As a fast-developing country, China has become one of the
world’s major emitters of climate warming greenhouse gases. This
has sparked major concern among agriculture experts, claiming
raising temperatures could worsen normal farming problems. “Warm
winters create an environment in which plant diseases and pests
thrive, and these pose a serious threat to crops,” Xiong Wei, an
expert on the correlation between climate change and agriculture
with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, told China
Daily. Drought is also a concern. Lack of rainfall, some
associate with climate change, has forced officials to deliver
clean water to regions of Southwest China, areas dependent on
local farming. As of 2007, severe drought in Sichuan province
has cost farmers nearly $38 million. Via ENN.Read More:High
Temps Threaten China’s Crops, Water