How to balance green and grain in marginal mountainous areas?

Y Zeng, L Ran, N Fang, Z Wang, Z Xu, X Lu… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
China has implemented the world's largest‐ever vegetation restoration program in marginal
mountainous areas to sustain life on land. However, land competition between the demand …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale production: A possible way to the balance between feed grain security and meat security in China

S Yang, X Cui - Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Food security as a national strategy, closely links to China's economic progress, people's
livelihoods and social harmony. The balance between feed grain security and meat security …

[HTML][HTML] Tradeoff analysis of the pork supply and food security under the influence of African swine fever and the COVID-19 outbreak in China

H Yao, C Zang, X Zuo, Y Xian, Y Lu, Y Huang… - Geography and …, 2022 - Elsevier
China is the world's largest consumer of pork and grains. However, African swine fever
(ASF) and the COVID-19 outbreak have greatly impacted the pork supply and food security …

The story of grain self‐sufficiency: China's food security and food for thought

Y Niu, G Xie, Y Xiao, J Liu, H Zou, K Qin… - Food and Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Grain self‐sufficiency (GSS) is gaining increased attention throughout the world, and this
holds particularly true for China. This study, therefore, investigated spatial and temporal …

Increasing food and feed self-sufficiency and avoiding manure N surplus in eastern regions of China through a spatial crop-livestock optimisation model

Y Li, Y Shi, X Deng, Z Sun, F Accatino - Agricultural Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
CONTEXT As the largest emerging economy globally, China is facing crop-livestock
disconnection, which causes unnecessary synthetic fertiliser use, local food and feed …

Strategies for increasing agricultural viability, resilience and sustainability amid disruptive events: An expert-based analysis of relevance

E Ribašauskienė, A Volkov, M Morkūnas… - Journal of Business …, 2024 - Elsevier
Responding to disruptive events is important to maintain supply chain viability. It is of the
utmost importance to maintain functioning of agrifood supply chains as they provide …

Comparing specialised crop and integrated crop-livestock systems in China with a multi-criteria approach using the emergy method

Y Li, Z Sun, F Accatino, S Hang, Y Lv… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The dominant specialised cropping system (SCS) has supported the increasing population
in China, although this agricultural production paradigm could lead to environmental …

Satisfying meat demand while avoiding excess manure: Studying the trade-off in eastern regions of China with a nitrogen approach

Y Li, Z Sun, F Accatino - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the rising incomes and rapid urbanization, China is facing a challenge in producing
more meat while avoiding excess manure. These objectives might be in contrast: if excess …

[HTML][HTML] Reducing livestock quantities to avoid manure nitrogen surplus: would meat self-sufficiency be met in eastern regions of China?

Y Li, Z Sun, X Deng, F Accatino - Resources, Environment and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In building a sustainable food system, the management of livestock production should avoid
nitrogen (N) surplus and ensure animal-sourced food self-sufficiency. Reducing livestock …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the Foodshed and Food Self-Sufficiency of the Pearl River Delta Megacity Region in China

Y Wang, H Shi, Y Zhang, X Li, M Zhao, B Sun - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Food self-sufficiency has long been regarded as essential for understanding and managing
urban and regional food systems; however, few studies have examined the food self …