Climate change has become one of the greatestchallenges faced by the human race. It affects almost all aspects of our society, including food supply. Agriculture has long been the foundation of China’s social and economic development.
With a large agricultural population and a huge pressure placed on resources, as well as a large production area that features complex topography and distinct patterns of climate,
China’s farming industry is very vulnerable to climate change. Against this background, ecological agriculture therefore has its obvious advantages. It is of great importance for the sustainable development of agricultural and national security to determine the impact of
climate change on agriculture and food security in the country, and to devise and implement appropriate measures to avoid these problems.
Currently, climate change, deficiency of water resources and decreasing farmland threatens food production in China. At the same time the change of nutritional structure and population increase have resulted in rising consumption.There are emerging concerns that China’s self sufficiency in food production may be at risk. Thus some government officials and agricultural experts have seen genetically engineered (GE) crops as a quick solution to the huge and complex food supply
challenge.
