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Are there no mechanization gains in China to increase ag production per worker? In the short term they're already net importers of food, no reason this can't c
by piyh 3y ago
Are there no mechanization gains in China to increase ag production per worker? In the short term they're already net importers of food, no reason this can't continue until their population collapses via impacts of 1 child.
- isykt 3y agoChina is the world’s biggest importer of meat, dairy, soybeans and corn. The last time they tried an agricultural revolution, approximate 40m people starved to death. The Chinese population already in rapid decline, but not fast enough.
- Incipient 3y agoTheir population doesn't seem to be in decline yet? The population growth may be in decline (I didn't check) but the population isn't. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_history_of_China https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_history_of_China
- toomuchtodo 3y agohttps://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3211098/china-population-henan-shows-scale-demographic-challenge-deaths-outnumber-births-first-time-60-years https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3211098/china-populatio... https://www.npr.org/2023/01/17/1149453055/china-records-1st-population-fall-in-decades-as-births-drop https://www.npr.org/2023/01/17/1149453055/china-records-1st-...