ABSTRACT
This paper is about the long-term prospects in world cereals trade, with particular reference to the import requirements of China and Asia as a whole. How is this topic related to the theme of this book, the regional economic security of China and Asia? In the development debate the terms food or agriculture and security are usually brought together in the concept of food security. Roughly, a country is food-secure when all persons have access to sufficient food for leading a life unimpaired by shortcomings due to inadequate nutrition. In a narrower sense, the term is used to denote a state of minimal risk of occurrence of food shortages and/or disruption in the orderly flow of food supplies to markets and the ability of the authorities to respond to such occurrences, should they arise.
