The World Needs to Grow Food for 9 Billion People Within A Generation – China’s Race To Avoid A Food Crisis

by Darinee Durai @ 25 May 2017

China’s 1.4 billion people are building up an appetite that is changing the way the world grows and sells food. The Chinese diet is becoming more like that of the average American, forcing companies to scour the planet for everything from bacon to bananas.
But China’s efforts to buy or lease agricultural land in developing nations show that building farms and ranches abroad won’t be enough. Ballooning populations in Asia, Africa and South America will add another 2 billion people within a generation and they too will need more food.

Image: The Heritage Foundation, GRAIN.org
Read more here: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-feeding-china/

The World Needs to Grow Food for 9 Billion People Within A Generation – China’s Race To Avoid A Food Crisis

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