PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION LEVEL OF BASIC FOOD IN TAIWAN - 農業知識入口網

作者	Sing-min Yeh
出版機關	農復會

For the purpose of ascertaining the actual consumption of basic foodstuffsin Taiwan thereby to assess the accuracy of their supply and to makeeconomic studies of many related problems, an investigation of per capitaconsumption level of basic food was initiated in 1956 by the Joint Commissionon Rural Reconstruction with the Taiwan Provincial College of Agricultureas the sponsor of the project. Two visits were made in January andJuly, 1956 to 800 sample farm and non-farm households selected from allhsien and cities excluding Penghu in the province. Available data and informationregarding the supply and distribution of major basic food werealso collected from public and private agencies concerned.