China's grain output increased for 12 years in a row and totaled about 621 million tonnes in 2015. At the same time, grain stocks reached their highest level and imports witnessed continuous growth, which are estimated to exceed 120 million tonnes in 2015.
Whether one is a farmer of winter wheat in Kansas, or a statesman in Washington, he might have a good reason to note a new policy outline released in China, a country that has 1.3 billion people to feed.
Whether one is a farmer of winter wheat in Kansas, or a statesman in Washington, he might have a good reason to note a new policy outline released in China, a country that has 1.3 billion people to feed.
China produced 34.01 million tonnes of early rice in 2014, a decrease of 125,000 tonnes, or 0.4 percent, from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday in a statement.
After reaping his wheat field this summer, Ma Yuxi is not rushing back to China's coastal cities to work odd jobs as he has in other years.
China will step up efforts to purchase and store grain and build more granaries as its grain output rises, according to an official statement on Wednesday.
Chinese policymaker Zhao Shuanglian has enough reform on his plate already, but still insists a red line be added to national grain reserves as a matter of urgency.
Chinese agricultural authorities on Wednesday fended off negative remarks made by a policy institute president over food security, saying China is able to feed itself.
China's 3.3 million hectares of land was not suitable for plantation due to varying degrees of pollution. Authorities face an uphill battle because of worsening soil and water pollution, urbanization, and land transfers for non-grain crops.
China seeks self-reliance in staple production, including wheat and rice, following growth in domestic grain output over the past decade, a senior Chinese agricultural official
China recorded a bumper harvest this year. Yet agricultural problems remain and are clouding the world's most populous country, prompting the government to take measures to beef up food security.
Extended scorching heat in China's central and eastern regions since July is imposing challenges on farming, while heavy rain in the north is further complicating grain production in the world's most populous nation.
Sales of local rice have fallen as a result of last year's surging rice imports. Chinese farmer are expecting another bumper rice harvest this year.
A fire that ripped through a large grain storage center in northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province on Friday was caused by a short circuit, local fire authorities confirmed on Monday.