附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and index.
Chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Sustainability and farmer innovation in the developing world -- chapter 3 Marginal areas and marginalisation in rural China -- chapter 4 Environment and innovation in rural Shaanxi -- chapter 5 Environmental and development challenges in Zhidan -- chapter 6 Farmer innovative capacity and communication networks -- chapter 7 Farmer self-organisation for innovation -- Cases and model -- chapter 8 Conclusion -- Sustainability and farmer innovation in China.
摘要:Sustainable development in marginal areas, especially in those where rural poverty and environmental degradation are interwoven, is a great concern of development agencies worldwide, and much effort is put into development programmes, technology transfer schemes and so on. The problem is particularly acute in China, where increasing regional differences and inequality are eroding governmental poverty reduction efforts and exacerbating ecological crises. This book, based on extensive original research, examines the situation in China, especially in the Loess Plateau of Shaanxi Province. It expl.
