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

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Aijuan Chen, Theresa Schumilas, Steffanie Scott, Steffanie (University of Waterloo Scott, Steffanie Si Scott, Scott Steffanie, Zhenzhong Si
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138573000
• ISBN: 978-1-138-57300-0
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); China, NATURE / Ecology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Organic, Applied ecology, Organic Farming, Regional / International studies, Agricultural science, Development Studies