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Selective Learning: China, the CGIAR, and Global Agricultural Science in Flux

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dc.creator Xu, Xiuli
dc.creator Cabral, Lídia
dc.creator Cao, Yingdan
dc.date 2021-11-25T12:52:21Z
dc.date 2021-11-25T12:52:21Z
dc.date 2021-11-29
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:50:15Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:50:15Z
dc.identifier Xu, X.; Cabral, L. and Cao, Y. (2021) 'Selective Learning: China, the CGIAR, and Global Agricultural Science in Flux', IDS Bulletin 52.2: 103–20
dc.identifier 1759-5436
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/16959
dc.identifier Business, Markets and the State
dc.identifier 10.19088/1968-2021.123
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/198762
dc.description This article analyses the interaction between China and the CGIAR (formerly the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) since the 1970s, exploring the formation of China’s modern agricultural science capability and its approach towards learning. While China was previously regarded and treated as a recipient of international scientific expertise, it is now a more equal partner and contributor, with capacity to provide funds, support exchange programmes for scientists, and collaborate in building laboratories and joint research programmes. Some of these now extend beyond the CGIAR system and are creating new platforms for scientific collaboration and knowledge production in the South. By offering an illustration of China’s ‘selective learning’ approach, emphasising self-reliance and pragmatism in its engagement with the CGIAR, this article feeds into broader debates on how China contributes to global development knowledge and learning.
dc.description Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
dc.language en
dc.publisher Institute of Development Studies
dc.relation IDS Bulletin;52.2
dc.rights This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited and any modifications or adaptations are indicated. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights © Authors © Institute of Development Studies 2021
dc.subject Agriculture
dc.subject Development Policy
dc.subject Trade
dc.title Selective Learning: China, the CGIAR, and Global Agricultural Science in Flux
dc.type Article
dc.coverage China


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