China’s crayfish boom is eating into food security, study warns

China’s crayfish farming boom is undermining national food security, a new study has warned, complicating local government efforts to eradicate poverty and ensure the nation can feed itself.With growing appetite among young Chinese diners, annual production of crayfish grew more than 30 times between 2003 and 2018 to over 1.6 million tonnes, becoming a 369 billion yuan (US$53 billion) business, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.The amount of land needed to breed the…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3096354/chinas-crayfish-boom-eating-food-security-study-warns