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News on Agriculture in China

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The plot thickens

Changes in land ownership rules are designed to boost crop yields
Nov 11, 2016 (WiC 345)

Land rights in China differ between town and country. The state owns all urban plots, while local collectives – first enshrined under Mao’s Great Leap Forward – own all the rural land. But it gets more complicated: while rural land is ...

Challenges ahead as China tries to reduce its corn reserves
Oct 21, 2016 (WiC 343)

The introduction of corn to Chinese farms is said to have been one of the factors that helped take the country’s population past 100 million during the early part of the Qing Dynasty. Its popularity has endured: the non-native but easy-growing ...

After M&A spree COFCO plans to get leaner and more profitable
Jul 1, 2016 (WiC 331)

It is hard to escape articles about the European Union right now, so it seems fitting that WiC compares the consequences of China’s farming subsidies with those of Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy. Both had worthy objectives and both seem ...

For sale:a $95,000 barrel

Signs of life in fine wine market as Palmer prepares for big Hong Kong sale
May 27, 2016 (WiC 326)

Two weeks ago we wondered whether Alibaba’s new ‘Day of Wine’ in September could turn out to be wonderful for winemakers (see WiC324), especially for those who make most of their sales over the internet. This week we focus on the more ...

Dairy producers plan for the future of fromage in China
Apr 22, 2016 (WiC 321)

Charles de Gaulle once lamented of his native France: “How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheese?” It was a fair point, but the same concept cannot be applied to China – a country much larger than France and ...

Shortage of sows boosts pork prices
Apr 15, 2016 (WiC 320)

It’s regularly voted the most romantic movie of all time and in Casablanca many declarations of love take place over a glass of champagne. Rick and Ilsa are drinking it when Rick says, “Here’s looking at you kid” and likewise ...

Toil on the soil

Chinese soybean deal hit by local politics
Sep 4, 2015 (WiC 294)

Qianyang county magistrate Zhang Guaiya made his name during the Song Dynasty after sentencing an official to death for stealing a single coin. When the official remonstrated that the punishment far outstripped his crime, Zhang is said to have ...

How American cherries got their start in China
Sep 4, 2015 (WiC 294)

To ‘cherry pick’ talent is to suggest that you are choosing the very best. And for a long time that was how the cherry was viewed by Chinese fruit lovers. Locally-grown cherries were viewed as a prestigious luxury item, reserved for the rich, ...

British farms enjoying pork boom in China
May 1, 2015 (WiC 279)

Fancy a slice of Devizes pie? Typically eaten cold, the traditional dish from Britain’s West Country consists of sliced calves brains, pickled tongue, sweetbreads (cuisine chat for the pancreas) and hardboiled eggs. Or how about trying some ...

Grains of truth

Will setbacks in China’s food security plans rattle commodity prices?
Apr 24, 2015 (WiC 278)

Thomas Robert Malthus is best known for his 1798 essay on overpopulation, which warned of a world in which humanity was unable to feed itself. Malthus pointed out that while human populations can increase exponentially, agricultural production ...

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