ZHENGZHOU, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Sixty years ago, farmers in China had no tractors to free them from the hard labor of plowing their fields. Thanks to the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese-developed "metal cattle" are now plowing the global market. YTO Group Corporation, a leading agricultur...
“China’s agriculture sector has very special channels of production. Over 500,000 retailers are playing an important role in helping farmers to solve various problems,” Wu said. “BASF is supporting and training them, hoping they could provide better products and solutions to the farmers ...
China - Agriculture With some 50% of the economically active population engaged in farming, agriculture forms the foundation of China's economy. Limitations in topography, soil, and climate, however, have restricted cultivation to only about 14.5% of the total land area. Despite recent advances—...
Using microeconomic farm-level data, and treating labor as a highly differentiated input, we find that the labor input in agriculture decreased by 5% annually and agricultural TFP grew by 6.5%. Using a calibrated two-sector general equilibrium model, we find that agricultural TFP growth: (i) ...
including shrinking investment, 3___ (underperform) industrial sector, rising local government debt, insufficient consumption, and a sluggish real estate market.However, the Chinese economy is resilient and can overcome the challenges.To begin with, China needs to optimize the investment structure to ...
We improved policies to boost agriculture and benefit farmers, continuously gave priority to agricultural production, and moved faster to modernize the agricultural sector and rural areas. 提升农业综合生产能力。稳定和扩大粮食播种面积,扩种大豆油料,优化生产结构布局,提高单产和品质。完善粮食生产支持政策,稳...
It is essential that scholars in both nations appreciate our common ground in the food and agriculture sector so that we can collectively seek the sustainable solutions that are the ultimate goal. Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial ...
With warehouses in strategic locations and China's aid in the development of the road network across Africa, the continent's agricultural sector is poised to greatly benefit, Lamo said. Local farmers collect harvested rice at the China-...
improve black and fetid water bodies in cities, protect water sources, and control pollution in agriculture and rural areas. With action plans and concrete targets and measures, these campaigns serve to drive the overall progress and bring notable improvements to the eco-environment. ...
Hiring labor and buying agricultural services also impact left behind workers' time allocation. Moreover, we find that in China, contrary to several other developing countries, there is no trend towards a feminization of agriculture, but rather a tendency in the reverse direction. (C) 2016 The ...