Beijing Is Restoring China’s Farmlands to Prevent Food Shortages Amid Russia-Ukraine War

A Chinese farmer works in a wheat field in Chiping county, Liaocheng, in China's Shandong Province, on March 15, 2017. The war between Russia and Ukraine has triggered a global food crisis. Amid the spring plowing season, farmers are being forced to resume plowing in many parts of China, and they have to pay for the resulting losses. STR/AFP via Getty Images

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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is pushing local authorities to reconvert fishponds and orchards back to arable land in order to increase farmland and mitigate a food crisis. However, this move has threatened the livelihood of locals, with some claiming that they were not fully compensated for their losses.