PodcastPublié le 04.06.2026

Feeding 1 in 6: China and the Future of Food - Who grows the rice?


Dr. Lena Kaufmann is featured in the new podcast series "Feeding 1 in 6: China and the Future of Food". One-third of the world's rice is grown in China, on less than a fifth of the world's rice-growing area, by farmers whose average age is over 55, in a countryside that is slowly emptying. This episode asks how that's possible, and how much longer it can last. Listen here: https://www.tabledebates.org/podcast/episode101