indailylife,andyoucouldseethephenomenonoffoodwaste。perhapsyoudidnotrealizetheyarewasting,andperhapsyouthinkthislittlebitofnothingtowaste,maybeyoustillthinkourcountrywithvastland。butthefactis:chinaspopulationhasmorethan1。25billion,theannualnetincreaseis12percapitaarablelandareaof??1。2acres,istheworldspercapitavalueof14;thecurrentarablelandatanannualrateofmorethan30national40oftheurbanpopulationconsumedfoodimports。from19811995,thenationaltotalof8100muofcultivatedlanddecreased,thusreducingtheproductionof500billionkilogramsofgrain。andnowtoreducethespeedisstillaccelerating。unauthorizedoccupationofcultivatedland,dredging,landdegradation,desertificationandotherphenomenaintheencroachedland。absoluterealitycannotbeoptimistic!savefood,istheobligationofeverycitizen,notthatyourlifeisbetter,youcanaffordtowasteawaste。wasteisashamefulact。aslongasthereisawarenessofconservation,infact,doingitverysimple:howmuchtoeatamealcontainingthenumber,alacartemealinarestaurantshouldbemoderate,ratherthanshowoff,messstretch。remember:savefoodfromme。1986fifthworldfoodsurveyresults:112developingcountries(excludingchinaandothersocialistcountries)intheperiod19791981with3。354。49millionpeoplearemalnourished。unitednationspopulationfund(imf)announcedtheearly1980s,whenworldcerealproductioncouldfeed6billionpeople。butatthesametime,theworldspopulationonly45millionorso,butthereare450millionpeoplegohungry。in1995,worldpopulationgrowthto57millionhungrypopulationto10million。in1972,fortwoconsecutiveyearsbecauseofglobalclimateanomaliescausedbycropfailure,coupledwiththeformersovietunionalargenumberofbuyinggrain,therehasbeenaworldwidefoodcrisis,foodandagricultureorganizationin1973and1974,haveheldthefirstandsecondfoodconference,inordertoarousetheworld,especiallythethirdworldattentiontofoodandagriculturalproductionproblems。however,theproblemhasnotbeenresolved,buttheworldfoodsituationismoreserious。itwaspredictedthatinthe1980sworldfoodshortageswilltrend。foodandagricultureorganizationofthegeneralassemblyresolutiononworldfoodday,istheworldsfoodsupplyanddemandinthecontextofanincreasinglysharpmade。awasteofshame,inasenseissimplycriminal。insisteverything,savefromthestartbit,inparticular,needtoadhereto。canbeoneortwodaysayear,twoyears?alongertime?notjustforfood,letthesavingsintoconscious,becomeahabit。moreover,inthelongmarch,therearemanymartyrsdiedbecauseofcoldandhunger。therefore,wemustsavefood,orhowworthyofthosemartyrswhowedo?