Title: Environmental change and food security in China /
Authors: McBeath, Jennifer H.; McBeath, Gerald A.; McBeath, Gerald A.
Publisher: Springer,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Food supply China; Agricultural innovations China; Food supply Government policy China; Food crops Effect of global warming on China.; Food crops Effect of pollution on China.; Life sciences; Food science; Agriculture; Plant diseases; Climatic changes; Environmental law; Political science
Abstract: "With 22 percent of the world's population but only 7 percent of its arable land, China's food situation is a matter of global concern. Environmental Change and Food Security in China, is the first to introduce comprehensively the threats to China's system of food production, distribution, and consumption. It analyzes broad challenges of population growth, urbanization, and extraordinarily rapid economic development. Then it focuses on degradation of China's land, water and air, water sufficiency, and evidence of climate change effects as they adversely affect the food system. The study investigates plant diseases and pests which take a large toll on agricultural production and also considers alien invasive species.
Contents: Communist role and the food security situation -- Immediate environmental stressors on food security -- Near-term environment stressors: climate change -- Plant diseases pests and food security -- Invasive species and food security -- Biotechnological responses to food security needs -- The legal and institutional framework to address food security needs -- Issues in implementing food security in China.