Letter

In response to How soybeans became a fault line in China’s food security

Greening the desert

This was a good summary of the issues around food security which the CCP have been working on for decades. But it misses the considerable efforts that are being undertaken in greening the vast deserts that comprise more than a quarter of China’s land area. These projects are aimed at turning these deserts into productive land for crops and protein production.

Efforts so far have been relatively limited scale but are gradually ramping up and will in decades to come add considerably to achieving the goal of food self-sufficiency.

— Les Macdonald from Balmain NSW 2041