The World Bank defines smallholder farmers as those who cultivate fewer than five acres(2.02 hectares)of land.However,according to data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in 2021.approximately 2...
0n farmland in Yifeng Town,Lankao County in Henan Province,sweet potatoes are thriving."We have sandy soil here,and the sweet potatoes we grow are very sweet,"Zhang Juqun,a local farmer,told Xinhua News Agency.As he s...
Like many farmers,Monica Haraba wakes up at 5 a.m.to get ready to harvest her soybean crop on her farmland located on the outskirts of Lilongwe,Malawi's capital.But like last year,she is expecting lower output due to ...
China's Food Security Law came into effect on June 1,reinforcing efforts to ensure the supply of grain and to fend off food security risks,while safeguarding economic and social stability as well as national security....
In early autumn,Beijing Review reporters visited different places in Shanxi Province’s Zuoquan,a county that shook off poverty in 2019 and is now moving into the next development phase:rural revitalization.The smilin...
With legendary luxuriant black soil, a stretch of farmland in Chenjiadian Village, Jilin Province in northeast China, has been divided into smaller plots, each growing a specific soybean variety."These are the new var...
When ferocious beasts loom in human domains,there is no doubt they will trigger local screams.And as of late,such scenes have not been uncommon across China.On April 23,an adult Siberian tiger pounced on a villager to...
China and the United States join hands to combat climate change As global temperatures rise,wetland areas are shrinking,droughts descend frequently on what used to be fertile farmland,and some small islands are becomi...