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Increased food-miles and transport emissions

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The Chinese breadbasket is not where it used to be. Reshaped land systems have extended distances between food production and consumption, thus increasing carbon emissions associated with grain transport.

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We appreciate the support by the National Key Research and Development Program (grant no. 2019YFA0607400).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-arid Arable Land in Northern China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

    Qiangyi Yu, Wenbin Wu & Huajun Tang

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Yu, Q., Wu, W. & Tang, H. Increased food-miles and transport emissions. Nat Food 4, 207–208 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00715-y

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