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Saturday, August 25, 2007

Global warming to decimate China's harvests

The year 2030 is a key date because that is when the nation's population is expected to peak at 1.5 billion people, up from just over 1.3 billion today, requiring an extra 100 million tons of food to feed them. "Global warming may cause the grain harvest to fall by five to 10 percent, that is by 30-50 million tons, by 2030," the China Daily quoted Zheng as saying.

"Warmer weather will shorten the growth period of some grains and their seeds won't have enough time to ripen." Farmland has been shrinking rapidly in recent years due to China's historic urbanisation process, and Zheng's estimate of an extra 10 million hectares is nearly double what is available today.

Labels: China, Climate Change, Food Shortages

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