The Challenges and Strategies of Food Security under Rapid Urbanization in China

doi:10.3390/su11020542

	The Challenges and Strategies of Food Security under Rapid Urbanization in China
	Wang, Yong-sheng 1,2
刊名	SUSTAINABILITY
	2019-01-02
卷号	11 期号:2 页码:11
关键词	food security rapid urbanization grain production food consumption patterns food policy
ISSN号	2071-1050
DOI	10.3390/su11020542
通讯作者	Wang, Yong-sheng(wangys@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Food security has received wide attention in China for a long time due to the challenges of a huge population and limited farmland area. Under conditions of rapid urbanization, the food scenario has changed, creating major challenges for massive populations in China. This paper intends to reveal the impact of urbanization on food security and to propose strategies for mitigating the threats to it. Total grain production has continuously increased, but most of the grain production has been distributed in the northern region since 2006. Although the per capita rural income has increased significantly since 1980, the agricultural income ratio has consistently declined from 56.13% in 1983 to 26.61% in 2012. A dramatic shift in food consumption away from grain towards meat, poultry, eggs, milk and liquor has been found in both rural and urban areas. The faster agricultural water consumption growth in northern China over southern China helped close the gap. There has been net increase of cultivated land in northern China, whereas southern China has seen a net decrease. The medium- and low-level cultivation ratios of land were 52.84% and 17.69%, respectively, in 2015. This paper concluded that food security in China could be ensured by increasing production and optimizing consumption. It suggested that enhanced grain production capacity, strict water management, and land consolidation engineering as well as agricultural industrialization could be used for maintaining grain production. Food consumption itself can be managed by optimizing resident dietary pattern, reducing food waste, adjusting grain consumption structure and moderating food imports policy.
资助项目	National Key R&D Program of China[2017YFC0504701] ; Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China[41731286] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41801174]
WOS关键词	CLOSING YIELD GAPS ; LAND CONSOLIDATION ; DEMAND ; ABANDONMENT ; CONSUMPTION ; SYSTEMS ; ISSUES ; POLICY
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	MDPI
WOS记录号	WOS:000457129900246
资助机构	National Key R&D Program of China ; Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/50461]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Wang, Yong-sheng
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Reg Sustainable Dev Modeling, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Assessment & Res Targeted Poverty Alleviat, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Yong-sheng. The Challenges and Strategies of Food Security under Rapid Urbanization in China[J]. SUSTAINABILITY,2019,11(2):11.
APA	Wang, Yong-sheng.(2019).The Challenges and Strategies of Food Security under Rapid Urbanization in China.SUSTAINABILITY,11(2),11.
MLA	Wang, Yong-sheng."The Challenges and Strategies of Food Security under Rapid Urbanization in China".SUSTAINABILITY 11.2(2019):11.