Concerns rise over China's farming output

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Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe China is the most populous country in the world, with a population of over 1.3 billion people. It also leads in agricultural output, having nine per cent of the world's fertile land. But its 700 million farmers may not be able to sustain this for much longer. Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas reports. At Al Jazeera English, we focus on people and events that affect people's lives. We bring topics to light that often go under-reported, listening to all sides of the story and giving a 'voice to the voiceless.' Reaching more than 270 million households in over 140 countries across the globe, our viewers trust Al Jazeera English to keep them informed, inspired, and entertained. Our impartial, fact-based reporting wins worldwide praise and respect. It is our unique brand of journalism that the world has come to rely on. We are reshaping global media and constantly working to strengthen our reputation as one of the world's most respected news and current affairs channels. Social Media links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Instagram: https://instagram.com/aljazeera/?ref=... Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajenglish Website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ google+: https://plus.google.com/+aljazeera/posts

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Are you hoping for the deaths of millions of people? You obviously have no knowledge nor understanding in world economics and history, so keep your ignorant opinions to yourself. Through that comment, you have just proven yourself to be one of the lowest trash in humanity. If we do need to get rid of people, I hope you are one of them. Who gave one irrelevant, useless moron the right to wish death upon millions of people. Go kill yourself, our planet do not need you!.

lol! Do you know any countries that have over 5000 yrs history and culture been label as a stupid race?

lol! Racist piece of shit I don't live in China. If China are that bad then why every major companies in the World have businese in China? Have you eve been to China? Here are the facts: America have over 300,000,000 people but we consume more foods,energy,etc than the 1.3,000,000,000 Chinese people.

Are of you are the same, I am surprised you are even allowed to view this view in your fucked up country....Good luck with your food stocks!

Exploding Watermelons.

You forgot to understand that in an economy of total commodification, if one does not have the means of exchange (money), one has no access to the existing wealth. If you don't have money, you have no means to communicate your needs to the producer. I suffered the haunt of hunger more than once as a child, in industrialized West Germany. Why? Not because the stores were empty, but because my mother was denied the ability to sell her labor in exchange for a living wage. Capital is the enemy.

Most Chinese farmers don't use modern farming equipment. As time goes by, they'll have that and produce more food. I don't get the problem here. Am I missing anything?

Better living? In the city?

Correct me if I'm wrong too! :)

No they're first and foremost a measure against poverty (in that they give a family, single mother, etc. the ability to feed themselves thus allowing people to move beyond subsistence needs). I know that the biometric side of the equation does negate a lot of corruption and fraud but I've never heard of them being used solely for that purpose.

Calm down. What has knowing about the history and culture of China got to do with anything? A lot of the people in the city I live in (Melbourne) come from China, woop de doo.

Shut your stinky mouth bitch. Seriously bitch, what do you know about Chinese 5000 yrs history and culture? Did you know Korean,Japanese,Taiwanese,Laotion,Thai and most of Asian are originated from the motherland China?

Start old people cooperatives. As people grow older they can move back to the country and join a coop. Many hands make the job easier.

Good, I hope their food stocks crash and when they start dying of starvation, they realize the planet (and the land that they have) can support 1.3 billion people....Some dumb races have to learn the hard way.

Aren't biometric/grant programs just an accountability scheme to use against fraud and corruption? While that's significantly important, it's not a policy strategy in and of itself. You need good policy to keep accountable first. Correct me if I am wrong.

Will that be before or after she has someone tell her where China is on a map?

You should take a look at biometric social/basic income grants specifically for India, South America and South Africa if you get some time. It's quite interesting how they help not only alleviate poverty but overpopulation. It's arguably one of the most progressive ways of tackling these issues (with further work on these schemes of course) in the 21st century.

ahhhh look at the sweet lil piggy at 2:05!!!

Dude, chill out.

fearmongering, plain ignorance. Global existing agriculture could produce enough to feed 12 Billion humans (double the world population nearly) 2700 kc a day. But yet, 35 MILLION humans die a year in undernourishment. At the current stage of the productive forces of labor, Humanity is AMAZINGLY. People are hungry because there is not a problem of poverty in humanity, but a problem of fair distribution. Capital, it's evil.