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Food Security and the Modernisation Pathway in China

Towards Sustainable Agriculture

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Provides a thorough analysis of agriculture in China
  • Offers a multidisciplinary approach which provides students, experts, practitioners and decision-makers with a comprehensive overview of these complex issues
  • Uses consistent and original first hand research material, collected by the author during months of fieldwork in China

Part of the book series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific (CSAP)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introduction

    • Marie-Hélène Schwoob
    Pages 1-25
  3. Agriculture: An Old Issue Back on the Public Agenda

    • Marie-Hélène Schwoob
    Pages 27-65
  4. The Grip of Local States

    • Marie-Hélène Schwoob
    Pages 125-174
  5. Small Farmers “Endure or Escape”

    • Marie-Hélène Schwoob
    Pages 175-209
  6. Conclusion

    • Marie-Hélène Schwoob
    Pages 237-249
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 251-265

About this book

This book aims at providing students, experts and practitioners with a detailed overview of agricultural and food security issues in China, analyzed through the lenses of a multidisciplinary approach that enables to fully grasp the current socio-political challenges and lock-ins of agricultural transformation towards more sustainable practices.

Confronted to a running decrease and degradation of its resources and rapidly evolving food habits, China became a net importer of food in 2004, and its agricultural balance has since become heavier every day. Beyond providing a comprehensive overview of these stakes, this book also presents consistent and original first hand research material, collected by the author during months of fieldwork in China, in the countryside and from various economic and political circles. Conclusions drawn from this often difficult to access) fieldwork shed light on the whole galaxy of public and private stakeholders taking part in agricultural modernization in China, on their interests and on the patterns of power that underlie the development and implementation of agricultural policies.

Authors and Affiliations

  • IDDRI, Paris, France

    Marie-Hélène Schwoob

About the author

Marie-Hélène Schwoob is a Research Fellow at Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI), Paris, France. She is also an Associate Doctor at the Centre de Recherche Internationales (CERI), Sciences Po Paris, France. 

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eBook USD 79.99
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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 129.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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