?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2Fid%2Feprint%2F15979%2F&rft.title=Organic+Food+%22Made+in+China%22&rft.creator=Sternfeld%2C+Eva&rft.subject=China&rft.description=China+joined+the+international+organic+movement+comparatively+late.+Challenged+by+the+scarcity+of+arable+land+and+a+large+population+to+feed%2C+the+Chinese+Ministry+of+Agriculture+(MoA)+for+many+years+has+been+reluctant+to+support+organic+farming+that+might+result+in+a+drop+of+agricultural+output.+On+the+contrary%2C+China%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%9CGreen+Revolution%E2%80%9D+catapulted+the+country+to+a+leading+producer+and+user+of+agrochemicals+in+the+world.+This+development+came+at+a+high+cost+for+the+country%E2%80%99s+environmental+quality+and+food+safety.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn+recent+years%2C+accumulating+public+complaints+about+environmental+pollution%2C+food+poisoning%2C+sickness+and+death+of+farmers+poisoned+by+agrochemicals+as+well+as+increasing+difficulties+with+agricultural+exports+rejected+as+a+result+of+excessive+chemical+residues+are+observed.+It+is+not+only+because+of+the+problems+mentioned+above+that+recently+the+MoA+became+more+supportive+towards+the+organic+food+development%2C+authorities+also+realized+the+growing+opportunities+for+healthy+food+in+the+international+as+well+as+the+domestic+market.+In+fact%2C+China%E2%80%99s+organic+food+development+cannot+be+analyzed+without+taking+into+account+the+fast+development+of+organic+food+industries+in+industrialized+countries+during+the+past+decade.+At+present+organically+grown+food+%E2%80%9Cmade+in+China%E2%80%9D+is+still+a+small+-+though+fast+growing+-+sector.+The+article+takes+a+look+at+the+development+and+current+status+of+organic+agriculture+and+organic+food+industry+in+China+and+discusses+the+prospects+and+limitations+of+the+sector.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A&rft.contributor=Asienstiftung&rft.date=2009-08&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=de&rft.identifier=%2Fid%2Feprint%2F15979%2F1%2F15979.pdf&rft.identifier=+++Sternfeld%2C+Eva+++(2009)+Organic+Food+%22Made+in+China%22.+++EU-China+Civil+Society+Forum+Hintergrundinformationen%2C+10%2F2009%2C+pp.+1-12.++++++++