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Prehistoric Agriculture in China: Food Globalization in Prehistory
"Seventy percent of the territory of modern China is composed of mountains, plateaus, and hills, where the continental interior remains beyond the reach of the summer monsoon. These features have led to a range of agricultural traditions that are diverse in their crop ecology and elaborate in the management of water..." – By Giedrė Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė and Xinyi Liu
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The Role of Tourism in Sustainable Development
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"Many developing countries have managed to increase their participation in the global economy through development of international tourism. Tourism development is increasingly viewed as an important tool in increasing economic growth, alleviating poverty, and improving food security. Tourism enables communities that are poor in material wealth, but rich in history and cultural heritage, to leverage their unique assets for economic development (Honey & Gilpin, 2009). ..." – By Robert B. Richardson
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