Fish farming in Xinjiang is being sold as proof that technology can overcome geography. The reality is more complicated
Fish farming in Xinjiang is promoted as evidence that technology can overcome the region’s desert geography, but the industry depends on political control and imported feed. The article argues that the seafood boom obscures the wider burdens of its food system.
Xinjiang aquaculture fish farming food systems imported feed
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