The Qing state, driven by Confucian precepts of good government and urgent practical needs, committed vast resources to its granaries.
Agricultural input subsidies were a major feature of development policies in rural economies until the 1980s. Continuing rural poverty with low productivity and fertilizer use in smallholder staple crops has led to their resurgence in Africa. These subsidies are, however, controversial with claims of both large food security benefits and unsustainable, inefficient resource use. This book review…
Environmental Monitoring/Analysis; Agriculture; Plant Sciences; Ecology