Maize store in Heilongjiang Province Northern China
China is in the middle of the worst drought in 50 years Precipitation totals have fallen significantly across most of China s northern provinces 60 of China s 669 major cities face water shortages of these 110 face serious water shortages One of the main consequences of this is that many areas that previously produced much of China s food are seeing crop yields falling leading to a loss of long term food security Computer simulation shows that as Climate change accelerates it will lead to food shortages across large parts of china This shot shows a Maize drying in Heilongjiang Province northern China
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