India and the People’s Republic of China must act quickly if they are to have enough to eat over the coming decades.

For the PRC, the biggest challenges come before 2030, when its population is expected to peak, then decline.

India, which will take over the mantle of the world’s most populous country around that time, will see its food needs continue to grow for decades after that, especially if it manages to ease the poverty that now afflicts one in five of its people.

The outcome of the efforts in the PRC and India will have consequences for the food supply of Asia and the rest of the world. Their success in meeting their food needs will be especially important to other countries having difficulty feeding their own populations.

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About the editors

Zhang-Yue Zhou is a professor at the College of Business, Law and Governance, James Cook University, Australia.

Guanghua Wan is an economist at the Asian Development Bank, Manila.

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