Food For One Billion

China's Agriculture Since 1949

Robert C. Hsu (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

172 Seiten

2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-01840-5 (ISBN)

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This book examines the agricultural policies and programs adopted by the Chinese leadership since 1949 and analyzes the role of agriculture in China's changing development strategies. Dr. Hsu gives particular attention to the measures intended to improve agricultural technology and to the sources of funds for agricultural investment. He concludes that, although the collective system has been effective in mobilizing China's rural resources for agricultural development and in promoting progress in labor-intensive agricultural technology, periodic extreme leftist policies and interference by rural party cadres have caused various kinds of inefficiency, offsetting the advantages gained from collective farming. This is the first book to systematically analyze the ways in which China's agricultural development is being financed. By critically examining the level and nature of state resources allocated to agriculture, the author challenges the view that China has pursued an agriculture-first strategy of economic development since the early 1960s.

Introduction -- The Natural Environment -- Historical Background -- Agriculture in China's Development Strategies -- Technological Changes: Fertilization, Water Control, and Plant Breeding -- Technological Changes: Mechanization, Rural Energy, and Plant Protection -- Financing Agricultural Development -- Summary, Evaluation, and Conclusions

Erscheinungsdatum	19.06.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	146 x 229 mm
Gewicht	480 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-367-01840-3 / 0367018403
ISBN-13	978-0-367-01840-5 / 9780367018405
Zustand	Neuware