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From grain self-sufficiency to food system resilience: Rethinking China’s approach to food security
This paper argues that China’s food security approach is being broadened beyond a narrow emphasis on grain self-sufficiency toward a more resilience-oriented food systems perspective. This reframing reflects tightening resource constraints, dietary transition, and growing exposure to soybean and other protein-related imports.
Abstract
China’s food security approach is being broadened beyond a narrow emphasis on grain self-sufficiency toward a more resilience-oriented food systems perspective. This reframing reflects tightening resource constraints, dietary transition, and growing exposure to soybean and other protein-related imports. While grain security remains the policy bottom line, food security is increasingly understood in terms of diversified supply, nutritional adequacy, and system stability. Evaluating China’s food security through grain output and self-sufficiency alone is therefore no longer sufficient.
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