Libro: Peasant´s agriculture in Asia

Asia/China/Febrero 2017/Reseña/http://www.clacso.org.ar/
François Houtart. Wen Tiejun. [Compiladores]

Tsui Sit. Cho Ju Young. Byatshandra Jarga. Odonchimeg Puntsag. Antinio Tujan. Indra Lubis. J. J. Polong. Qinghua Yuan. Vu Dinh Ton. Ujjaini Halim. Netra Prasad Timsina. Fernando Sarath. [Autores de Capítulo]
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Sur-Sur.
ISBN 978-9962-645-98-6
CLACSO. Ruth Casa Editorial.

Junio de 2013

*Disponible sólo en versión digital

To raise the question of peasant agriculture in a seminar organized in China is a real challenge, because of its long tradition in this country. However it has also today a new perspective, because of the rapid urbanization and industrialization process, even if the context is quite different here and in other Asia countries as in the rest of the world. There are three main reasons for the importance of the topic. First is the necessity of feeding humankind. In the middle of the century, we will have between 9 and 10 billion human beings to feed in an increasing urban proportion, which means that food production will have to be multiplied by two or three. The second reason is to save the planet. This is not only a quantitative question. It means the necessity of developing a type of production respectful of the regenerating capacity of the earth. Every year this capacity is reduced and agriculture, as it is performed today, is part of the problem. Finally the promotion of welfare for about 3 billion people living on agriculture is also at stake. All this is a task for everyone in the planet. (…)
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