Integrating agricultural diversification in China's major policies

Xueqing He; Wolfgang Weisser; Yi Zou; Shenggen Fan; Thomas Ward Crowther; Thomas Cherico Wanger

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2022.07.002

Integrating agricultural diversification in China's major policies

Trends Ecol Evol. 2022 Oct;37(10):819-822. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.07.002. Epub 2022 Jul 30.

Authors

Xueqing He¹, Wolfgang Weisser², Yi Zou³, Shenggen Fan⁴, Thomas Ward Crowther⁵, Thomas Cherico Wanger⁶

Affiliations

¹ Sustainable Agricultural System & Engineering Laboratory, School of Engineering, Westlake University; Hangzhou, China; ChinaRiceNetwork.org, Hangzhou, China; Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University; Suzhou, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich; Munich, Germany.
³ Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University; Suzhou, China; ChinaRiceNetwork.org, Hangzhou, China.
⁴ Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy, China Agricultural University; Beijing, China.
⁵ Crowther Lab, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich; Zürich, Switzerland.
⁶ Sustainable Agricultural System & Engineering Laboratory, School of Engineering, Westlake University; Hangzhou, China; ChinaRiceNetwork.org, Hangzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, Westlake University; Hangzhou, China; Agroecology, University of Göttingen; Göttingen, Germany; GlobalAgroforestryNetwork.org, Hangzhou, China. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 35918209
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.07.002

Abstract

Agricultural diversification is proposed as a solution to achieve food security and sustainability in intensified agriculture, but a large-scale policy implementation is lacking. As a leading agricultural producer, the integration of diversification in major policies in China could provide an important example of how to facilitate a sustainable food system transformation globally.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Agriculture*
China
Policy*