Achieving Food Security in China: The Challenges Ahead

Author:   Zhang-Yue Zhou (James Cook University, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138807471


Pages:   168
Publication Date:   22 May 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Zhang-Yue Zhou (James Cook University, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.470kg
ISBN:  

9781138807471


ISBN 10:   1138807478
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   22 May 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 1.1 Motivation 1.2 A Snapshot 1.3 Objectives 1.4 Key Terms 1.5 Organisation 2. Existing Studies on China’s Food Security 2.1 The Great Famine during 1958-62 2.2 Food Shortages during the Cultural Revolution, 1966-76 2.3 Food Abundance since the 1980s 2.4 Food Security for the Future Appendix to Chapter 2 3. China’s Food Security Practice in the Past 3.1 Food Scarcity: 1950s-1970s 3.2 Food Abundance: 1980 to Date 3.3 From Scarcity to Abundance: What are the Key Determinants? 3.4 Concluding Comments 4. Current Status of Food Security in China 4.1 Evaluation Framework 4.2 Current Food Security Status: Evaluation by the Oshaug–Eide–Eide Framework 4.3 Current Food Security Status: Evaluation by Other Approaches 4.4 Concluding Comments 5. China’s Quest for Food Security: The Challenges Ahead 5.1 Sustaining Food Production Resources 5.2 Eliminating Unsafe Food and Improving Food Quality 5.3 Narrowing Income Inequalities 5.4 Reducing Food Wastes 5.5 Making Grain Reserve Management Transparent 5.6 Carrying Out Innovative Reforms to the Institutions 5.7 Summing Up 6. China and the Global Food Security 6.1 Will China Starve the World? 6.2 Other Impacts of China on Global Food Security 6.3 How Should the International Community Deal with the Impact of China?

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'A valuable study of the Chinese experience of food security and insecurity in its recent past and exploration of some of the implications for global food security issues.' - Kenneth E Jackson, Research Professor Auckland Institute of Studies, Former Director of the Centre for Development Studies, University of Auckland


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Zhang-Yue Zhou is Professor at the College of Business, Law and Governance, James Cook University.

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