</ref>.  This market is a blooming one and persons involved in agricultural endeavors would do well to investigate the areas available for growth.  

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== References ==

== References ==