China: Feeding One-Fourth Of The Human Race

Duration: 16

Year Published: 1966

Creator: MCGRAW HILL PUBLISHING CO

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Farming as the way of life for nearly four out of every five people in China. Farm practices introduced by the communists. Differences in types of farming in various areas of China. Problems which must be solved if China is to provide enough food to feed one-quarter of the human race., Ponts out some of the food problems the Chinese are tyring to cope with and how they ar going about it. Shows food-producing areas of China, the crops they produce, and methods of farming. Discusses measures to increase food production by collective farming, irrigation, and reclamation of grasslands.

Complete Record: Farming as the way of life for nearly four out of every five people in China. Farm practices introduced by the communists. Differences in types of farming in various areas of China. Problems which must be solved if China is to provide enough food to feed one-quarter of the human race., Ponts out some of the food problems the Chinese are tyring to cope with and how they ar going about it. Shows food-producing areas of China, the crops they produce, and methods of farming. Discusses measures to increase food production by collective farming, irrigation, and reclamation of grasslands., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.