GEOG10001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Plant Genetics, Hectare, Gilgit-Baltistan
28 Jul 2018
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Lester brown"s argument: china has 1,273 million people (21% of world"s population) Predicted to rise to 1. 6 billion by 2030 (brown) If it chooses to, china has enough arable land and water to feed its projected population, even at current levels of technology. Keys to increasing food production in china: increased water use and efficiency, including increased transfers to drier northern areas, improved transport infrastructure improved flood prevention measures, research into plant genetics, biotechnology, and breeding research. But only 11% of the world"s agricultural land and. Consumes the greatest portion of grains and is the largest rice producer and consumer less than 6% of its water resources (christiaensen, 2012). in the world. Relatively land-scarce country - agricultural land endowment only about half the world average (fukase et al 2014). Us: half a hectare of farmed land for every person vs china: one-tenth of a hectare for each person.
