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Will Africa feed China?

Title
Will Africa feed China? / Deborah Brautigam.
Author
Brautigam, Deborah.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]

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Description
xv, 222 pages : maps; 25 cm
Summary
"In Will Africa Feed China?, Deborah Brautigam, one of the world's leading experts on China and Africa, challenges the conventional wisdom that the Chinese are leading the great African land grab. Her eye-opening analysis sheds new light on the myths and realities of China's evolving global quest for food security"--
Subject
  • Food security > China
  • Food security > Africa
  • Land settlement > Africa
  • Agriculture > Economic aspects > Africa
  • China > Foreign economic relations > Africa
  • Africa > Foreign economic relations > China
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- China and Mozambique: fiction and fact -- "Begging with a golden bowl": Food security and commercial farms -- Seeds of change: Foreign agribusiness comes to China (and Chinese agribusiness goes to Africa -- Going global in agriculture: Incentives, institutions, and policies-- Feeding frenzy: "The dangerous allure of Google" -- Taking root in Africa: China state farm agribusiness Corporation-- Sweet and Sour: Chinese sugar investments in Africa-- Unfinished business: risks and realities of China's African harvest -- Conclusion: Lessons, rumors, and challenges -- Appendix 1-3
Call Number
Sc E 16-232
ISBN
  • 9780199396856 (hardback)
  • 019939685X (hardback)
  • 9780199396863 (updf) (canceled/invalid)
  • 9780199396870 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2015013964
OCLC
893455525
Author
Brautigam, Deborah.
Title
Will Africa feed China? / Deborah Brautigam.
Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 16-232
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