China Looks Abroad For Greener Pastures
March 29, 2014
Barbara Demick
China is the most populated country in the world. With the great amount of people they have living in the country, they need a large surplus of agriculture to provide for all the people. China needs to have large farms that produce a great amount of agriculture to keep the country with enough food. Farmers in China are known to be part of the lower class. Since the land in China is not rich with nutrients and there is not enough clean water to provide the agriculture with enough water, the economical outcome of being a farmer is not good. This country includes 20% of the worlds population but only has 9% of all farmable land. With 1.3 billion people to feed it is very difficult to feed all of them because of how polluted the land is. Since they do not have enough land to fulfill the needs of the countries' hunger, they are looking to move their farms to different countries. It would be economically hard to have any profit with farming if they spend money to make their own land farmable. Choosing to have farms in different countries is a responsible decision that will provide great results. Since they suffer from extreme drought and pollution it will be difficult to produce land that will have enough nutrients and clean water to actually produce enough food for the entire country. Hopefully Chine will make the right decision and create a deal with a country that will allow them to have farms there, because 1.3 billion hungry people will not be a good situation.
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