Steffanie Scott, Zhenzhong Si, Theresa Schumilas

Organic Food and Farming in China

Top-down and Bottom-up Ecological Initiatives

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Produktbeschreibung

China has a rapidly expanding organic agriculture and food sector, and there is a revolution in ecological food and ethical eating in China's cities. This book shows how social, economic, cultural and environmental conditions have converged to shape the development of both a 'formal' and 'informal' organic sector.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781138573000
• ISBN-10: 1138573000
• Artikelnr.: 54061540

Autorenporträt

Steffanie Scott is an associate professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo, Canada. Zhenzhong Si is a postdoctoral fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Canada. Theresa Schumilas is a postdoctoral fellow and research associate, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. Aijuan Chen is a policy analyst at Agriculture and Agri-Food, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Transformations in China's Food System 3. Top-down
Initiatives: State Support for Ecological and Organic Agriculture in China
4. The Farmers' Cooperative Model in China's Ecological Agriculture Sector
5. Bottom-up initiatives: The Emergence of 'Alternative' Food Networks 6.
Economic, Ecological and Interpersonal Dimensions of Alternative Food
Networks 7. Farmers' Markets as Contested Spaces: Case Study of the Beijing
Organic Farmers' Market 8. Promising Community Organizing in China's AFNs
9. Rural Development Initiatives amid Food Safety Crisis: Strategies,
Challenges and Opportunities in the "New Rural Reconstruction Movement" in
China 10. Conclusion