Food & Resource Security

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council have issued the "Plan for Accelerating the Building of an Agricultural Powerhouse (2024-2035)".

The plan envisages that significant progress will be made in building a strong agricultural country by 2027. Significant progress has been made in the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, and the modernization of agriculture and rural areas has reached a new level. By 2035, significant results will be achieved in the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, and the modernization of agriculture will be largely completed. By the middle of this century, China will become a strong agricultural country. Rural areas will be thoroughly revitalized, and the modernization of agriculture and villages will be fully realized.

The plan proposes to strengthen the foundation of food security in all aspects to ensure that the Chinese people's rice bowl is held more firmly and stably; promote innovation in agricultural science and technological equipment in all fields to accelerate the achievement of high-level agricultural science and technological independence; improve the modern agricultural management system at all levels to promote the organic link between smallholder farmers and modern agricultural development; promote the modernization of the agro-industrial system along the entire chain to expand the comprehensive benefits of agriculture; further deepen foreign agricultural cooperation to create new advantages in international agricultural competition; promote the construction of high-quality, business-friendly and attractive livable villages to improve modern living standards in rural areas; promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas so as to reduce the gap between them.

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bsdnf said:

After successfully using carbon dioxide to synthesize starch, Chinese scientists successfully used carbon dioxide to synthesize sucrose. Both of them first used solar energy to produce hydrogen, synthesized methanol with captured carbon dioxide, and then converted methanol into starch or sugar through biological enzymes.

Currently, the cost of biological agents is still high, so the second stage of conversion to sugar is still in the laboratory. But the first stage of methanol production has begun mass production. Methanol is easy to transport and store, which not only solves the cost problem of power transmission, but also captures carbon dioxide during production, which is even more environmentally friendly.

After solving the enzyme cost of the second stage one day, solar farms are expected to become real farms

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FairAndUnbiased said:

unfortunately 3H2(g)+CO2(g)->CH3OH(l)+H2O(l) is very thermodynamically unfavorable simply by looking at it.

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