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Addressing China’s grand challenge of achieving food security while ensuring environmental sustainability
China’s increasingly urbanized and wealthy population is driving a growing and changing demand for food, which might not be met without significant increase in agricultural productivity and sustainable use of natural resources. Given the past relationship between lack of access to affordable food an...
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4644077/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26601127 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1400039 |
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author | Lu, Yonglong Jenkins, Alan Ferrier, Robert C. Bailey, Mark Gordon, Iain J. Song, Shuai Huang, Jikun Jia, Shaofeng Zhang, Fusuo Liu, Xuejun Feng, Zhaozhong Zhang, Zhibin |
author_facet | Lu, Yonglong Jenkins, Alan Ferrier, Robert C. Bailey, Mark Gordon, Iain J. Song, Shuai Huang, Jikun Jia, Shaofeng Zhang, Fusuo Liu, Xuejun Feng, Zhaozhong Zhang, Zhibin |
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description | China’s increasingly urbanized and wealthy population is driving a growing and changing demand for food, which might not be met without significant increase in agricultural productivity and sustainable use of natural resources. Given the past relationship between lack of access to affordable food and political instability, food security has to be given a high priority on national political agendas in the context of globalization. The drive for increased food production has had a significant impact on the environment, and the deterioration in ecosystem quality due to historic and current levels of pollution will potentially compromise the food production system in China. We discuss the grand challenges of not only producing more food but also producing it sustainably and without environmental degradation. In addressing these challenges, food production should be considered as part of an environmental system (soil, air, water, and biodiversity) and not independent from it. It is imperative that new ways of meeting the demand for food are developed while safeguarding the natural resources upon which food production is based. We present a holistic approach to both science and policy to ensure future food security while embracing the ambition of achieving environmental sustainability in China. It is a unique opportunity for China to be a role model as a new global player, especially for other emerging economies. |
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spelling | pubmed-46440772015-11-23 Addressing China’s grand challenge of achieving food security while ensuring environmental sustainability Lu, Yonglong Jenkins, Alan Ferrier, Robert C. Bailey, Mark Gordon, Iain J. Song, Shuai Huang, Jikun Jia, Shaofeng Zhang, Fusuo Liu, Xuejun Feng, Zhaozhong Zhang, Zhibin Sci Adv Research Articles China’s increasingly urbanized and wealthy population is driving a growing and changing demand for food, which might not be met without significant increase in agricultural productivity and sustainable use of natural resources. Given the past relationship between lack of access to affordable food and political instability, food security has to be given a high priority on national political agendas in the context of globalization. The drive for increased food production has had a significant impact on the environment, and the deterioration in ecosystem quality due to historic and current levels of pollution will potentially compromise the food production system in China. We discuss the grand challenges of not only producing more food but also producing it sustainably and without environmental degradation. In addressing these challenges, food production should be considered as part of an environmental system (soil, air, water, and biodiversity) and not independent from it. It is imperative that new ways of meeting the demand for food are developed while safeguarding the natural resources upon which food production is based. We present a holistic approach to both science and policy to ensure future food security while embracing the ambition of achieving environmental sustainability in China. It is a unique opportunity for China to be a role model as a new global player, especially for other emerging economies. American Association for the Advancement of Science 2015-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4644077/ /pubmed/26601127 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1400039 Text en Copyright © 2015, The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, so long as the resultant use is not for commercial advantage and provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Lu, Yonglong Jenkins, Alan Ferrier, Robert C. Bailey, Mark Gordon, Iain J. Song, Shuai Huang, Jikun Jia, Shaofeng Zhang, Fusuo Liu, Xuejun Feng, Zhaozhong Zhang, Zhibin Addressing China’s grand challenge of achieving food security while ensuring environmental sustainability |
title | Addressing China’s grand challenge of achieving food security while ensuring environmental sustainability |
title_full | Addressing China’s grand challenge of achieving food security while ensuring environmental sustainability |
title_fullStr | Addressing China’s grand challenge of achieving food security while ensuring environmental sustainability |
title_full_unstemmed | Addressing China’s grand challenge of achieving food security while ensuring environmental sustainability |
title_short | Addressing China’s grand challenge of achieving food security while ensuring environmental sustainability |
title_sort | addressing china’s grand challenge of achieving food security while ensuring environmental sustainability |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4644077/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26601127 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1400039 |
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