Changes in Chinese Food Consumption and Agricultural Production Requirements Based on Cereal Equivalent
Changes in Chinese Food Consumption and Agricultural Production Requirements Based on Cereal Equivalent
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2013
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Cao Zhi-hon
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Cao Zhi-hon
With improving Chinese living standards, the optimization and upgrade of resident food consumption will have an important impact on the demand for agricultural resources. Here, we analyze changes in Chinese food consumption and agricultural resource requirements based on a cereal equivalent. We found that in the overall development trend, Chinese food consumption is still vegetarian but is heading towards balanced nutrition and diversity. Food consumption structural optimization and adjustment increases pressure on the demand of agricultural resources.Rural residents' food consumption is 78.90% that of urban residents, indicating that the quality of urban resident food consumption is better than that of rural people; this difference between urban and rural people is increasing. The regional spatial distribution of Chinese resident food consumption shows composition consistency and north-south and ethnic differences. Regarding resident food consumption structure, though the agricultural resource demands for directly edible food are continuing to decrease in China, pressure on agricultural resources for livestock product demand is increasing. The demand for agricultural resources will rise about 25% as the optimization and upgrading of Chinese food consumption continues over the next 20 years.Consumption will become the primary driver affecting food supply security and replace population growth.