Research Trends of Food Security In China: Global Governance Issues

Moch. Rifqi Mei Redha; Tunjung Sulaksono; Suranto Suranto

doi:10.62870/jog.v10i2.27558

Research Trends of Food Security In China: Global Governance Issues

Moch. Rifqi Mei Redha, Tunjung Sulaksono, Suranto Suranto

Abstract

This study aims to broadcast globally published documents to guide the correct understanding of this context and initiate policies that the Chinese government needs. China, as one of the largest developing countries, faces the challenge of food security issues, which is an important aspect in studying the policies implemented by the Chinese government in dealing with this issue. The method used is a bibliometric analysis approach with data sources from the Scopus database. The analysis tools are CiteSpace and VOSviewer. This study found that global research trends on food security issues have influenced the interests of researchers worldwide. This is evidenced by the high number of recently published documents. Several research themes require further evaluation, including China's land protection and food policy. The implications of these findings also contribute to the formulation of China's future policies. Responsiveness to global change is also an important point to consider.

Keywords

Bibliometric Analysis; Food Policy; Food Security; Global Security Issues; Governance Issues

Full Text:

PDF 441-459

References

Affoh, R., Zheng, H., Dangui, K., & Dissani, B. M. (2022). The Impact of Climate Variability and Change on Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Perspective from Panel Data Analysis. Sustainability (Switzerland), 14(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/su14020759

Ahmed, N., Areche, F. O., Cotrina Cabello, G. G., Córdova Trujillo, P. D., Sheikh, A. A., & Abiad, M. G. (2023). Intensifying Effects of Climate Change in Food Loss: A Threat to Food Security in Turkey. Sustainability (Switzerland), 15(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15010350

Alotaibi, B. A., Baig, M. B., Najim, M. M. M., Shah, A. A., & Alamri, Y. A. (2023). Water Scarcity Management to Ensure Food Scarcity through Sustainable Water Resources Management in Saudi Arabia. Sustainability (Switzerland), 15(13). https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310648

Angel, M., Potter, M., & Sithole-Matarise, E. (2025). World food prices increase in April, UN’s FAO says. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/corrected-world-food-prices-increase-april-uns-fao-says-2025-05-02/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Bernard, B. M., Song, Y., Hena, S., Ahmad, F., & Wang, X. (2022). Assessing Africa’s Agricultural TFP for Food Security and Effects on Human Development: Evidence from 35 Countries. Sustainability (Switzerland), 14(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116411

Cai, J., Zhou, B., Chen, S., Wang, X., Yang, S., Cheng, Z., Wang, F., Mei, X., & Wu, D. (2024). Spatial and Temporal Variability of Soil Moisture and Its Driving Factors in the Northern Agricultural Regions of China. Water (Switzerland), 16(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/w16040556

Chen, A., He, H., Wang, J., Li, M., Guan, Q., & Hao, J. (2019). A study on the arable land demand for food security in China. Sustainability (Switzerland), 11(17), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11174769

Chen, W., Yang, L., Zeng, J., Yuan, J., Gu, T., & Liu, Z. (2023). Untangling the increasing elevation of cropland in China from 1980 to 2020. Geography and Sustainability, 4(4), 281–293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2023.06.002

Chen, X., Wong, C. U. I., Lam, J. F. I., & Zhang, H. (2023). Building a sustainable food security evaluation system for the Yangtze River Economic Belt: Analysis based on entropy weight TOPSIS model method. Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development, 7(3), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.24294/jipd.v7i3.2547

Cheng, P., Tang, H., Dong, Y., Liu, K., Jiang, P., & Liu, Y. (2021). Knowledge mapping of research on land use change and food security: A visual analysis using citespace and vosviewer. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(24). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413065

Ching-Pong Poo, M., Wang, T., & Yang, Z. (2024). Global food supply chain resilience assessment: A case in the United Kingdom. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 181(February), 104018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2024.104018

Deng, X., Xu, D., Zeng, M., & Qi, Y. (2019). Does Internet use help reduce rural cropland abandonment? Evidence from China. Land Use Policy, 89, 104243. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104243

Deng, Y., & Zeng, F. (2023). Sustainable Path of Food Security in China under the Background of Green Agricultural Development. Sustainability (Switzerland), 15(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/su15032538

Ding, X., & Yang, Z. (2022). Knowledge mapping of platform research: a visual analysis using VOSviewer and CiteSpace. Electronic Commerce Research, 22(3), 787–809. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10660-020-09410-7

Eurostat. (2025). Africa-EU - international trade in goods statistics. Eurostat, September, 1–9. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/China-EU_-_international_trade_in_goods_statistics#EU_and_China_in_world_trade_in_goods

Fang, L., Fu, Y., Chen, S., & Mao, H. (2021). Can water rights trading pilot policy ensure food security in China? Based on the difference-in-differences method. Water Policy, 23(6), 1415–1434. https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2021.045

Fei, S., Qian, Z., Santini, G., Ni, J., Bing, Y., Zhu, L., Fu, J., Li, Z., & Wang, N. (2023). Towards the high-quality development of City Region Food Systems: Emerging approaches in China. Cities, 135(February), 104212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104212

Guo, B., He, D., & Jin, G. (2023). Agricultural production efficiency estimation and spatiotemporal convergence characteristic analysis in the Yangtze River Economic Belt: A semi-parametric metafrontier approach. Land Degradation and Development, 34, 13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4798

Han, Z., Zheng, X., Hou, L., Xiao, N., & Deng, X. (2024). Changes in China’s food security driven by nutrition security and resource constraints. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 26(3), 7927–7945. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03042-1

Huda, M. N., Nurmandi, A., Qodir, Z., Sutan, A. J., Misran, Utaminingsih, N., & Suswanta. (2022). Social Media Role to Support Palestinian on Palestine—Israel Conflict (2021). In Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Innovation on Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences (ICOSI-HESS 2022) (pp. 901–913). Atlantis Press SARL. https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-65-7_71

Huda, N., Nurmandi, A., & Saefudin. (2025). A bibliometric analysis of research on digital maturity: research streams, Influential works and future research paths. Journal of Governance and Development, 21(1), 40–53.

Jingyi, C., & Jingjing, M. (2025). China’s foreign trade off to a stable start in 2025, as exports hit record high: GAC. GlobalTimes. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202503/1329688.shtml

Le, A. T., & Nguyen, H. S. (2023). Ecotourism research progress: A bibliometric analysis (period 2002–2022) using VOSviewer Software. Turyzm/Tourism, 33(2), 71–81. https://doi.org/10.18778/0867-5856.33.2.06

Li, J., Ma, W., Botero-R, J. C., & Quoc Luu, P. (2024). Mechanization in land preparation and irrigation water productivity: insights from rice production. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 40(3), 379–400. https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2023.2197080

Li, L., Huang, X., Wu, D., & Yang, H. (2023). Construction of ecological security pattern adapting to future land use change in Pearl River Delta, China. Applied Geography, 154, 102946. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.102946

Li, Y., Zhao, B., Huang, A., Xiong, B., & Song, C. (2021). Characteristics and driving forces of non-grain production of cultivated land from the perspective of food security. Sustainability (Switzerland), 13(24). https://doi.org/10.3390/su132414047

Liang, X., Yang, S., Lou, Z., & Ali, A. (2024). The Impact of Japan’s Discharge of Nuclear-Contaminated Water on Aquaculture Production, Trade, and Food Security in China and Japan. Sustainability (Switzerland), 16(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/su16031285

Lin, Q., Dai, X., Cheng, Q., & Lin, W. (2022). Can Digital Inclusive Finance Promote Food Security? Evidence from China. Sustainability (Switzerland), 14(20). https://doi.org/10.3390/su142013160

Lin, S., & Cui, J. (2024). South-South cooperation and food security: Evidence from Chinese agricultural technology demonstration Center in Africa. China Economic Quarterly International, 4(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceqi.2024.02.001

Lu, X., Li, Y., & Ke, S. (2020). Spatial distribution pattern and its optimization strategy of China’s overseas farmland investments. Land Use Policy, 91, 104355. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104355

Maan, A., & Malhotra, K. (2024). Mapping Students’ Readiness for E-Learning in Higher Education: A Bibliometric Analysis. Journal of Learning for Development, 11(1), 27–51. https://doi.org/10.56059/jl4d.v11i1.1036

Morrow, N., Borrell, J. S., Mock, N. B., Büchi, L., Gatto, A., & Lulekal, E. (2023). Measure of indigenous perennial staple crop, Ensete ventricosum, associated with positive food security outcomes in southern Ethiopian highlands. Food Policy, 117(March), 102451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102451

Mperejekumana, P., Shen, L., Zhong, S., Muhirwa, F., Nsabiyeze, A., Nsigayehe, J. M. V., & Nyirarwasa, A. (2023). Assessing the Capacity of the Water–Energy–Food Nexus in Enhancing Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Burundi. Sustainability (Switzerland), 15(19). https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914117

Pickson, R. B., & Boateng, E. (2022). Climate change: a friend or foe to food security in Africa? Environment, Development and Sustainability, 24(3), 4387–4412. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01621-8

Redha, M. R. M., & Hilman, Y. A. (2024). Analisis Aktor Collaborative Governance Dalam Program Pemuda Hebat Kabupaten Ponorogo. 12(2007), 37–54. https://doi.org/10.34010/agregasi.v12i1.12569

Redha, M. R. M., Suswanta, & Al-Hamdi, R. (2024). Analysis of Media Report Framing on Jokowi Dynasty Politics in the 2024 Presidential Election. 9(2), 124–141. https://doi.org/10.15294/ipsr.v9i2.10003

Rifqi, M., Redha, M., Pribadi, U., & Wahyuni, H. (2025). Digital transformation in the tourism sector of Ponorogo Regency , Indonesia. 9(March), 223–234. https://doi.org/10.25139/jsk.v9i1.9645

Song, Z., Zhang, T., Yu, W., Shen, D., & Wang, W. (2024). China’s Water Footprint on Urban and Rural Food Consumption: A Spatial–Temporal Evolution and Its Driving Factors Analysis from 2000 to 2020. Water (Switzerland), 16(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/w16020247

Su, X., Li, X., & Kang, Y. (2019). A Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage Using CiteSpace. SAGE Open, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019840119

Suling, C. F., Purnomo, E. P., Hubacek, K., & Anand, P. (2023). The Influence of “Renewable Energy Directive II” Policy for The Sustainability of Palm Oil Industry in Indonesia. Journal of Governance, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.31506/jog.v8i3.19930

Sun, Z., & Zhang, D. (2021). Impact of trade openness on food security: Evidence from panel data for central asian countries. Foods, 10(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10123012

Wang, H., Li, C., Liu, J., & Zhang, S. (2019). Research on farmers’willingness of land transfer behavior based on food security. Sustainability (Switzerland), 11(8), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11082338

Wang, H., Liu, H., & Wang, D. (2022). Agricultural Insurance, Climate Change, and Food Security: Evidence from Chinese Farmers. Sustainability (Switzerland), 14(15), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159493

Wang M. (2019). Investigation of future land use change and implications for croland quality: the case of China. Sustainability (Switzerland). https://doi.org/10.3390/su10023327

Wang, W., & Lu, C. (2020). Visualization analysis of big data research based on Citespace. Soft Computing, 24(11), 8173–8186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-019-04384-7

Wang, Y. S. (2019). The challenges and strategies of food security under rapid urbanization in China. Sustainability (Switzerland), 11(2), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11020542

Wang, Y., Shi, H., Zhang, Y., Li, X., Zhao, M., & Sun, B. (2023). Assessing the Foodshed and Food Self-Sufficiency of the Pearl River Delta Megacity Region in China. Foods, 12(23). https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12234210

Wang, Z., Huang, C., & Li, X. (2020). Research Trends and Hotspot Analysis of Conjunctival Bacteria Based on CiteSpace Software. BioMed Research International, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/2580795

Wilson, S. (2025). What will the unravelling of US-China trade mean for the economy? MoneyWeek. https://moneyweek.com/economy/global-economy/us-china-trade-decoupling?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Xinhua, & Huaxia. (2025). China Focus: China’s foreign trade hits new high in 2024. Explore Cinhuanet. http://english.news.cn/20250113/cff2e43549b2469699d8e7f10dd49ac0/c.html

Yan, S., & Alvi, S. (2022). Food security in South Asia under climate change and economic policies. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 14(3), 237–251. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCCSM-10-2021-0113

Yang, J., Cui, J., Lv, Z., Ran, M., Sun, B., Sui, P., & Chen, Y. (2020). Will maize-based cropping systems reduce water consumption without compromise of food security in the north china plain? Water (Switzerland), 12(10), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12102946

Yang, R., & Xu, H. (2023). Does agricultural water-saving policy improve food security? Evidence from the Yellow River Basin in China. Water Policy, 25(3), 253–268. https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2023.217

Yang, S., Li, D., Liao, H., Zhu, L., Zhou, M., & Cai, Z. (2023). Analysis of the Balance between Supply and Demand of Arable Land in China Based on Food Security. Sustainability (Switzerland), 15(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/su15075706

Yao, H., Alhussam, M. I., Risha, O. A., & Memon, B. A. (2020). Analyzing the relationship between agricultural FDI and food security: Evidence from belt and road countries. Sustainability (Switzerland), 12(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072906

Yao, H., Zuo, X., Zuo, D., Lin, H., Huang, X., & Zang, C. (2020). Study on soybean potential productivity and food security in China under the influence of COVID-19 outbreak. Geography and Sustainability, 1(2), 163–171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2020.06.002

Yi, J., Guo, J., Ou, M., Pueppke, S. G., Ou, W., Tao, Y., & Qi, J. (2020). Sustainability assessment of the water-energy-food nexus in Jiangsu Province, China. Habitat International, 95, 102094. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2019.102094

Zhang, J., Tan, L., Ai, D., Lun, F., Wang, N., Wu, M., & Hao, J. (2023). Land Carrying Capacity in China: A Perspective on Food Nutritional Demand. Foods, 12(24). https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12244378

Zhao, S., Li, T., & Wang, G. (2023). Agricultural Food System Transformation on China’s Food Security. Foods, 12(15). https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12152906

Zhao, X., Wei, C., Liu, J., Liu, X., Wan, X., Lei, M., & Wang, S. (2024). Potential Risk Recognition of Agricultural Land Based on Agglomeration Characteristics of Pollution-Related Enterprises: A Case Study on the Black Soil Region in Northeast China. Sustainability (Switzerland), 16(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010417

Zhao, Y., & Chen, Y. (2023). Global Patterns of Agricultural Investment and Food Security: Evidence from the fDi Markets Database. Foods, 12(9), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12091827

Zhong, T., Crush, J., Si, Z., & Scott, S. (2023). The Nanjing model: Comprehensive food system governance, localization and urban food security in China. Global Food Security, 38(August 2022), 100709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2023.100709

Zhou, Q., & Huld, A. (2025). China’s Economy Beats Expectations in Q1 2025 – Can Momentum Last? China Briefing. https://www.china-briefing.com/news/chinas-economy-q1-2025-5-4-percent-gdp-growth/

Zhou, Y., Li, Y., & Xu, C. (2020). Land consolidation and rural revitalization in China: Mechanisms and paths. Land Use Policy, 91, 104379. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104379

Zhu, Y., Li, Y., Wang, Y., & Li, L. (2021). The impact of water and soil scarcity and pollution on industrial agglomeration: Evidence from China. Sustainability (Switzerland), 13(10), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105428

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.62870/jog.v10i2.27558