Sustainable agriculture in China

In continues to the topic of fisheries management, one of the conclusion was a large amount of food demand in China would be an essential situation. Fishery is not the main food resources of China, the majority of food resources comes from land – agriculture. It has been established that China is one of the top import and export countries for agriculture (Cook, 2017). Therefore, sustainable agriculture would be an essential skill that Chinese government should focus on.

There is major environmental damage in China at the moment with overuse fertilisers, soil pollution, water scarcity and loss of biodiversity (Cook, 2017). These issues than leads to more social and health issue, which affects the triple bottom line of sustainability. China has the intention to do sustainable food production, the researcher stated that the successful sustainability farming would benefit public health and environment for China in long term (Cook, 2017).

The report “multiple pathways: case studies of sustainable agriculture in China” has listed out the main learning and recommendations from studying the agricultural of China. It also how the modern development of China affects on the sustainability of farming, the environment of rural areas (Cook, 2017). The current policies of agricultural and the how to achieve more sustainable agricultural production.

 The report list out 5 main learnings of agriculture in China (Cook, 2017):

1.    No one blueprint model – sustainable agricultural depends on local climate and conditions which require specific approach thus policies would need to cover a wide range of framing model

2.    Promotion of sustainable framing – financial supports, investment and provide training

3.    Collective organisation – provides large range of resources and services to framer

4.    Certifications – increase market (depends on local market)

5.    Attract young generation – increase income, educations

6.    More resources focus in the research of sustainable agriculture – provide higher efficiency

I believe that sustainable farming is an essential pathway of agricultural for China. As mention before, there would be a growing population and urban development in the future. Food security would become an issue. I believe that the main reason behind food security is pollution, expansion of urban area and lack in labour which similar to the point from the report. The issue of food security would directly affect the triple bottom line of sustainability on a global scale, therefore, I believe that sustainable farming would be a solution to the future food security issue.

Cook Seth. (2016, April 05). Nurturing the shoots if China’s sustainable agriculture. Chinadialogue. Available at: https://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/8797-Nurturing-the-shoots-of-China-s-sustainable-agriculture/en (Accessed May 21, 2017).