ABSTRACT
In many respects the development of agriculture in China over the last 50 years is an outstanding success story. In China 22% of the world’s current population are fed from only 7% of the world’s agricultural land. From 1995 to 2005, the total number of undernourished people in the world increased by 48 million, while in China, it decreased by 16 million (FAO 2009). Per capita availability of grain in China increased from 326 kg in 1980 to 399 kg in 2008, meat from 9 kg to 42 kg, while total population increased from 987 million to 1.33 billion in the same period (NBSC 2009).
