date:Feb 12, 2014
per harvest, analysts have cautioned of challenges China faces to meet the growing demand of its billion-plus population, including shrinking arable land amid the country's urbanization drive and land pollution due to excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers.
To ensure grain security, the Chinese government has pledged to speed up the transfer of rural land and offer more subsidies to family farms and farmers' cooperatives in an effort to develop large-scale farming.