Lessons for India from China's food import

SHARE:

Excellent study material for all civil services aspirants - begin learning - Kar ke dikhayenge!

SHARE:

Lessons for India from China's food import

Read more on - Polity | Economy | Schemes | S&T | Environment


  • Lester Brown's warnings: Thinker and expert Lester Brown in 1995 had published "Who Will Feed China?", sparking a strong global debate. His apprehensions came true, as by 2020, China had clearly emerged as one of the world's biggest food importers. Though the Chinese (and even others) may not agree, there is a problem for sure.
  • "Operation Clean Plate": Had there been no food problem in China, why would President Xi Jinping launch his "Operation Clean Plate" in 2020, asking Chinese to not waste food at all. He asked restaurants to give food for 4, if ordered for 5. Food wastage is serious in China.
  • Indian parallel: Former PM Shastri had in 1965 urged Indians to observe a fast each Monday, with the goal to teach "share and care" in times of food shortages. Green Revolution started in India in 1966, and in 1965, India imported 1 crore tonnes of foodgrains. Then came the successful Green Revolution, and the food sufficiency, and the complacency.
  • Same with China: Despite a 1996 policy to have 95% domestic food sufficiency, by 2011, China was the world's largest food importer. Key reason was the growing demand for meat and dairy products in the more prosperous middle classes. 
    1. A large shift of population over the decades from farming into industries too had left a big hole in Chinese agriculture
    2. Mass urbanisation too hurt agriculture
    3. Intensive farming led to heavy soil contamination and groundwater decline (reducing arable lands) - China has announced 12 crore hectares farmland to be protected for food security needs
    4. In 2017, there was a 600 MT grain surplus, due to direct income support and nitrogen-based fertiliser use; so silos were full, but demand for meat shot up (mostly beef)
    5. Massive beef imports started, from all over the world (incl. India and Pakistan)
    6. Huge imports of soyabean, corn, wheat, sorghum and barley is going on
  • Global outreach: To meet all its food needs, China has been buying large tracts of farmlands in Africa and Latin America, and is now moving into US, EU and Australia. It has bought more than 3.2 m ha worth $94 b. So summary is this China is on the brink of a big food crisis.
  • Message for India: In the name of agriculture reforms, a lot of cut-paste prescriptions have been used. 
    1. China tried moving away from a state-regulated farming system to a market-oriented one. It is now facing a massive food crisis. Future is uncertain. 
    2. China gives $206 b worth farm subsidies each year, and spends on food imports separately
    3. If it had used that money to convert small farmlands into larger ones, the world's largest food producer could have avoided becoming the largest grain importer
    4. India is going on the same path, and must cautiously rework its priorities
  • Summary: The question now remains - who will feed India?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Read more on - Polity | Economy | Schemes | S&T | Environment

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    PT's IAS Academy, PT education, IAS, CSE, UPSC, Prelims, Mains, exam coaching, exam prep, Civil Services test

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    * Content sourced from free internet sources (publications, PIB site, international sites, etc.). Take your own subscriptions. Copyrights acknowledged. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    COMMENTS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Name

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    01-01-2020,1,04-08-2021,1,05-08-2021,1,06-08-2021,1,28-06-2021,1,Abrahamic religions,6,Afganistan,1,Afghanistan,35,Afghanitan,1,Afghansitan,1,Africa,2,Agri tech,2,Agriculture,150,Ancient and Medieval History,51,Ancient History,4,Ancient sciences,1,April 2020,25,April 2021,22,Architecture and Literature of India,11,Armed forces,1,Art Culture and Literature,1,Art Culture Entertainment,2,Art Culture Languages,3,Art Culture Literature,10,Art Literature Entertainment,1,Artforms and Artists,1,Article 370,1,Arts,11,Athletes and Sportspersons,2,August 2020,24,August 2021,239,August-2021,3,Authorities and Commissions,4,Aviation,3,Awards and Honours,26,Awards and HonoursHuman Rights,1,Banking,1,Banking credit finance,13,Banking-credit-finance,19,Basic of Comprehension,2,Best Editorials,4,Biodiversity,46,Biotechnology,47,Biotechology,1,Centre State relations,19,CentreState relations,1,China,81,Citizenship and immigration,24,Civils Tapasya - English,92,Climage Change,3,Climate and weather,44,Climate change,60,Climate Chantge,1,Colonialism and imperialism,3,Commission and Authorities,1,Commissions and Authorities,27,Constitution and Law,467,Constitution and laws,1,Constitutional and statutory roles,19,Constitutional issues,128,Constitutonal Issues,1,Cooperative,1,Cooperative Federalism,10,Coronavirus variants,7,Corporates,3,Corporates Infrastructure,1,Corporations,1,Corruption and transparency,16,Costitutional issues,1,Covid,104,Covid Pandemic,1,COVID VIRUS NEW STRAIN DEC 2020,1,Crimes against women,15,Crops,10,Cryptocurrencies,2,Cryptocurrency,7,Crytocurrency,1,Currencies,5,Daily Current Affairs,453,Daily MCQ,32,Daily MCQ Practice,573,Daily MCQ Practice - 01-01-2022,1,Daily MCQ Practice - 17-03-2020,1,DCA-CS,286,December 2020,26,Decision Making,2,Defence and Militar,2,Defence and Military,281,Defence forces,9,Demography and Prosperity,36,Demonetisation,2,Destitution and poverty,7,Discoveries and Inventions,8,Discovery and Inventions,1,Disoveries and Inventions,1,Eastern religions,2,Economic & Social Development,2,Economic Bodies,1,Economic treaties,5,Ecosystems,3,Education,119,Education and employment,5,Educational institutions,3,Elections,37,Elections in India,16,Energy,134,Energy laws,3,English Comprehension,3,Entertainment Games and Sport,1,Entertainment Games and Sports,33,Entertainment Games and Sports – Athletes and sportspersons,1,Entrepreneurship and startups,1,Entrepreneurships and startups,1,Enviroment and Ecology,2,Environment and Ecology,228,Environment destruction,1,Environment Ecology and Climage Change,1,Environment Ecology and Climate Change,458,Environment Ecology Climate Change,5,Environment protection,12,Environmental protection,1,Essay paper,643,Ethics and Values,26,EU,27,Europe,1,Europeans in India and important personalities,6,Evolution,4,Facts and Charts,4,Facts and numbers,1,Features of Indian economy,31,February 2020,25,February 2021,23,Federalism,2,Flora and fauna,6,Foreign affairs,507,Foreign exchange,9,Formal and informal economy,13,Fossil fuels,14,Fundamentals of the Indian Economy,10,Games SportsEntertainment,1,GDP GNP PPP etc,12,GDP-GNP PPP etc,1,GDP-GNP-PPP etc,20,Gender inequality,9,Geography,10,Geography and Geology,2,Global trade,22,Global treaties,2,Global warming,146,Goverment decisions,4,Governance and Institution,2,Governance and Institutions,773,Governance and Schemes,221,Governane and Institutions,1,Government decisions,226,Government Finances,2,Government Politics,1,Government schemes,358,GS I,93,GS II,66,GS III,38,GS IV,23,GST,8,Habitat destruction,5,Headlines,22,Health and medicine,1,Health and medicine,56,Healtha and Medicine,1,Healthcare,1,Healthcare and Medicine,98,Higher education,12,Hindu individual editorials,54,Hinduism,9,History,216,Honours and Awards,1,Human rights,249,IMF-WB-WTO-WHO-UNSC etc,2,Immigration,6,Immigration and citizenship,1,Important Concepts,68,Important Concepts.UPSC Mains GS III,3,Important Dates,1,Important Days,35,Important exam concepts,11,Inda,1,India,29,India Agriculture and related issues,1,India Economy,1,India's Constitution,14,India's independence struggle,19,India's international relations,4,India’s international relations,7,Indian Agriculture and related issues,9,Indian and world media,5,Indian Economy,1248,Indian Economy – Banking credit finance,1,Indian Economy – Corporates,1,Indian Economy.GDP-GNP-PPP etc,1,Indian Geography,1,Indian history,33,Indian judiciary,119,Indian Politcs,1,Indian Politics,637,Indian Politics – Post-independence India,1,Indian Polity,1,Indian Polity and Governance,2,Indian Society,1,Indias,1,Indias international affairs,1,Indias international relations,30,Indices and Statistics,98,Indices and Statstics,1,Industries and services,32,Industry and services,1,Inequalities,2,Inequality,103,Inflation,33,Infra projects and financing,6,Infrastructure,252,Infrastruture,1,Institutions,1,Institutions and bodies,267,Institutions and bodies Panchayati Raj,1,Institutionsandbodies,1,Instiutions and Bodies,1,Intelligence and security,1,International Institutions,10,international relations,2,Internet,11,Inventions and discoveries,10,Irrigation Agriculture Crops,1,Issues on Environmental Ecology,3,IT and Computers,23,Italy,1,January 2020,26,January 2021,25,July 2020,5,July 2021,207,June,1,June 2020,45,June 2021,369,June-2021,1,Juridprudence,2,Jurisprudence,91,Jurisprudence Governance and Institutions,1,Land reforms and productivity,15,Latest Current Affairs,1136,Law and order,45,Legislature,1,Logical Reasoning,9,Major events in World History,16,March 2020,24,March 2021,23,Markets,182,Maths Theory Booklet,14,May 2020,24,May 2021,25,Meetings and Summits,27,Mercantilism,1,Military and defence alliances,5,Military technology,8,Miscellaneous,454,Modern History,15,Modern historym,1,Modern technologies,42,Monetary and financial policies,20,monsoon and climate change,1,Myanmar,1,Nanotechnology,2,Nationalism and protectionism,17,Natural disasters,13,New Laws and amendments,57,News media,3,November 2020,22,Nuclear technology,11,Nuclear techology,1,Nuclear weapons,10,October 2020,24,Oil economies,1,Organisations and treaties,1,Organizations and treaties,2,Pakistan,2,Panchayati Raj,1,Pandemic,137,Parks reserves sanctuaries,1,Parliament and Assemblies,18,People and Persoalities,1,People and Persoanalities,2,People and Personalites,1,People and Personalities,189,Personalities,46,Persons and achievements,1,Pillars of science,1,Planning and management,1,Political bodies,2,Political parties and leaders,26,Political philosophies,23,Political treaties,3,Polity,485,Pollution,62,Post independence India,21,Post-Governance in India,17,post-Independence India,46,Post-independent India,1,Poverty,46,Poverty and hunger,1,Prelims,2054,Prelims CSAT,30,Prelims GS I,7,Prelims Paper I,189,Primary and middle education,10,Private bodies,1,Products and innovations,7,Professional sports,1,Protectionism and Nationalism,26,Racism,1,Rainfall,1,Rainfall and Monsoon,5,RBI,73,Reformers,3,Regional conflicts,1,Regional Conflicts,79,Regional Economy,16,Regional leaders,43,Regional leaders.UPSC Mains GS II,1,Regional Politics,149,Regional Politics – Regional leaders,1,Regionalism and nationalism,1,Regulator bodies,1,Regulatory bodies,63,Religion,44,Religion – Hinduism,1,Renewable energy,4,Reports,102,Reports and Rankings,119,Reservations and affirmative,1,Reservations and affirmative action,42,Revolutionaries,1,Rights and duties,12,Roads and Railways,5,Russia,3,schemes,1,Science and Techmology,1,Science and Technlogy,1,Science and Technology,819,Science and Tehcnology,1,Sciene and Technology,1,Scientists and thinkers,1,Separatism and insurgencies,2,September 2020,26,September 2021,444,SociaI Issues,1,Social Issue,2,Social issues,1308,Social media,3,South Asia,10,Space technology,70,Startups and entrepreneurship,1,Statistics,7,Study material,280,Super powers,7,Super-powers,24,TAP 2020-21 Sessions,3,Taxation,39,Taxation and revenues,23,Technology and environmental issues in India,16,Telecom,3,Terroris,1,Terrorism,103,Terrorist organisations and leaders,1,Terrorist acts,10,Terrorist acts and leaders,1,Terrorist organisations and leaders,14,Terrorist organizations and leaders,1,The Hindu editorials analysis,58,Tournaments,1,Tournaments and competitions,5,Trade barriers,3,Trade blocs,2,Treaties and Alliances,1,Treaties and Protocols,43,Trivia and Miscalleneous,1,Trivia and miscellaneous,43,UK,1,UN,114,Union budget,20,United Nations,6,UPSC Mains GS I,584,UPSC Mains GS II,3969,UPSC Mains GS III,3071,UPSC Mains GS IV,191,US,63,USA,3,Warfare,20,World and Indian Geography,24,World Economy,404,World figures,39,World Geography,23,World History,21,World Poilitics,1,World Politics,612,World Politics.UPSC Mains GS II,1,WTO,1,WTO and regional pacts,4,अंतर्राष्ट्रीय संस्थाएं,10,गणित सिद्धान्त पुस्तिका,13,तार्किक कौशल,10,निर्णय क्षमता,2,नैतिकता और मौलिकता,24,प्रौद्योगिकी पर्यावरण मुद्दे,15,बोधगम्यता के मूल तत्व,2,भारत का प्राचीन एवं मध्यकालीन इतिहास,47,भारत का स्वतंत्रता संघर्ष,19,भारत में कला वास्तुकला एवं साहित्य,11,भारत में शासन,18,भारतीय कृषि एवं संबंधित मुद्दें,10,भारतीय संविधान,14,महत्वपूर्ण हस्तियां,6,यूपीएससी मुख्य परीक्षा,91,यूपीएससी मुख्य परीक्षा जीएस,117,यूरोपीय,6,विश्व इतिहास की मुख्य घटनाएं,16,विश्व एवं भारतीय भूगोल,24,स्टडी मटेरियल,266,स्वतंत्रता-पश्चात् भारत,15,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ltr
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    item
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    PT's IAS Academy: Lessons for India from China's food import
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Lessons for India from China's food import
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Excellent study material for all civil services aspirants - begin learning - Kar ke dikhayenge!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMBQ5ltAOxWya57fWA4vOjKCP6enThlswvAk6rtm0ypXB-hN72ql3SXNO0bB78c6zyWdGWvR9IphIW_cQWva6omRYgpdYp6D8yYanSIDF09Oxe1hns8pjoNTdiq-WbtnzFba54JLv-xc/s16000/120.jpg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMBQ5ltAOxWya57fWA4vOjKCP6enThlswvAk6rtm0ypXB-hN72ql3SXNO0bB78c6zyWdGWvR9IphIW_cQWva6omRYgpdYp6D8yYanSIDF09Oxe1hns8pjoNTdiq-WbtnzFba54JLv-xc/s72-c/120.jpg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    PT's IAS Academy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    https://civils.pteducation.com/2021/10/UPSC-IAS-exam-preparation-Lessons-for-India-from-Chinas-food-import.html
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    https://civils.pteducation.com/
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    https://civils.pteducation.com/
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    https://civils.pteducation.com/2021/10/UPSC-IAS-exam-preparation-Lessons-for-India-from-Chinas-food-import.html
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    true
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    8166813609053539671
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    UTF-8
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Loaded All Posts Not found any posts VIEW ALL Readmore Reply Cancel reply Delete By Home PAGES POSTS View All RECOMMENDED FOR YOU LABEL ARCHIVE SEARCH ALL POSTS Not found any post match with your request Back Home Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat January February March April May June July August September October November December Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec just now 1 minute ago $$1$$ minutes ago 1 hour ago $$1$$ hours ago Yesterday $$1$$ days ago $$1$$ weeks ago more than 5 weeks ago Followers Follow TO READ FULL BODHI... Please share to unlock Copy All Code Select All Code All codes were copied to your clipboard Can not copy the codes / texts, please press [CTRL]+[C] (or CMD+C with Mac) to copy