Who Will Feed China?
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"Who Will Feed China?" is a influential book by environmental analyst Lester R. Brown that examines the global food security implications of China’s rising demand for grain and other agricultural products.
All labels observed (1)
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| Who Will Feed China? canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4052507 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Who Will Feed China? Context triple: [Lester R. Brown, notableWork, Who Will Feed China?]
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A.
APEC Policy Partnership on Food Security
The APEC Policy Partnership on Food Security is a public–private forum within APEC that works to enhance regional food security by promoting sustainable, resilient, and inclusive food systems and trade across member economies.
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B.
Land and Labour in China
Land and Labour in China is a seminal socio-economic study by R. H. Tawney examining agrarian conditions, rural society, and land tenure in early 20th-century China.
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C.
State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World
State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World is an annual flagship UN report that provides comprehensive analysis and statistics on global hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition trends.
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D.
Reflections on China
Reflections on China is a political work by Albanian leader Enver Hoxha in which he critiques and analyzes the policies and ideological shifts of the Chinese Communist Party.
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E.
The Violence of the Green Revolution
The Violence of the Green Revolution is a critical analysis by Vandana Shiva examining how industrial agriculture and high-yield crop technologies have harmed ecological systems, small farmers, and food security, particularly in India.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Who Will Feed China? Target entity description: "Who Will Feed China?" is a influential book by environmental analyst Lester R. Brown that examines the global food security implications of China’s rising demand for grain and other agricultural products.
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A.
APEC Policy Partnership on Food Security
The APEC Policy Partnership on Food Security is a public–private forum within APEC that works to enhance regional food security by promoting sustainable, resilient, and inclusive food systems and trade across member economies.
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B.
Land and Labour in China
Land and Labour in China is a seminal socio-economic study by R. H. Tawney examining agrarian conditions, rural society, and land tenure in early 20th-century China.
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C.
State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World
State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World is an annual flagship UN report that provides comprehensive analysis and statistics on global hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition trends.
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D.
Reflections on China
Reflections on China is a political work by Albanian leader Enver Hoxha in which he critiques and analyzes the policies and ideological shifts of the Chinese Communist Party.
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E.
The Violence of the Green Revolution
The Violence of the Green Revolution is a critical analysis by Vandana Shiva examining how industrial agriculture and high-yield crop technologies have harmed ecological systems, small farmers, and food security, particularly in India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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environmental studies book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| argues |
China may become a massive grain importer
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China’s food demand could strain global food supplies ⓘ environmental degradation threatens agricultural output ⓘ market signals alone may not prevent food shortages ⓘ |
| author | Lester R. Brown ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focusesOn |
China’s dependence on grain imports
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China’s rising demand for grain ⓘ global environmental limits to food production ⓘ impacts of China’s food demand on world markets ⓘ land and water constraints in China ⓘ loss of cropland to urbanization in China ⓘ overpumping of aquifers in China ⓘ policy responses to food scarcity ⓘ soil erosion in China ⓘ |
| genre |
environmentalism
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food policy ⓘ international relations ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
environmental policy discourse
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global debate on food security ⓘ policy discussions on China’s grain imports ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
concerns about global carrying capacity
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environmental limits to growth debates ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
China
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agricultural policy ⓘ environmental sustainability ⓘ food security ⓘ global food supply ⓘ grain demand ⓘ |
| notableFor |
linking environmental degradation to food supply risks
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popularizing the question of who will feed a growing China ⓘ raising early alarms about China’s impact on world food markets ⓘ |
| perspective |
environmentalist
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neo-Malthusian ⓘ |
| proposes |
improving water-use efficiency in agriculture
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protecting cropland from nonfarm uses ⓘ shifting priorities from military spending to food security ⓘ stabilizing population to ease pressure on resources ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
academics
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general public interested in global issues ⓘ policymakers ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
| warnsAbout |
competition for land and water resources
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potential global food price increases ⓘ risk of social and political instability from food scarcity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Who Will Feed China? Description of subject: "Who Will Feed China?" is a influential book by environmental analyst Lester R. Brown that examines the global food security implications of China’s rising demand for grain and other agricultural products.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.