Making Food Safe and Sustainable in China
The leading source of water pollution in China is not industry or municipal waste, rather the country’s vast agricultural sector—pesticide and fertilizer runoff from fields and animal waste from industrial-scale farms.
Overview
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The leading source of water pollution in China is not industry or municipal waste, rather the country’s vast agricultural sector—pesticide and fertilizer runoff from fields and animal waste from industrial-scale farms.
Sabrina Snell (U.S.-China Economic and Security Commission) will discuss the food safety challenges in China’s dairy sector and also explore questions of how to link rural dairy farmers with urban markets while improving food chain governance and agricultural sustainability. Xuehua Zhang (Sichuan University) will talk about a 10-year demonstration project led by the Chengdu Urban Rivers Association that has helped a farming village in Sichuan Province reduce agricultural non-point pollution into local rivers and soil. Susan Chan Shifflett (Wilson Center) will discuss how growing demand for meat and safer food is driving China’s appetite for agricultural imports, opening up opportunities and challenges for U.S. agribusiness.
Speakers
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China Environment Forum
Since 1997, the China Environment Forum's mission has been to forge US-China cooperation on energy, environment, and sustainable development challenges. We play a unique nonpartisan role in creating multi-stakeholder dialogues around these issues. Read more
Global Risk and Resilience Program
The Global Risk and Resilience Program (GRRP) seeks to support the development of inclusive, resilient networks in local communities facing global change. By providing a platform for sharing lessons, mapping knowledge, and linking people and ideas, GRRP and its affiliated programs empower policymakers, practitioners, and community members to participate in the global dialogue on sustainability and resilience. Empowered communities are better able to develop flexible, diverse, and equitable networks of resilience that can improve their health, preserve their natural resources, and build peace between people in a changing world. Read more
Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
The Kissinger Institute works to ensure that China policy serves American long-term interests and is founded in understanding of historical and cultural factors in bilateral relations and in accurate assessment of the aspirations of China’s government and people. Read more
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