Beyond The Dilemma Facing China’s Agricuture – Toward a Chinese Constructive Postmodern Agriculture

Zhihe, W; Meijun, F; Ikerd, J.

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Beyond The Dilemma Facing China’s Agricuture – Toward a Chinese Constructive Postmodern Agriculture

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Zhihe W , Meijun F , Ikerd J.

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Wyzwania rozwoju rolnictwa w Chinach – w kierunku konstruktywnego rolnictwa postmodernistycznego

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The accomplishments in Chinese agriculture have been impressive during the past 30 years of growth in the Chinese economy. But the costs have been extremely high as well, including: excessive pollution, topsoil erosion, a loss of fertility, unhealthy food, an increasing gap between the rich and the poor, a destruction of local communities and a loss of vitality in rural life. Who should be responsible for these problems? Should China’s agriculture return to the past or should it continue on the current path toward modernization? Is there any alternative to the current form of modern agriculture? Specifically, is there a third way for China to pursue agricultural development? Our thesis is that China should explore a Constructive Postmodern Agriculture as a means of resolving its current dilemma. Constructive Postmodern Agriculture is a creative integration of Western thinking and Chinese wisdom. It is constructive in that it seeks to work with nature rather than against it. It is postmodern in the sense that it takes the best of modern farming practices and combines them with the best of traditional practices as well as contemporary sustainable agriculture. A Constructive Postmodern Agriculture could provide healthy food for current and future generations by preserving the fertility of the soil and the well-being of nature to ensure economic sustainability. It also could provide economic support and cultural meaning for farmers and their local communities. Chinese interest in Constructive Postmodern Agriculture has been increasing recently and some recent experiments in postmodern agriculture in China have shown that the Constructive Postmodern Agriculture is feasible as well as promising. Future agricultural development of China will affect food markets throughout the world. Thus, the choice between modern and constructive postmodern agriculture should be a matter of global concern.

Osiągnięcia chińskiego rolnictwa w ciągu ostatnich 30 lat wzrostu ekonomicznego są imponujące. Równie poważne są jednak także ich konsekwencje, obejmujące: znaczącą degradację środowiska, erozję gleb, utratę żyzności, skażenie żywności, zwiększanie się przepaści pomiędzy bogatymi a biednymi i rozpad lokalnych społeczności. Jak powinno się te problemy rozwiązać? Czy rolnictwo w Chinach powinno powrócić do dawnych form, czy też nadal rozwijać się w kierunku modernizacji? Czy istnieje jakaś inna alternatywna trzecia droga rozwoju rolnictwa? Zdaniem autorów tej pracy, aby rozwiązać zarysowane problemy, Chiny powinny podążyć drogą konstruktywnego postmodernistycznego rolnictwa, opartego na połączeniu zachodniego sposobu myślenia z mądrością Wschodu. Jest ono konstruktywne, ponieważ celem jest współpraca, a nie walka, z przyrodą. Jest postmodernistyczne w tym sensie, że najlepsze praktyki współczesnego rolnictwa łączy ze sprawdzonymi praktykami tradycyjnego, a także, coraz obszerniej dyskutowanego, zrównoważonego rolnictwa. Tak rozumiane rolnictwo powinno gwarantować dostarczanie zdrowej żywności dla obecnego i przyszłych pokoleń, dbając jednocześnie o żyzność gleby i ogólny dobry stan przyrody i zapewniając ekonomiczną zrównoważoność. Ponadto nie można zapomnieć o wsparciu ekonomicznym i kulturowym dla rolników i tworzonych przez nich lokalnych społeczności. Zainteresowanie konstruktywnym rolnictwem postmodernistycznym w Chinach rośnie. Przeprowadzane eksperymenty wykazują, że takie rolnictwo jest bardzo obiecujące i możliwe do wdrożenia. Jednocześnie nie należy zapominać że rozwój rolnictwa w Chinach nie pozostaje bez wpływu na światowy rynek żywności. Dlatego wybór pomiędzy dotychczasowym a konstruktywnym rolnictwem postmodernistycznym jest zagadnieniem o wymiarze globalnym.

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Constructive Postmodern Agriculture Chinese Agriculture Modern Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture Ecological Agriculture

konstruktywne rolnictwo postmodernistyczne rolnictwo w Chinach współczesne rolnictwo rolnictwo zrównoważone rolnictwo ekologiczne

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Lublin University of Technology

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Problemy Ekorozwoju

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2013

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Vol. 8, nr 1

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43--56

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Bibliogr. 73 poz.

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Zhihe W

ZWang@claremontLincoln.org

Center for Constructive Postmodern Studies, Harbin Institute of Technology,Harbin, 150001, China

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Meijun F

meijun@ctr4process.org

College of Humanities and Social Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001,China

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Ikerd J.

johnikerd@me.com

Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

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