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Biological recycle farming in the People's Republic of China: The Doudian Village experiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2009

Cheng Xu  and
James R. Simpson
Cheng Xu
Affiliation:
Associate Professor and Director, Research Institute of Integrated Development of Agriculture, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, P.O. Box 2449, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China.
James R. Simpson
Affiliation:
Professor, Food and Resource Economics Department, McCarty Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.
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Abstract

An explanation is provided of why and how one group of researchers in a Chinese village setting came to focus on what the authors call biological recycle farming. An explanation of applied agricultural research in China is provided. One conclusion reached is that application of research at the village level was largely successful because it was founded on community development principles. Another conclusion is that food production in very marginal Chinese villages can be increased significantly. While the alternative approach discussed cannot be exported wholesale to many other countries of the world, the concepts are very useful for international economic and agricultural development.

Keywords

pond cultureAnabaenablue-green algasymbiontAzollaaquatic fernswine feedpoultry feed
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American Journal of Alternative Agriculture , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 1989 , pp. 3 - 7
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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