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oapen-20.500.12657-470442021-03-06T01:50:52Z Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China Kaufmann, Lena China rural-urban migration knowledge and skill rice farming migrant-left-behind nexus bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1F Asia::1FP East Asia, Far East::1FPC China bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFN Migration, immigration & emigration bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TV Agriculture & farming How do rural Chinese households deal with the conflicting pressures of migrating into cities to work as well as staying at home to preserve their fields? This is particularly challenging for rice farmers, because paddy fields have to be cultivated continuously to retain their soil quality and value. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and written sources, this book describes farming households' strategic solutions to this predicament. It shows how, in light of rural-urban migration and agro-technological change, they manage to sustain both migration and farming. It innovatively conceives rural households as part of a larger farming community of practice that spans both staying and migrating household members and their material world. Focusing on one exemplary resource - paddy fields - it argues that socio-technical resources are key factors in understanding migration flows and migrant-home relations. Overall, this book provides rare insights into the rural side of migration and farmers' knowledge and agency. 2021-03-05T10:52:48Z 2021-03-05T10:52:48Z 2021 book ONIX_20210305_9789048552184_4 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47044 eng New Mobilities in Asia application/pdf n/a 9789048552184.pdf https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048552184 Amsterdam University Press Amsterdam University Press 10.5117/9789048552184 10.5117/9789048552184 dd3d1a33-0ac2-4cfe-a101-355ae1bd857a 07f61e34-5b96-49f0-9860-c87dd8228f26 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) Amsterdam University Press 306 [grantnumber unknown] Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung Swiss National Science Foundation open access
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How do rural Chinese households deal with the conflicting pressures of migrating into cities to work as well as staying at home to preserve their fields? This is particularly challenging for rice farmers, because paddy fields have to be cultivated continuously to retain their soil quality and value. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and written sources, this book describes farming households' strategic solutions to this predicament. It shows how, in light of rural-urban migration and agro-technological change, they manage to sustain both migration and farming. It innovatively conceives rural households as part of a larger farming community of practice that spans both staying and migrating household members and their material world. Focusing on one exemplary resource - paddy fields - it argues that socio-technical resources are key factors in understanding migration flows and migrant-home relations. Overall, this book provides rare insights into the rural side of migration and farmers' knowledge and agency.
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