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China's meteorological authority announced on Monday that it has received 7.5 million yuan from the country's Ministry of Finance to strengthen its efforts in fighting persistent drought in some regions. The fund would be used to support efforts by meteorological departments in ...
BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- China will enhance and improve macro-economic regulation to ensure stable and healthy economic development next year, said a statement released Sunday after the annual Central Economic Work Conference. Next year's macro-regulation should basically be ...
China's economic planning agency Thursday announced a rise in minimum rice purchase prices this year to encourage farmers to grow more grain. A statement on the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) website said the government would continue the policy of minimum ...
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and Grain Trade Australia (GTA) announced on Jan. 4 the creation of Wheat Quality Australia (WQA) Ltd. to manage wheat variety classification and related activities as of Jan. 1. Wheat classification is the ...
BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- China vowed on Sunday to increase efforts to combat inflation while maintaining "stable and relatively fast" economic growth, as consumer inflation hit a 28-month high of 5.1 percent in November. "The priority is to actively and properly handle the ...
The government plans to invest more than 100 billion yuan ($15 billion) over the next five years to ensure enough farmland to guarantee China's food security, the Ministry of Land and Resources said over the weekend. The investment will improve about 4 million hectares of land ...
KIEV, UKRAINE The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine issued a decree on Dec. 28 that prolonged the quota regime of grain exports until March 31, 2011. The cabinet also increased the quota volumes for wheat exports from 500,000 tonnes to the level of 1 million tonnes and increased ...
China has pledged to intensify its construction of rural infrastructure to boost the country's grain production, which is threatened by natural disasters and shrinking arable land. More investment will be made in the construction of water conservation and other facilities in ...
Russian grain exports will remain muted in 2011-12, rising by only 1m tonnes ?and even that figure is clouded by the prospect of political whim ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections. The grain harvest in the Black Sea agricultural powerhouse will recover strongly from ...
Oil World has put a stop to a run of better news on South America's soybean crops, warning of a risk that Brazil's harvest may not achieve the record which had looked a formality a month ago. The influential analysis group for a second week running cut 1m tonnes for its forecast ...
China is one or two years away from commercial production of genetically modified japonica rice, the biotechnology research director of the state-backed Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences said. The forecast indicates the world's largest rice consumer may be closer than ...
The vice minister Zhang Taolin of the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) stated on 30 November 2010 that the country now saw a much higher breeding level of agricultural crop varieties, with a number of newly developed varieties and combinations of major farm crop varieties like super ...
The price of fertilizers looks set to outstrip that of crops themselves, as farmer demand recovers worldwide at a time when China is hoarding its own production. UBS said that, among the major agricultural commodities, only soybeans remained on its "most favoured" list, ...
BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhuanet) -- At least 20 percent of domestic companies will be kicked out of the dairy market at the end of this month following the latest inspection by the central government of China's fresh milk and infant formula producers, official sources revealed. To ...
The United Nations has come in with one of the most upbeat estimates yet for the next world wheat harvest, hinting at a recovery in Black Sea output sufficient to put exports firmly on the agenda. World wheat production in 2011 will rise 3.4% to 676.0m tonnes, thanks to a ...
May will prove a critical month for deciding whether delays to planting Brazil's winter corn crop feed through into significant yield damage, and dash slim hopes of record production. Brazilian farmers, attracted by high grain prices and an extension to government support ...
The Chinese currency, or the yuan, on Tuesday weakened 7 basis points to 6.5625 per U.S. dollar from Monday. On China's foreign exchange spot market, the yuan can rise or fall 0.5 percent from the central parity rate each trading day. The central parity rate of the RMB against ...
Morocco and Pakistan have ended a run of waning hopes for this year's wheat crops, with timely rains improving harvest prospects in both countries, which are major consumers of the grain. Pakistan's production, while expected to come in 400,000 tonnes lower than last year's, will...
BEIJING, Dec 30 (Reuters) - China's corn harvest rose by more than 10 million tonnes this year, Agriculture Minister Han Changfu said in a speech published on his ministry's website on Thursday. The lengthy Dec. 21 speech, reflecting on 2010 and looking forward to plans for 2011 ...
Agricultural commodities ended what one analyst termed "one of the most volatile weeks in history" with further hefty gains, sending corn and cotton limit up, and London wheat back to ?00 a tonne. The gains were spurred by a report appearing to confirm speculation that China had ...
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China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
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Sales of General Motors and its Chinese ventures accelerated in ...
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Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
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Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli Sunday called for research in polar ...
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