Open AccessA review: achievements and new obstacles in China’s food security revealed by grain and animal meat production
Author(s) -
Chaowu Yang,
Xia Jiang,
Huarui Du,
Qingyun Li,
Zengrong Zhang,
Mohan Qiu,
Chunlin Yu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/705/1/012025
Subject(s) - food security , china , safeguarding , business , poverty , food processing , production (economics) , consumption (sociology) , quality (philosophy) , arable land , agricultural economics , food safety , natural resource economics , economic growth , economics , geography , agriculture , food science , biology , sociology , medicine , social science , philosophy , nursing , archaeology , macroeconomics , epistemology
Food security represents that everyone is able to purchase and afford enough food necessary for survival and health at any time, which closely connects with harmonious society, stable policies and sustainable economic growth and plays a significant role in heavily populated countries such as China. Currently, while providing 1.4 billion people with adequate food, China has greatly enhanced people’s nutrition and living quality. However, as economy develops, Chinese people are no longer satisfied with fulling up. In this research, China’s achievements in food security are reviewed, including yields of grain and meat, food consumption and poverty elimination. Additionally, the strategies to safeguard food security in China are identified, including safeguarding the quantity and quality of arable land, farmers’ interests, meat production and food reserves. Finally, major obstacles in China’s food security revealed by grain and meat production in the new era are analyzed. Meanwhile, it is argued that the food security will not disappear as a permanent topic because food is enough temporarily; therefore, some implementation suggestions are put forward based on current situation and trend of food security.