China, the world's biggest agriculture importer, has set targets to drastically reduce its reliance on overseas buying over the coming decade, in line with its push for food security, but they will be exceedingly difficult to meet, experts say.
With limited land and water, China will have to sharply increase farming productivity through technology, including genetically modified crops, and expand the area under cultivation to meet Beijing's 10-year projections.
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