Gubo Qi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3950883 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gubo Qi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gubo |
| FAMILY NAME | Qi |
| SIGNATURE | QI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | China Agricultural University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Chinese Agricultural Technology Aid in Africa
Bottom-up self-protection responses to China's food safety crisis
Food safety became a major concern in China since 2000, triggering movements by peasants and urban consumers for self-protection. Drawing on participant observation, semi-structured interviews and examination of government documents in two rural communities, I analyse the drivers, character, potential and challenges of “bottom-up” self-protection movements. These originate with peasants, while scholars, social activists and some urban middle clas…
A New Politics of Development Cooperation? Chinese and Brazilian Engagements in African Agriculture
This paper introduces a Special Section on Chinese and Brazilian engagements in African agriculture. The paper asks if a new paradigm for development cooperation is emerging, and argues that we must move beyond the simplistic narratives of either “South–South” collaboration or “neo-imperial” expansion of “rising powers” to look at the dynamic and contested politics of engagement, as new forms of capital and technology enter African contexts. Hist…
Science, Technology, and the Politics of Knowledge: The Case of China’s Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centers in Africa
Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre (ATDC) has been considered as an alternative model to pursue sustainability of Chinese foreign aid to African countries in the new era. This paper attempts to examine the ATDC scheme, particularly focus on the knowledge construction at macro level of design and the knowledge encounter at micro level of daily operation based on the case studies in Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. Our study …
Business Borderlands: China's Overseas State Agribusiness
In the context of widespread interests in China's agro?state?owned enterprises (SOEs), this article starts demystifying four narratives prevailing internationally. In this intellectual landscape, the article coins an innovative approach, ‘farm as business borderland’ to investigate an agro?SOE in Tanzania. Based on the ethnographic case study, the article presents the tensions arising between the case farm and its Beijing headquarters on the one …
Christian Conversion and the Re-imagining of Illness and Healthcare in Rural China
Faced by disparities in the fast-growing economy and the institutional weaknesses of public healthcare, poorer people in rural China have struggled to obtain effective health treatment. Christianity has played an important role in identifying and redefining the nature of this problem. The fieldwork for this article was conducted in and around a village church in eastern Henan in central China during 2012–13. The article argues that when poorer vi…
What can Africa Learn from China's Experience in Agricultural Development
Recently there has been a growing interest in China's rapid economic growth, particularly concerning the role of agriculture and its impact on poverty reduction. While China and Africa have developed their agricultural sectors under different historical conditions, this article proposes that China's poverty reduction and smallholder-based agricultural policies can provide a useful model for African countries to develop their own strategies in agr…
Problems of public participation in biodiversity conservation: The Nigerian scenario
Most theories regarding Nigerian biodiversity conservation systems suggest that there is generally a very low level of community involvement. Also, the majority of people in the researched areas are illiterate and antagonistic to the idea of conserving the area's rich diversity. This paper evaluates the relationships between donor agencies and the local people concerning participation in biodiversity conservation in the national parks. It also hi…
A New Politics of Development Cooperation? Chinese and Brazilian Engagements in African Agriculture
This paper introduces a Special Section on Chinese and Brazilian engagements in African agriculture. The paper asks if a new paradigm for development cooperation is emerging, and argues that we must move beyond the simplistic narratives of either “South–South” collaboration or “neo-imperial” expansion of “rising powers” to look at the dynamic and contested politics of engagement, as new forms of capital and technology enter African contexts. Hist…
Science, Technology, and the Politics of Knowledge: The Case of China’s Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centers in Africa
Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre (ATDC) has been considered as an alternative model to pursue sustainability of Chinese foreign aid to African countries in the new era. This paper attempts to examine the ATDC scheme, particularly focus on the knowledge construction at macro level of design and the knowledge encounter at micro level of daily operation based on the case studies in Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. Our study …
Christian Conversion and the Re-imagining of Illness and Healthcare in Rural China
Faced by disparities in the fast-growing economy and the institutional weaknesses of public healthcare, poorer people in rural China have struggled to obtain effective health treatment. Christianity has played an important role in identifying and redefining the nature of this problem. The fieldwork for this article was conducted in and around a village church in eastern Henan in central China during 2012–13. The article argues that when poorer vi…
Bottom-up self-protection responses to China's food safety crisis
Food safety became a major concern in China since 2000, triggering movements by peasants and urban consumers for self-protection. Drawing on participant observation, semi-structured interviews and examination of government documents in two rural communities, I analyse the drivers, character, potential and challenges of “bottom-up” self-protection movements. These originate with peasants, while scholars, social activists and some urban middle clas…
Business Borderlands: China's Overseas State Agribusiness
In the context of widespread interests in China's agro?state?owned enterprises (SOEs), this article starts demystifying four narratives prevailing internationally. In this intellectual landscape, the article coins an innovative approach, ‘farm as business borderland’ to investigate an agro?SOE in Tanzania. Based on the ethnographic case study, the article presents the tensions arising between the case farm and its Beijing headquarters on the one …
What can Africa Learn from China's Experience in Agricultural Development
Recently there has been a growing interest in China's rapid economic growth, particularly concerning the role of agriculture and its impact on poverty reduction. While China and Africa have developed their agricultural sectors under different historical conditions, this article proposes that China's poverty reduction and smallholder-based agricultural policies can provide a useful model for African countries to develop their own strategies in agr…
Chinese Agricultural Technology Aid in Africa
Problems of public participation in biodiversity conservation: The Nigerian scenario
Most theories regarding Nigerian biodiversity conservation systems suggest that there is generally a very low level of community involvement. Also, the majority of people in the researched areas are illiterate and antagonistic to the idea of conserving the area's rich diversity. This paper evaluates the relationships between donor agencies and the local people concerning participation in biodiversity conservation in the national parks. It also hi…
What can Africa Learn from China's Experience in Agricultural Development
Recently there has been a growing interest in China's rapid economic growth, particularly concerning the role of agriculture and its impact on poverty reduction. While China and Africa have developed their agricultural sectors under different historical conditions, this article proposes that China's poverty reduction and smallholder-based agricultural policies can provide a useful model for African countries to develop their own strategies in agr…
Business Borderlands: China's Overseas State Agribusiness
In the context of widespread interests in China's agro?state?owned enterprises (SOEs), this article starts demystifying four narratives prevailing internationally. In this intellectual landscape, the article coins an innovative approach, ‘farm as business borderland’ to investigate an agro?SOE in Tanzania. Based on the ethnographic case study, the article presents the tensions arising between the case farm and its Beijing headquarters on the one …
Christian Conversion and the Re-imagining of Illness and Healthcare in Rural China
Faced by disparities in the fast-growing economy and the institutional weaknesses of public healthcare, poorer people in rural China have struggled to obtain effective health treatment. Christianity has played an important role in identifying and redefining the nature of this problem. The fieldwork for this article was conducted in and around a village church in eastern Henan in central China during 2012–13. The article argues that when poorer vi…
A New Politics of Development Cooperation? Chinese and Brazilian Engagements in African Agriculture
This paper introduces a Special Section on Chinese and Brazilian engagements in African agriculture. The paper asks if a new paradigm for development cooperation is emerging, and argues that we must move beyond the simplistic narratives of either “South–South” collaboration or “neo-imperial” expansion of “rising powers” to look at the dynamic and contested politics of engagement, as new forms of capital and technology enter African contexts. Hist…
Science, Technology, and the Politics of Knowledge: The Case of China’s Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centers in Africa
Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre (ATDC) has been considered as an alternative model to pursue sustainability of Chinese foreign aid to African countries in the new era. This paper attempts to examine the ATDC scheme, particularly focus on the knowledge construction at macro level of design and the knowledge encounter at micro level of daily operation based on the case studies in Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. Our study …
Bottom-up self-protection responses to China's food safety crisis
Food safety became a major concern in China since 2000, triggering movements by peasants and urban consumers for self-protection. Drawing on participant observation, semi-structured interviews and examination of government documents in two rural communities, I analyse the drivers, character, potential and challenges of “bottom-up” self-protection movements. These originate with peasants, while scholars, social activists and some urban middle clas…
Chinese Agricultural Technology Aid in Africa
Political science (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · China (6 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Agriculture (5 works) · International Development and Aid (5 works) · Business (3 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)