Industrialisation and Rural Livelihoods in China : Agricultural Processing in Sichuan.

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Since the mid-1990s, "agricultural industrialisation" (AI) has been advocated in China to promote rural development by integrating agriculture with the post-harvest sectors such as agro-processing and marketing. Large-scale "Dragon head enterprises" (DHEs) and various forms of ru...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lingohr-Wolf, Susanne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Series:Routledge contemporary China series.
Subjects:
Agriculture and state > China.
Agricultural industries > China.
Rural development > China.
Sweet potato industry > China > Sichuan Sheng > Case studies.
Politique agricole > Chine.
Industries agricoles > Chine.
Développement rural > Chine.
Patates douces > Industrie > Chine > Sichuan > Études de cas.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
Agricultural industries
Agriculture and state
Rural development
Sweet potato industry
China
China > Sichuan Sheng
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Industrialisation and Rural Livelihoods in China; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and definitions; 1 Introduction; 2 Livelihoods and the agro-economy: rural transformations in China since 1978; 3 Research approach and methods; 4 Case study: the sweet potato sector in Sichuan Province; 5 Analysis of linkage forms in sweet potato processing; 6 Benefits from involvement in agricultural industrialisation; 7 Constraints and limitations to rural livelihood improvements.
  • 8 Agricultural industrialisation and rural livelihoods: opportunities and challengesNotes; Bibliography; Western language sources; Chinese language sources; Index.

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