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Gansu, China
Corn is put out to dry near a village on the edge of the Gobi Desert, where streets and flat roofs are used to process this dominant crop. After a long tradition of rural living, most young adults today leave small agricultural towns like this for city jobs, leading China to become the world’s largest importer of food.

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Gansu, China<br />
Corn is put out to dry near a village on the edge of the Gobi Desert, where streets and flat roofs are used to process this dominant crop. After a long tradition of rural living, most young adults today leave small agricultural towns like this for city jobs, leading China to become the world’s largest importer of food.