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Feeding 1 in 6. Who grows the rice

June 3 · 43 min · 31.3 MB
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One-third of the world's rice is grown in China, on less than a fifth of the world's rice-growing area, by farmers whose average age is over 55, in a countryside that is slowly emptying. This episode asks how that's possible, and how much longer it can last.

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Guests

  • Lena Kaufmann, Social Anthropologist at Université de Fribourg
  • Li Zhang, Prof in Sociology and Environmental Studies at Amherst Colleage

Episode written, hosted, produced and edited by Matthew Kessler. Sound mixing by Martin Palmqvist. Music by Blue dot sessions.