Global soybean trade intensifies the impacts of dietary transition on human mobility
Summary: Soybeans have experienced massive growth in trade due to diet transitions. Large imports reduce expected returns for soybean growers in importer countries, influencing occupational choices and potentially facilitating population mobility, though the distant correlation’s impact remains uncl...
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| author | Nan Jia Hongbo Yang Xin Lan Yinshuai Li Yongze Song Zehua Zhang Wen Song Rui Zhao Tianwu Ma Ruishan Chen |
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| description | Summary: Soybeans have experienced massive growth in trade due to diet transitions. Large imports reduce expected returns for soybean growers in importer countries, influencing occupational choices and potentially facilitating population mobility, though the distant correlation’s impact remains unclear. We develop a framework integrating diet dynamics, trade indexes, and human mobility. We found: (1) dietary transition promotes human mobility through global soybean trade; (2) rural areas contribute far less than urban areas, illustrating decoupling between rural regions and international trade; (3) enhancing rural-trade coupling could improve dietary and crop flow in rural regions; (4) the study provides a new perspective on how dietary transition promotes human mobility. These findings help policymakers identify soybean trade strategies for socioeconomic development and formulate interventions to optimize population distribution. By addressing rural decoupling, we emphasize aligning rural areas with global trade to mitigate mobility pressures and socioeconomic disparities, without altering original terms. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-580abb0cf52f49d689a991b886a43a342025-08-20T02:56:33ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422025-05-0128511242610.1016/j.isci.2025.112426Global soybean trade intensifies the impacts of dietary transition on human mobilityNan Jia0Hongbo Yang1Xin Lan2Yinshuai Li3Yongze Song4Zehua Zhang5Wen Song6Rui Zhao7Tianwu Ma8Ruishan Chen9School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, China Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, ChinaDepartment of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USASchool of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Corresponding authorSchool of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia 6102, AustraliaSchool of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia 6102, AustraliaSchool of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaCollege of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 20092, ChinaKey Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment (Nanjing Normal University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, China; Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing 210023, China; School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, ChinaSchool of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Corresponding authorSummary: Soybeans have experienced massive growth in trade due to diet transitions. Large imports reduce expected returns for soybean growers in importer countries, influencing occupational choices and potentially facilitating population mobility, though the distant correlation’s impact remains unclear. We develop a framework integrating diet dynamics, trade indexes, and human mobility. We found: (1) dietary transition promotes human mobility through global soybean trade; (2) rural areas contribute far less than urban areas, illustrating decoupling between rural regions and international trade; (3) enhancing rural-trade coupling could improve dietary and crop flow in rural regions; (4) the study provides a new perspective on how dietary transition promotes human mobility. These findings help policymakers identify soybean trade strategies for socioeconomic development and formulate interventions to optimize population distribution. By addressing rural decoupling, we emphasize aligning rural areas with global trade to mitigate mobility pressures and socioeconomic disparities, without altering original terms.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422500687XAgricultural scienceSustainability aspects of food production |
| spellingShingle | Nan Jia Hongbo Yang Xin Lan Yinshuai Li Yongze Song Zehua Zhang Wen Song Rui Zhao Tianwu Ma Ruishan Chen Global soybean trade intensifies the impacts of dietary transition on human mobility iScience Agricultural science Sustainability aspects of food production |
| title | Global soybean trade intensifies the impacts of dietary transition on human mobility |
| title_full | Global soybean trade intensifies the impacts of dietary transition on human mobility |
| title_fullStr | Global soybean trade intensifies the impacts of dietary transition on human mobility |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global soybean trade intensifies the impacts of dietary transition on human mobility |
| title_short | Global soybean trade intensifies the impacts of dietary transition on human mobility |
| title_sort | global soybean trade intensifies the impacts of dietary transition on human mobility |
| topic | Agricultural science Sustainability aspects of food production |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422500687X |
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