Securing participation in global pork production networks: biosecurity, multispecies entanglements, and the politics of domestication practices

• Published in: Journal of cultural economy Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 200 - 215
• Main Author: Wang, Chi-Mao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 04.03.2022; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: animal diseases; Domestication; East Asia; Economics; marketisation; multispecies; Politics; Pork; Theory

Since the 1980s, East Asian regions have gradually grown into the biggest importers and producers of animal products in the world. Among them, Taiwan has become the world's biggest pork exporter since 1990 but the export market suddenly crashed owing to the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in...