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Food Security: meeting our growing population’s demand
Food SecurityMulti-dimensional Issues:
Growing middle classClimate ChangeWater Pollution
"China lowered its levels of hunger and under-nutrition through strong commitment to poverty reduction, social security networks, nutrition
and health interventions, and improved access to safe water,
sanitation and education,"
Food SecurityFinite Resources
Middle class growth produces increased protein consumption
Two main sources of fresh water:- Yellow and Yangtzi
Due to pollution, 2/3 of available land is is not arable “China has managed to feed roughly 21
per cent of the world’s population on only 9 per cent of the world’s arable land.”
Food SecurityPossible Solutions
Landgrab Africa, China-Russia
borderImport Food
India, Thailand, U.S.Technology
GMOBetter Use of
Resources Land restoration U.S. EPA model?
“Some researchers say as much as 70 percent of China’s farmland is affected by pollution”
Questions?