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Feed: a food systems podcast · June 3 · 43 min

Feeding 1 in 6. Who grows the rice

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. For more info, transcript and resources, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/ episode101 Want to share your reflections on the episode? Send us an email or voice memo to podcast@tabledebates.org 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.

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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.

For more info, transcript and resources, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/
episode101

Want to share your reflections on the episode? Send us an email or voice memo to podcast@tabledebates.org

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.

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