Economic Report - African Countries Put Pressure on China

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new report says China's demand for food imports will sharply rise the next 10 years. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development made the prediction. They China will increase its imports of grains, oil seeds and meat. Gurria is secretary-general of the OECD. He says China's need for is growing at a time when world food production is decreasing. to China are expected to grow at a yearly rate of percent to 1.7 million tons by the year 2022. China's imports crops used to feed animals, called coarse grains, are expected to by 2022. And imports of oil seeds are predicted to rise percent. Angel Gurria says China's economic growth is fueling its hunger imports. He says the country already has a big effect on food markets. Jose Graziano Da Silva is the head of the and Agriculture Organization. He says reducing the large amount of food is now wasted would help meet the growing demand for food. rise in the Chinese demand for food is expected to cause and other commodity prices to rise. Businesses are taking new steps of China's influence on world food trade. Last month, the Chinese processing company Shuanghui announced a $7 billion offer for the American company Smithfield Foods. China is already the world's biggest importer of and soybeans. It is expected to become the world's biggest consumer pork, passing the European Union within 10 years. The FAO and say that will cause international pork prices to rise. For VOA English, I'm Alex Villarreal.

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