China's Livestock Revolution
China's Livestock Revolution

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Publisher: CABI

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1845932498

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China is one of the world's largest developing agricultural countries and dominates the international livestock revolution in terms of its aggregate size and growth rate. While the sheep meat industry is still in the early stages of development, it is an excellent example of the upheaval taking place in Chinese agriculture. This book focuses on the growing sheep meat industry while drawing on associated research from other areas of the Chinese livestock section. Using this research, the authors use the sheep meat industry case study to illustrate the broader trends that apply more generally to the Chinese livestock sector, especially in the case of ruminant livestock.

China's Livestock Revolution: China and the international livestock revolution; 2 Statistical issues; 3 Market forces; 4 Institutional changes; 5 Policy initiatives; 6 Livestock sector developments; 7 Meat sector developments; 8 The revolution continues; Bibliography; Index
China's Livestock Revolution: China and the international livestock revolution; 2 Statistical issues; 3 Market forces; 4 Institutional changes; 5 Policy initiatives; 6 Livestock sector developments; 7 Meat sector developments; 8 The revolution continues; Bibliography; Index

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Published: 2007

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9781845932466

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China is one of the world's largest developing agricultural countries and dominates the international livestock revolution in terms of its aggregate size and growth rate. While the sheep meat industry is still in the early stages of development, it is an excellent example of the upheaval taking place in Chinese agriculture. This book focuses on the growing sheep meat industry while drawing on associated research from other areas of the Chinese livestock section. Using this research, the authors use the sheep meat industry case study to illustrate the broader trends that apply more generally to.

China's Livestock Revolution
China's Livestock Revolution

Author: Scott A. Waldron

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1845932463

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The livestock sector of China today is barely recognizable to that of two decades ago. The enormous change and growth of the industry will continue to have profound effects both within China and internationally. Understanding China's livestock revolution requires an in-depth study of the forces at work in the market, policy, institutional and agribusiness environment in rural China. This is achieved through an investigation of the emerging and especially intriguing sheep meat industry. The authors also draw upon their extensive field work based research on other livestock industries in China over the last two decades to enrich the analysis and identify broader trends throughout the livestock sector as a whole. This book is a significant addition to the literature on China's agricultural economy. It is an especially valuable resource for researchers, policy makers and industry participants concerned with China's ruminant livestock and meat sector.

Livestock to 2020
Livestock to 2020

Author: Christopher L. Delgado

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13: 0896296326

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The livestock revolution; Recent transformation of livestock food demand; Accompanying transformation of livestock supply; Projections of future demand and supply to 2020; Implications of the livestock revolution for world trade and food prices; Nutrition, food security, and poverty alleviation; Environmental sustainability; Public health; Technology needs and prospects; Taking stock and moving forward.

Mao's Bestiary
Mao's Bestiary

Author: Liz P. Y. Chee

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2021-03-29

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1478021357

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Controversy over the medicinal uses of wild animals in China has erupted around the ethics and efficacy of animal-based drugs, the devastating effect of animal farming on wildlife conservation, and the propensity of these practices to foster zoonotic diseases. In Mao's Bestiary, Liz P. Y. Chee traces the history of the use of medicinal animals in modern China. While animal parts and tissue have been used in Chinese medicine for centuries, Chee demonstrates that the early Communist state expanded and systematized their production and use to compensate for drug shortages, generate foreign investment in high-end animal medicines, and facilitate an ideological shift toward legitimating folk medicines. Among other topics, Chee investigates the craze for chicken blood therapy during the Cultural Revolution, the origins of deer antler farming under Mao and bear bile farming under Deng, and the crucial influence of the Soviet Union and North Korea on Chinese zootherapies. In the process, Chee shows Chinese medicine to be a realm of change rather than a timeless tradition, a hopeful conclusion given current efforts to reform its use of animals.