China’s intensifying focus on food security | FT Food Revolution

Rapid urbanisation across the world’s second largest economy has meant less room for agriculture. China has become increasingly reliant on foreign suppliers like Brazil, and the FT's Eleanor Olcott explains why Beijing is diversifying its sources of imported goods to protect the inflow of staples such as corn, soybeans and rice.

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[namelesswarrior]

I love how FT is deliberately trying to paint a darker picture about a topic which is a worldwide issue. Love the light filters to add a sense of gloom and doom. We can't forget the voice actor's outstanding performance at conveying the feeling of hopelessness in a sad monotone.

[pushslice]

Now that we know the now-infamous mainlander secret police/ intimidation agent that blew his cover at St Pancras works for you guys (or claims to), what is your official statement on his behavior??

Please tell us where FT stands, so we can better decide where to get reliable news .

[louistan]

Does the UK produce enough food for its own residents( most don't belueve citizenship means anything anymore) Despite the smaller population can it feed itself?

[widodoakrom]

Compare to india china has far better food security

[lokesh]

Sustainable Agriculture with Water Reservoirs.

[johnmaris]

That's not food dependency rather protein dependency. More than half of the crop are used as animal feed instead of direct consumption. China also develop coal to protein process to solce the animal feed problem. It really isnt a big deal.

[Leoaurther]

Food is more important than water, sustainable agriculture and with water reservoirs

[namelesswarrior]

Food security is a must for China. Can't say the same for the US/UK.

[jerryrichardson]

That's a very long, expensive, complex, and highly vulnerable supply system for a necessity.

[colonelblars]

80% of their groundwater isn't potable because they pumped industrial effluents into their aquifers. We wish them well.

[gror]

With such a hazardous strategic deficiency you would think China would have been a little less belligerent under Jin Ping!

[paulacannon]

everything in my garden has bolted and gone to seed so nothing this year

[ashutoshkumarpandey]

They can get from Russia don't worry.

[MrDengz]

Driven by scientists say.... as if its not trie

[HannahHeavens-pext]

Trade war us covid 19
Second largest economy
Meat diary processed food
Arable land 12%
Arable land 17% us
Net importer of agricultural products
Allies Brazil us
Reclaim farmland
Genetically modified crops
Global warming droughts

[Anas-hbr]

Good exampke
Soya one main. Ingredient in Asia
Who is controlling may 80 pct of the business in the world from Crop to intermediate product or final. One Cargill USA one the biggest Starch and pokyol maker in the world plus Wheat and Soya beans etc

[ahvidaneidavirgilluminous]

They can eat tofu dreg real estate buildings, streets upon streets formally farmlands

[anthonyderosa]

I don't get the doom and gloom vibe of the video. Sounds like there isnt a problem yet, China has anticipated that there could be one oneday and so well in advance of that potential problem becoming a real one China has been putting a lot of policy and investment effort into preventing that outcome in a way that looks likely to be highly sucessful. So whats the issue?

Also the video presents the growing per capita food consumption in China as part of the problem of food security. But why would that be? Food security isnt about producing as much food as your fatest citizens enjoy eating. Its about producing enough food to stop your population from starving or becoming malnourished during a crisis. So if there was such a crisis, how excessivly your population eats during a non crisis period isnt relevent.

[johnjohnfrederickh.webber]

If it is that important to China....thier government must offer the "contract growing" system for rice, fruit and veggies. These Chinese Agriculturists must be paid upon delivery and availability of these foods. Plus Chinese government must distribute the foods to public markets or supermarkets and groceries all over China. I think they should use the Blockchain for this....

[ycplum]

What food China does grow is highly dependent on industrial fertilizers that needs to be imported, a double whammy. If China wete to ever lose its maritime trade routes, it gets cut off from some food, loses the fertilizers to maintain the crop yields it already has, and the fuel need to process or transport those crops to the cities.