A view of a harvester in the rice field in Baibi Village of Shuangfeng County, central China's Hunan Province,China./XinhuaChina has maintained food security for 17 con
08:37 The residents of Dongxiang Autonomous County in northwest China's Gansu Province mainly rely on agriculture for a living. They grow wheat, maize and potato, and r
The United Nations human rights office called on Indian authorities and protesting farmers to exercise "maximum restraint" hours before the growers impose a nationwide
Bruno Le Maire, French Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Recovery, speaks during a news conference in Paris, France, September 3, 2020. /Reuters French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire on T
World food prices climbed for the fifth consecutive month in October, nearly returning to levels from the start of the year, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported Thursd
04:08 China's use of plastic bags, boxes and cutlery is one of its most stubborn environmental blights, but a new effort is underway to tackle this problem, starting wi
U.S. aid agency to grant $20 million to fund Sudan wheat purchases/Getty Images The U.S. Agency for International Development said it will grant $20 million to the World Food Programme to purc
Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2020 shows a view of the Port of Beirut after explosions in Beirut, Lebanon. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich) The seismic blasts which rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut have delive
Israeli archaeologists have found that a global plague fatally damaged the economy in ancient Israel about 1,500 years ago, the Bar Ilan University (BIU) reported Tues
The Chinese Business Association in South Sudan (CBASS) on Thursday donated food and relief items to help the east African country respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Zhu Yan, acting chairperson of CBA
"I used to earn 20,000 afghanis (260 U.S. dollars) annually from my two acres of farmland six years ago, but now I'm earning 400,000 afghanis (5,200 U.S. dollars) each year," Amanullah, a farmer fro
World food prices fell for the fourth consecutive month in May, hitting their lowest point in nearly a year and a half as the global coronavirus outbreak continued to erode demand and slow supply
VCG World food prices fell for a fourth consecutive month in May, hit by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic which has stymied demand, the United Nations food agency said on Thurs
China is expected to see a bumper summer grain harvest this year, amid government efforts to keep grain production stable, an official said Thursday. The production of
A medical worker of a test station takes samples of a woman for COVID-19 infection test in Johannesburg, South Africa, April 3, 2020. (Photo by Shiraaz/Xinhua) Sub-Saharan African countries are like
The Chinese market of agricultural products is relatively stable and has been affected minimally by the COVID-19 pandemic, except for several varieties with high depen
The transformation and upgrading of agriculture in China will significantly accelerate in the next 10 years, and the level of agricultural modernization will steadily