China's food conundrum : insecurity of the rural abandoned

• Main Author: Zhang, Hongzhou
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79817; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7979
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The 130 million people who are left behind in China’s rural areas are posing a severe challenge to the country’s food security -- for the food producers as much as consumers. The conundrum of the abandoned farmers and farmland may have global implications.