Organic Food and Farming in China: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Ecological Initiatives

ISBN-13: 9780367586287 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 236 str.

Steffanie Scott; Zhenzhong Si; Theresa Schumilas

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.