By Janis Mackey Frayer and Henry Austin
Already the world’s biggest food producer, China is also the biggest food importer.
The country imported more than 140 million tons of grains last year, the equivalent of 21% of its annual domestic grain production.
Amid tensions with the U.S., which was its biggest agricultural supplier before a trade war began in 2018, Beijing has turned to countries such as Brazil and Argentina for food imports, while ramping up efforts to ensure food security and carrying out a high-profile campaign against food waste.
“We cannot control the environment in an open field,” Yang said, adding that indoor growers could control the temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide, as well as plant nutrient systems.
“Inside there is no drought, there is no flood. There are no extreme weather patterns to worry about,” he said.
“Because we can control the environment of this kind of system,” he said, “we can grow food everywhere.”
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