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As the world’s most populous country, China is facing great challenges in providing sufficient quantity and good quality of food from its domestic supply. The fast-growing demand for grains, stemming from a growth in population, the increasing calories consumed per capita, and the growing share of animal protein are the main challenges. China is also faced with limitations to production as a result of to water scarcity and a decrease in arable land resulting from urbanisation and desertification. China has steadily increased its oilseed and feed grain imports from the world market, while trying to intensify its domestic production of food grains with strong policy support.
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Wang, H.H., Ha, K. (2017). China’s Role in World Food Security. In: Gomez y Paloma, S., Mary, S., Langrell, S., Ciaian, P. (eds) The Eurasian Wheat Belt and Food Security. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33239-0_16
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