The task of feeding China’s 1.4 billion people is transforming the global food industry.In the effort to keep up with rising demand, domestic farms have been saturated with fertilizers and pesticides, while Chinese companies have bought arable land on every inhabited continent. In tandem with a Bloomberg News series on the world’s second green revolution, Gadfly takes a look at how China’s changing diet is reshaping global trade in unexpected ways.
By David Fickling Elaine He, May 23, 2017 , Bloomberg News