date:Dec 26, 2013
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Prominent researchers and economists have called on the government to abandon the red line, and have also said it should relax its long-standing 95-percent self-sufficiency target and make better use of global markets.
While the report did not mention the 95-percent figure, it said self-supply would remain the key to China's efforts to seize the initiative on food security.
Beijing has identified food security as one of its biggest challenges over the next decade, with its popula