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U.N. Food Official Highlights Food Security Challenges In World's Most Populous Nation
U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to food Olivier De Schutter said Thursday that recent food price spikes in China, "in the world's most populous nation," underscore the country's food security challenges resulting from decreasing amounts of arable land, Agence France-Presse reports. Significant land degradation is also hindering China's agricultural output, De Schutter said as he wrapped up a visit to China. "The recent food price hikes in China are a harbinger of what may be lying ahead," he said in a statement. "This situation should encourage China to move towards more sustainable types of farming," De Schutter added (12/23).
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