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Food health
Food Health
Expanding markets,
undermining food sovereignty:
10 years of China’s Belt and Road
by GRAIN | 25 Jan 2024 grain.org
n October 2023, delegates would now allegedly focus investments internationally to
from 140 countries met in on smaller-scale, greener agriculture, averaging USD
IBeijing to mark the 10th projects. However, with 1.71 billion annually.[2] Yet,
anniversary of China’s Belt one big exception: food and in this BRI food trade push,
and Road Initiative (BRI). agriculture. China’s food trade China might not be seeing
Against the backdrop of with BRI partners actually the forest for the trees. While
China’s economic challenges surged by 162 per cent in the China has made significant
and tensions with the US, the last decade, reaching USD strides in securing control
Third BRI Forum supposedly 76.10 billion.[1] over its overseas food supply
marked a shift away from through BRI investments, its
major overseas investments Supporting the trend, since dependence on food imports
in large-scale projects. The 2018, China has been the has grown.
Belt and Road Initiative leading country providing
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