Agriculture in East Asia

Wilson Center
- The Wilson Center is a nonpartisan group of scholars offering independent research, open dialogue, and actionable ideas: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/
- China Environment Forum: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/program/china-environment-forum
- China Increasing Agricultural Production on a Sea of Plastic(article, 2020): https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2020/04/china-increasing-agricultural-production-sea-plastic/
- Pig Disease is Creating a Mountainous Solid Waste Problem (article, 2020): https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2020/02/pig-disease-creating-mountainous-solid-waste-problem/
- Reclaiming China’s Worn-out Farmland: Don’t Treat Soil Like Dirt (article, 2019): Link
- Not Too Big—Not Too Small—Just Right: Sand Bioreactor Wastewater Treatment in Chinese Villages (article, 2019): Link
- Making Food Safe and Sustainable in China (online lecture, 2016): https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/making-food-safe-and-sustainable-china-0
- Dealing with a Toxic Legacy: Soil Pollution in China (online lecture, 2014): https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/dealing-toxic-legacy-soil-pollution-china
- Insights on Ending Famines, Creating Food Security, and Fostering Thriving Livelihoods in a Changing World (online lecture, 2017) https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/insights-ending-famines-creating-food-security-and-fostering-thriving-livelihoods-changing
- Rural Climate Action in the U.S. and China(online lecture, 2020): https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/rural-climate-action-us-and-china

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- FAO is a United Nations agency that leads international efforts to defeat hunger: fao.org
- FAOSTAT: free access to food and agriculture statistics (1961 to most recent): http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#home

- Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators (Report): http://www.fao.org/sdg-progress-report/en/
- The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (Report, 2019): http://www.fao.org/3/ca5162en/ca5162en.pdf
- The State of Food and Agriculture: Moving Forward on Food Loss and Waste Reduction (Report, 2019): http://www.fao.org/3/ca6030en/ca6030en.pdf
- FAO Food Price Index (monthly change in international prices of food commodities): http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- ADB’s mission is to “achieve a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining our efforts to eradicate extreme.” Focus includes Agricultural and Food Productivity:
- COVID-19 highlights the need for safe, nutritious, and affordable food (blog post): https://blogs.adb.org/blog/covid-19-highlights-need-safe-nutritious-and-affordable-food
- Information and Communication Technology for Agriculture in the People’s Republic of China (Report, 2019): https://www.adb.org/publications/ict-technologies-agriculture-rural-china
- Finding the right balance in food production (blog post): https://blogs.adb.org/blog/finding-right-balance-food-production

The World Bank
- The World Bank is a global partnership looking for sustainable solutions to reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. worldbank.org
- Agriculture and Food section contains overview, strategy, results of projects by country, and partners: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/agriculture/overview
- Integrated Modern Agriculture Development Project (China since 2014) https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P125496?lang=en
- Three imperatives to keep food moving in a time of fear and confusion (blog post): https://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/three-imperatives-keep-food-moving-time-fear-and-confusion
- How to Green Agriculture in East Asia: Solutions for Cleaner and Safer Food Production (infographic): https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/infographic/2018/03/22/how-to-green-agriculture-in-east-asia-solutions-for-cleaner-and-safer-food-production
- The Challenge of Agricultural Pollution : Evidence from China, Vietnam, and the Philippines (book, downloadable): https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/29187

- Technology Drives Sustainable Agricultural Development in China: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2015/10/23/technology-drives-sustainable-agricultural-development-in-china
- Who Will Feed China in the 21st Century? Income Growth and Food Demand and Supply in China(article, 2014) http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/979211468217459841/pdf/WPS6926.pdf

5. International Institute for Environment and Development

Featured themes include “Food and Agriculture” and “Sustainable Markets” iied.org
Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation: strengthening the evidence and informing policy Research results from the Participatory Plant Breeding and Community Supported Agriculture (Project, China) https://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/17624IIED.pdf
Sustainable agriculture in China: then and now (article, 2015)https://www.iied.org/sustainable-agriculture-china-then-now

6. International Institute for Environment and Development

Featured themes include “Food and Agriculture” and “Sustainable Markets” iied.org
Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation: strengthening the evidence and informing policy Research results from the Participatory Plant Breeding and Community Supported Agriculture (Project, China) https://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/17624IIED.pdf
Sustainable agriculture in China: then and now (article, 2015)https://www.iied.org/sustainable-agriculture-china-then-now

7. United States Department of Agriculture (Economic Research Service)

United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service

8. Food security in China:

As the coronavirus disrupts food supply chains, who will feed China? (article, 2020) https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3079365/coronavirus-disrupts-food-supply-chains-who-will-feed-china
Reuters: China soil pollution efforts stymied by local governments: Greenpeace(article, 2019) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution-soil/china-soil-pollution-efforts-stymied-by-local-governments-greenpeace-idUSKCN1RT04D
China’s soil deterioration may become growing food crisis, adviser claims (article, 2010) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/feb/23/china-soil-deterioration-food-supply
AGRICULTURE IN CHINA: CHALLENGES, SHORTAGES, IMPORTS AND ORGANIC FARMING (article, 2013)http://factsanddetails.com/china/cat9/sub63/item348.html
National Bureau of Statistics of China http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/ Includes statistical database

9. Agriculture in Japan:

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF): https://www.maff.go.jp/e/
Promotion of Smart Agriculture (MAFF): https://www.maff.go.jp/e/policies/tech_res/smaagri/attach/pdf/robot-1.pdf
How Japan is revolutionizing agriculture without land or workers (article, 2019) https://blueberriesconsulting.com/en/como-japon-esta-revolucionando-la-agricultura-sin-tierra-ni-trabajadores/
Agriculture in Japan https://www.britannica.com/topic/agriculture/Japan
Japan’s farmers adopt smart technology to streamline rice growing: Drones and GPS-ready planters have the potential to make up for scarce workers https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Business-trends/Japan-s-farmers-adopt-smart-technology-to-streamline-rice-growing

10. Agriculture in South Korea:

Korea Rural Economic Institute: https://www.krei.re.kr/eng/contents.do?key=358
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs: https://www.mafra.go.kr/english/index.do
Agriculture in South Korea https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Korea/Agriculture-forestry-and-fishing

Lesson Plans:

Brown L. R. Who will Feed China? Wake-up Call for a Small Planet? The WorldWatch Environmental Alert Series (W. W. Norton & Company, New York, USA, 1995). https://archive.org/details/Who-Will-Feed-China/page/n13/mode/2up
Lesson plan using above book: https://fga.freac.fsu.edu/resources/drfernald/whowillfeedchina.pdf

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