The issue focused on climate change and agriculture in Asia. Scientists believe there will be enough rain by 2050 to supply China with food for its estimated population of 1.4 billion people. But scientists fear that rising temperatures could dry up agricultural lands, forcing farmers to migrate or selling land at fire-sale prices to cattle ranchers and palm oil plantations.

China has banned imports of soybeans from Brazil and Argentina because they contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs), while Indonesia has imposed an outright ban on GMOs.