The looming food crisis in Asia: Gardens of Beijing

About three years ago Tom Huang found himself in increasing pain from a bad stomach and went to the hospital for a diagnosis. The doctors told him it was the food he was eating that caused the problem and he needed to change to a healthier diet. Tom could not afford the expensive organic food offered in the Beijing supermarkets so he joined the increasing army of urban farmers tending small plots of land on the outskirts of the city. The first five parts of this series made the case that populations across Asia are increasing at a faster rate than food production and that unless something is done the continent will face a food crisis. In the last part D J Clark returns to Beijing to investigate the development of urban farming as a means to mitigate increasing global food prices.

Related video:

Part 1: The Crisis

Part 2: The Age Old Problem

Part 3: Century of Cities

Part 4: Changing Tastes

Part 5: Biotech crops?

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By D J Clark

Logistics: Hu Ting & Xiao Yi

Voiceovers: Lin Hanqing

Animation: Interactive Media Students, Yujiawei (Ruki), Caozhiguo (Carlo), Linwenqi, (Sammy), Liyang (Willam) from Raffles Changchun International College, Visual Communication Department

http://cc.raffles.edu.cn/

Executive Producer Flora Yue

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About D J Clark

D J Clark has worked worldwide as a multimedia journalist for more than 20 years. As well as working for China Daily he runs an MA course in Multimedia journalism at Beijing Foreign Studies University and is the Director of Visual Journalism at the Asia Center for Journalism in Manila, Philippines.