Seeds and synergies : innovation in rural development in China / edited by Song Yiching and Ronnie Vernooy. - Ottawa : Practical Action Publishing : International Development Research Centre, 2010. - xviii, 136 p. : ill., 1 map ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-129) and index.

Searching for synergy / Song Yiching and Ronnie Vernooy -- Maize and the formal agricultural research and development system : evolution, challenges and alternatives / Zhang Shihuang, Huang Kaijian and Song Yiching -- Farmers' changing livelihood strategies in rural Guangxi / Song Yiching, Wang Xiufen, Li Jingsong, and Ronnie Vernoy -- Seeds of inspiration : breathing new life into the formal agriculutrual research and development system / Song Yiching ... et al. -- Farmer cooperation and organization : new challenges, new networks, new identities / Yang Huan, with Gao Xiaowei and Li Jingsong -- Changing rural development in China / Ronnie Vernooy and Song Yiching.

9781853397059 (pbk.) 9781552504857 (ebk.)

2010537630


Rural development--China.
Technological innovations--China
Agriculture--China.
Desarrollo rural--China.
Innovaciones tecnológicas--China.
Agricultura--China.


China--Rural conditions.
China--Condiciones rurales.

HD 2097 / S451 2010