Who Will Feed China?
1995; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 143; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0305741000015058
ISSN0305-7410
Autores Tópico(s)International Development and Aid
ResumoChina's recent economic surge has called attention to factors that may slow down, and perhaps even reverse, this vigorous trend. There is no shortage of items to explore, ranging from brittle politics and ingrained corruption to intensifying environmental pollution and runaway unemployment. In the long run few among these considerations are more decisive than the country's ability to feed itself: it is of critical existential importance, and it subsumes a universe of political, social, environmental and technical capabilities and limitations.
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