Hong Kong's food and health authority on Monday evening confirmed a H7N9 bird flu case was found at a local agricultural products wholesale market and announced it will cull about 20,000 poultry in the market Tuesday morning.
China's largest grain trader COFCO Corporation will pay 1.5 billion U.S. dollars to acquire a 51-percent stake in the agricultural unit of Singapore-listed supply chain manager Noble Group, Noble said on Wednesday.
Arable land contaminated by heavy metals across China will be withdrawn from agricultural production, said a senior Chinese agricultural official on Wednesday.
Chinese authorities on Sunday issued their first policy document of 2014, underscoring the importance of rural reform, developing modern agriculture and maintaining agriculture as the foundation of its economy.
Chinese authorities on Sunday issued their first policy document of 2014, underscoring the importance of rural reform
China will safeguard national food security and continue to pursue the sustainable development of agriculture
Chinese farmers called for better government and social services to reduce risk as their plantation areas expand with much of the rural population migrating to cities for jobs.