[1]SU Bingqian,WANG Yinyin,SHANGGUAN Zhouping.Assessment of Food Structure and Its Security Situation in Northwest China[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2017,24(06):354-359.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
24
Number of periods:
2017 06
Page number:
354-359
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Public date:
2017-11-24
- Title:
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Assessment of Food Structure and Its Security Situation in Northwest China
- Author(s):
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SU Bingqian1,2, WANG Yinyin1,2, SHANGGUAN Zhouping3
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1. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;
2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
3. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Keywords:
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northwest China; food; food security; situation; sustainable development
- CLC:
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F307
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
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Food is the foundation of the national economy, the issue of food safety is a major problem faced by countries all over the world. To grasp and judge correctly food security situation of a country or region has very important practical significance for the sustainable development of economy and society. Based on the analysis of the food structure and production, per capita food occupies and per person per day heat quantity in seven provinces (regions) of Northwest China during 2000-2014, current situation of food security is evaluated and judged. The results show that during 2000-2014, the production of grain, vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, milk,cotton,oil plants and other food presented the growing trend with the fluctuations as a whole, and the types of food tended to be diversified and enriched in seven provinces (regions) of Northwest China; per capita share of grain and fruits was more than the national average level in the past five years in Northwest China, per capita shares of milk,cotton and oil plants were more than the national per capita occupies during 2000-2014, but per capita shares of vegetables, eggs and meat were lower than the national average level; other six provinces (regions) had reached the per capita daily calorie nutrition requirements in 2014, except for Qinghai; since 2000, the degree of food security in Northwest China enhanced unceasingly, but in 2014, the food security was still in a lower security level. The northwest region is still faced with many challenges, such as the lack of water resources, the limited area and quality of land and uncultured agricultural technology and equipment, food security in the region is threatened, in view of these problems, strategies involving the adjustment of the agricultural structure, ecological environment protection and the guarantee of food security and sustainable development are proposed in this paper.