It'stoughfortreestothriveinthesemi-desertSousvalleyregionofsouthernMorocco,butscientistshavefoundthatsomemightbegettingahelpinghandfromanunlikelysource.Whilethe
NorwayonSaturdaysaiditwouldboostprotectionofaseedstoragevaultdesignedtoprotecttheworld'scropsfromdisaster,aftersoaringtemperaturescausedwatertoleakintoitsentran
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.
Liu Xueyou, a farmer in central China, suffered losses of 300,000 yuan (47,619 U.S. dollars) last year due to counterfeit wheat seeds he bought on the advice of a so-called "technical consultant" with an agricultural materials company.
Facing increasing competition from foreign companies, vegetable seed researchers and producers in China should focus more on innovations if they are to avoid the country's food security being compromised, industry insiders have warned.
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