Early Agricultural Modernization under Environmental Constraints:Restudy of the Improvement of Agricultural Technology in Suiyuan during the Republic of China
During the Republic of China,Suiyuan was an important grain-producing area,while local agriculture was underdeveloped for some historical reasons.Based on the unique natural and social background,agriculture in Suiyuan was mainly extensive as a whole,but there was a development tendency of intensive management in irrigated areas,which contains unique features adapted to local production practices.Under the then historical conditions,although the introduction of Western agricultural technology was important,the active employing of skills derived from the indigenous eco-cultural system and rich local production knowledge among the people should not be overlooked from the perspectives of environmental adaptation and economic rationality.Early modernization of agriculture is a process of multiple interactions between traditional and modern factors,between local and foreign factors,and between natural and human factors.We should try to understand its connotation from the perspective of non-Western centrism and discover factors of native land in the early exploration of modernization.
agricultural modernizationSuiyuanethnic areasfactors of native land
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