Rural-urban migration and agro-technological change in post-reform China /

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How do rural Chinese households deal with the conflicting pressures of migrating into cities to work as well as staying at home to preserve their fields? This is particularly challenging for rice farmers, because paddy fields have to be cultivated continuously to retain their soil quality and value....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kaufmann, Lena (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021]
Series:New mobilities in Asia ; 7.
Subjects:
Rural-urban migration > China.
Agricultural innovations > China.
Rice farming > China.
Exode rural > Chine.
Agriculture > Innovations > Chine.
Riziculture > Chine.
Migration, immigration and emigration.
Agriculture and farming.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Agricultural innovations.
Rice farming.
Rural-urban migration.
Population and migration geography.
China.
China, rural-urban migration, knowledge and skill, rice farming, migrant-left-behind nexus.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. How the Predicament Arose
  • 2. Rice Knowledge Systems in Transition
  • 3. Reference Models for Transmitting Knowledge
  • 4. Technological Choice in the Wake of Migration
  • 5. Land-Use Strategies
  • Conclusion: A Skill Perspective on Migration
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Index

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