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Farming on the Fringe : Enhancing China’s Food Security through Community Supported Agriculture

Krul, Kees (2015) ACET35
Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
Abstract
Amid the many food safety scandals and rapid urbanization, China’s peri-urban areas have recently witnessed the emergence of alternative food systems (AFSs). Situated in a context different from that of the West, their impact has remained poorly understood and under researched. This paper explores how Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) can enhance food security in China’s cities. Based on Polanyi’s notion of embeddedness this thesis analyses the impact of CSA on consumer-farmer relations and on a wider socio-spatial context. The findings show that reciprocal interactions facilitated through the CSA model have improved food safety by generating trust between consumer and farmer. In its wider relational context, CSAs have provided urban... (More)
Amid the many food safety scandals and rapid urbanization, China’s peri-urban areas have recently witnessed the emergence of alternative food systems (AFSs). Situated in a context different from that of the West, their impact has remained poorly understood and under researched. This paper explores how Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) can enhance food security in China’s cities. Based on Polanyi’s notion of embeddedness this thesis analyses the impact of CSA on consumer-farmer relations and on a wider socio-spatial context. The findings show that reciprocal interactions facilitated through the CSA model have improved food safety by generating trust between consumer and farmer. In its wider relational context, CSAs have provided urban citizens with more choice and influence while contributions to enhance environmental resources for future food demands are also evident. While CSA remains bound by a number of challenges and limitations, it is suggested that certain features of the model can be adopted in response to prevailing issues in China’s food systems as well. (Less)
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author
Krul, Kees
supervisor
organization
course
ACET35
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
China, urbanization, food security, AFS, CSA
language
English
id
7860364
date added to LUP
2015-09-08 12:41:01
date last changed
2015-09-08 12:41:01
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  abstract     = {{Amid the many food safety scandals and rapid urbanization, China’s peri-urban areas have recently witnessed the emergence of alternative food systems (AFSs). Situated in a context different from that of the West, their impact has remained poorly understood and under researched. This paper explores how Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) can enhance food security in China’s cities. Based on Polanyi’s notion of embeddedness this thesis analyses the impact of CSA on consumer-farmer relations and on a wider socio-spatial context. The findings show that reciprocal interactions facilitated through the CSA model have improved food safety by generating trust between consumer and farmer. In its wider relational context, CSAs have provided urban citizens with more choice and influence while contributions to enhance environmental resources for future food demands are also evident. While CSA remains bound by a number of challenges and limitations, it is suggested that certain features of the model can be adopted in response to prevailing issues in China’s food systems as well.}},
  author       = {{Krul, Kees}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Farming on the Fringe : Enhancing China’s Food Security through Community Supported Agriculture}},
  year         = {{2015}},
}