Pofuna kuonetsetsa chitetezo cha chakudya cha dziko lonse, China ikugwiritsa ntchito kwambiri ulimi wokhazikika, womwe umaphatikizapo kulima mbewu m'malo oyima pogwiritsa ntchito hydroponics. Njirayi imapereka zokolola zambiri ndipo ndiyosavuta kugwiritsa ntchito, koma pakali pano ndiyokwera mtengo. Malinga ndi bungwe la UN la World Food Programme, kuchuluka kwa malo olima padziko lonse lapansi kwatsika kuchokera ku mahekitala 0.45 mu 1961 mpaka mahekitala 0.21 mchaka cha 2016. 9. China, yomwe ili ndi 2037% yokha ya nthaka yolimidwa padziko lonse lapansi komanso 9% ya madzi amchere padziko lonse lapansi, ikukumana ndi zovuta zazikulu pakudyetsa anthu ake.
Dziko la China lidayamba kupanga ulimi wongoyima chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1990, ndipo pakadali pano pali mabizinesi olima pafupifupi 250 mdziko muno omwe akulima molunjika, ndipo ntchito zambiri zikubwera. Malinga ndi akatswiri, ulimi wowongoka uli ndi ubwino wambiri. Choyamba, amapereka zokolola zambiri. “M’minda ya makolo amakolola mbewu kamodzi kapena kawiri pachaka. M'mafamu oyima, timachita mwezi uliwonse: m'malo olamulidwa, masamba amakhwima m'masiku 28-30, "atero a Wei Linlin, wamkulu wa kampani ya Beijing ya AgriGarden. Anatsindikanso kuti minda yoyimirira imachepetsa kwambiri ndalama zoyendetsera zinthu zaulimi, chifukwa zimatha kumangidwa m'mizinda yomwe ili pafupi ndi ogula. Mwachitsanzo, imodzi mwa ntchito zomwe a AgriGarden akuyembekeza ndikumanga minda yoyimirira pamasiteshoni apansi panthaka ya Beijing, komwe masamba atsopano amatha kugulitsidwa nthawi yomweyo.
Chiyembekezo cha ulimi woyimirira m'matauni chimathandizidwanso ndi Dixon Despommier, katswiri wazachilengedwe wa ku America komanso wochirikiza njira imeneyi. Malinga ndi zomwe ananena, pofika chaka cha 2050, 80% ya anthu padziko lonse lapansi adzakhala m'mizinda, zomwe zimapangitsa kukhala kofunika kwambiri kulima chakudya nthawi yomweyo. Amakhulupirira kuti famu yansanjika 30 yoimirira imatha kupanga chakudya chofanana ndi famu yamwambo ya maekala 1,000.
Cholinga cha ntchito ya dziko la China pa ulimi woyima ndi kuonjezera kupanga chakudya komanso kuchepetsa kagwiritsidwe ntchito ka zinthu, zomwe ndi zofunika kwambiri podyetsa anthu ambiri mdziko muno omwe alibe chuma. Kulima mowongoka kungathe kusintha ulimi, ndipo pamene chiwerengero cha anthu padziko lonse chikukwera komanso kukula m’mizinda, kungakhale kofunika kwambiri kutsatira njira imeneyi pofuna kuonetsetsa kuti pali chakudya chokwanira.