China may not have enough grain
China faces serious challenges in ensuring it will have enough grain to feed its population in the decades to come, according to Premier Wen Jiabao.
Industrialisation, urbanisation and a growing
population are boosting grain demand while “shrinking arable land, water
shortage and climate change is an increasing constraint on output,” Wen told a
cabinet meeting.
population are boosting grain demand while “shrinking arable land, water
shortage and climate change is an increasing constraint on output,” Wen told a
cabinet meeting.
“The long-term demand and supply will be balanced but
tight and ensuring grain security faces serious challenges,” he said.
The
meeting approved a mid- and long-term grain security plan that aims to keep the
nation’s annual grain output above 500 million tonnes by 2010 and increase
production to more than 540 million tonnes a year by 2020.
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