Desertification of China

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Description:

Desertification is the transformation of arable or habitable land to desert, as by a change in climate or destructive land use.<ref>[Dictionary.com]</ref>
Amount of desert in China is increasing by 900 sq miles every year!

Enablers:

  1. Increased water scarcity


Inhibitors:

  1. Improved agriculture

Paradigms:

  1. The world's largest economy can't feed itself


Timing:

1960: Great famine

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