【新唐人2013年08月28日讯】近日，美国一家媒体发表评论文章指出，通过对中国农业近期状况的调查发现，中国的农业正在崩溃。文章批评，当局片面追求工业化发展带来的一系列环境问题，已经威胁到了整个粮食生产体系，使10多亿中国民众陷入了粮食短缺的危机，从而影响到了全球经济体系。
美国大西洋传媒公司旗下财经媒体《Quartz》，8月23号刊登了姊妹网站《The Atlantic》发表的评论文章《为什么中国农业正在崩溃》。文章分别从中国农业中的耕地面积、土壤污染、粮食生产和化肥污染等方面进行了调查分析，证实中国农业已经处于崩溃状态。
文章指出，在1997到2008年之间，中国有6.2％的耕地被工厂及城市蔓延所吞噬。由34个市场经济国家组成的经济合作与发展组织（OECD）的报告显示，中国人均只有0.22英亩的耕地，不到全球平均水准的一半，是经合组织成员国平均水准的1/4，美国的1/6。
广州花都农民黄先生：“我们的土地肯定不够用了，现在有很多违规用地，政府把有些地租来租去的，我们村里面有些地也已经荒废了很久但是也不让种田。我们现在没有多少土地，我一家五口人，才有几分地，不到一亩地。”
中国农业研究员（匿名）：“大片的比较平坦、适合机械化的土地被压缩，为什么呢？大规模的在搞工业，侵占耕地。”
文章认为，造成中国耕种土地减少的另一个主要原因之一是土地品质的下降。中国土壤污染到底有多严重？中共当局一直将这一问题视为“国家机密”。
中国农业研究员（匿名）：“第一个方面就是所谓的土地数量，中国的统计向来不太靠谱，这个数据如果要全面透明的话，不好向人民交差。第二是土地的污染状况，不能透露。还有第三个问题，我们的农村，现在这种半非法的土地使用状况，如果一公开的话，那也是一个很可怕的事情。它都是说出来了以后，用政府的话说，社会不稳定的因素，所以它要成为机密。”
虽然在2006年进行过全国土壤污染调查，当局却拒绝公布调查结果。而经合组织的报告发现，中国国40％的耕地已经被侵蚀、盐碱化或酸化，近20％被工业废水、污水、农药超标或采矿径流等污染。而土壤里的有毒元素，正在进入食品供应，危害着中国百姓的身体健康。
中国农业研究员（匿名）：“还有一个就是污染，现在镉大米事件还有铬大米事件，都是证明我们的土地已经出现了大规模的污染，这些土地虽然在，但是它不适合耕作，已经变成农业无法使用的土地，实际上连人居住都不适合了。”
另一方面，由于中国的粮食生产一直靠大量使用合成氮肥，这些氮肥造成了土壤中的PH值下降，使土壤酸化，降低了生产能力。文章列举了2010年发表在《自然》杂志的一项对中国耕地的全国性调查发现，在某些地区，土壤酸化已导致农作物产量减少了30-50％。
黄先生：“我们以前产量是比较高的，但是现在污染比较大，农作物生产量也不大了。比我们以前的产量减了一半。”
中国一名不愿透露姓名的农业研究员向《新唐人》表示，除了上述与土壤和环境相关的原因之外，中国的政治因素和当局的错误决策也是造成农业崩溃的原因之一。
他指出，由于社会资源分配的不公和当局的重工轻农，使得农业技术人才、农业劳动力出现巨大缺口和断层，农业生产难以为继。此外，还有分赃式的农业补贴，都在无形中破坏着中国的农业生产和经营。
采访/ 陈汉 编辑/ 张天宇 后制/钟元
China’s Agriculture Collapsing
U.S. media has published an article stating that a recent
survey of China’s Agriculture indicates it is collapsing.
The report criticizes that the Chinese Communist
Party (CCP) authority has a one-focus pursuit.
They are focused on industrial development,
bringing a series of environmental problems.
This has become a threat to the entire food production system.
More than one billion Chinese people are in a food
shortage crisis, and it has affected the global economy.
On August 23, Quartz, U.S. Atlantic Media Company’s
financial publication, released an article on The Atlantic site.
The article was called, “Why China’s Farmers Are Falling."
It analyses that from the perspective of farm land,
pollution, food production and fertilizer runoff,
evidence suggests China’s agriculture is collapsing.
The article highlights that between 1997 and 2008, China
saw 6.2 percent of farmland engulfed by factories and sprawl.
The report was produced by the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the UN (FAO), and the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
It states that China has just 0.22 acres of arable land
per capita, which is less than half of the global average.
It is a quarter of the average for OECD
member countries and 1/6 of U.S.
Farmer Mr. Huang, from Huadu, Guangzhou:
“It is certain our land is not enough.
There are many cases of the law being broken
for use of land.
The government leases the lands again and again.
Lots of farmland in our village has become
isolated, and we are not allowed to plant anything.
We have five people in our family and
less than 1mu (1/6 of an acre) of land."
Chinese Agricultural Researcher:
“Large and flat land that is good for machinery
farming has reduced due to industrialization."
Another main reason for farmland decline
is the declining trend in soil quality.
How serious is soil pollution in China?
CCP authorities hide it as a “national secret."
Chinese Agricultural Researcher:"The
first issue is the so-called farmland size.
China’s Statistic Bureau’s number is far from the
truth. The truth would be hard for people to accept.
The second issue is pollution, which cannot be
revealed. The third issue is land usage in villages.
From the regimes point of view, if this was published,
it would be an unstable social factor, and so is a secret."
Chinese authorities conducted a national investigation
on soil pollution, but they refuse to publish the results.
OECD’s report finds 40% of China’s farmland
suffering from pollution, salinization or acidification.
Nearly 20% is polluted by industrial waste
water, sewage, pesticides, or mining runoff.
Toxic elements in the soil have entered the food
supply, endangering the health of Chinese people.
Chinese Agricultural Researcher:
“Another issue is pollution.
There is rice with heavy metals such as cadmium,
indicating our land has been polluted on a large scale.
The land is not suitable for farming,
nor even for human residence."
On the other hand, China’s grain production has been
relying on extensive use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer.
This causes soil PH values to decrease, soil
acidification, and production capacity reduction.
The report cited a 2010 Nature article on
a national survey of the nation’s farmland:
“The acidification has already lessened crop
production by 30-50 percent in some areas."
Mr. Huang: “Our production in the past was relatively high.
Now with these serious pollution issues,
the production has been reduced by half."
An agricultural researcher, who wanted to
remain anonymous, spoke to NTD Television.
China’s political factors and the CCP authorities’
mistakes are also reasons that lead to the collapse.
He points out that unfair distribution of social
resources and the authorities’ focus on industry
caused a huge gap in the agricultural labor force.
In addition, agricultural subsidies went to corrupt officials.
All these are virtually destroying China’s
agricultural production, and it’s operations.
