Although the two most populous countries share much in common in terms of development, a wide gulf separates their political systems. China and India both adopted state-planned development strategies in the 1950s and continues to make attempts at reform in the decades that followed. Now both countries, among the world´s poorest, are trying to liberalize their economies - China as a totalitarian state and India as a representative democracy. In "Agriculture and Trade in China and India", the authors analyze the history of agricultural and trade policies, their effects on development, current initiatives for reform, and future prospects.