A sentinel for China's potatoes

2 weeks ago

Climate crisis shrinks potatoes: A looming threat to food security

In a research lab on the outskirts of Beijing, molecular biologist Li Jieping examines a small cluster of potatoes, one barely larger than a quail's egg. Potato tubers and roots are suspended in the air under the frame of an aeroponic box, at a greenhouse under Yakeshi Senfeng Potato Industry Company, where seed potatoes are farmed through the aeroponics method, …

China Climate Food Security Company Beijing Inner Mongolia Reuters

1 month, 1 week ago

Small farms key to taking on hunger

China Daily

People watch a Chinese-made tractor in action in Apodi in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, in February. Drawing inspiration from the nation's success in prioritizing the group in its fight against rural poverty and ensuring food security, he told a mix of agricultural officials and representatives from international organizations, including the World Bank, that the Chinese government …

China Agriculture Rural Farmers Food Security Brazil Chinese

3 months ago

Consecutive bumper harvests manifest Xi's vision on grain security, rural revitalization

China Daily

BEIJING -- With another bumper harvest in China in sight despite natural disasters and other challenges, President Xi Jinping has called for unwavering efforts to ensure grain security, boost agriculture and benefit farmers. As the seventh Chinese farmers' harvest festival was celebrated on Sunday, Xi noted that China had increased its summer grain output and ensured steady production of early …

China Harvest Rural Farmers Rural Revitalization Grain Efforts

3 months ago

Xi extends greetings ahead of farmers' harvest festival

China Daily

BEIJING -Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has extended festive greetings and sincere regards on behalf of the CPC Central Committee to farmers and people working on agricultural and rural fronts ahead of the seventh Chinese farmers' harvest festival. Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed that every effort …

China Farmers Chinese

3 months, 1 week ago

Xi Story: Cultivating the sweet fruit of rural revitalization

China Daily

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a local apple production base to learn about the development of the modern specialty fruit industry in mountainous areas in Tianshui, Northwest China's Gansu province, Sept 11, 2024. When Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of …

China Local Rural Apple Rural Revitalization Cpc Orchard

3 months, 1 week ago

Xi Story: Cultivating the sweet fruit of rural revitalization

China Daily

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a local apple production base to learn about the development of the modern specialty fruit industry in mountainous areas in Tianshui, Northwest China's Gansu province, Sept 11, 2024. When Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of …

China Local Rural Apple Rural Revitalization Cpc Orchard

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Agriculturalist, teacher cultivates ties with villagers

China Daily

Wang Gang and local farmers display the soil in Lualaba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. "Wang has not only taught me how to prepare farmland, fertilize soil, grow seedlings and move growing plants, but also given me knowledge about many types of Chinese vegetables and their nutritional composition as well as cooking methods," said Ilunga Germen Milongo. Milongo, a …

Local Vegetables Soil Chinese Wang Pumpi Norin Mining Lamikal

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Explore China's rural revitalization successes

China Daily

Clockwise from top left: Otis Deon Antoine from Grenada and Mark Gutman from Russia learn to hand-knit bracelets for peach wood carving crafts at an innovation center in Yangshan county, Wuxi, Jiangsu province. DONG MING/FOR CHINA DAILY Young people from around the world visit Wuxi, Jiangsu, exploring its rural revitalization efforts through agriculture, entrepreneurship, and high-tech industry. On June 27 …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Explore China's rural revitalization successes

China Daily

Clockwise from top left: Otis Deon Antoine from Grenada and Mark Gutman from Russia learn to hand-knit bracelets for peach wood carving crafts at an innovation center in Yangshan county, Wuxi, Jiangsu province. DONG MING/FOR CHINA DAILY Young people from around the world visit Wuxi, Jiangsu, exploring its rural revitalization efforts through agriculture, entrepreneurship, and high-tech industry. On June 27 …

China Russia Local Rural Young Iran Wuxi

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Disillusioned with big city life, recent college graduates in China take up farming

LA Times

Growing up in one of China’s biggest cities, it never occurred to Liang Yu that she might one day toil in the fields. “We are reaching a tipping point, where more and more people withdraw from the established social norms.” One of the most popular reality shows in China this year is a sprawling portrayal of farm life. On Xiaohongshu, …

China Life Work Chinese Shanghai Farm Courtesy

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Sweet potatoes sustain successful industry

China Daily

China Daily | Updated: 2024-05-28 FUZHOU — Transformed by humming production lines and machines, tons of fresh sweet potatoes find their way into packets of crispy sweet potato chips. "We own three fully automated production lines, and one single line consumes 20 metric tons of fresh sweet potatoes per day," said Huang Baochun, head of Fujian Fengfeng Food Co, based …

Food China Products Sweet County Potato Potatoes

8 months ago

The true story of a village's literary transformation

China Daily

Bu Xuebin, a villager and former miner, who has become a bookstore owner in Qingxi village, Yiyang, Hunan province, features in a documentary shown on Mango TV and Hunan Satellite TV. CHINA DAILY In the 1950s, Zhou Libo wrote Shanxiang Jubian, a novel portraying the way the country's resolution on agricultural cooperatives boosted food production in a small village named …

Village Zhou Qingxi Qingxi Village

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Aid project diversifies crop cultivation in Xinjiang

China Daily

Despite the frigid-20 C winter temperatures, more than 30 varieties of fruit and vegetables are growing at the agriculture expo park in Altay, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. "Now, not only can everyone eat fresh vegetables grown here, we often have students around Xinjiang coming to the greenhouses for educational activities, where they get to see plants and fruits from the …

Vegetables Jilin Xinjiang Aid Yang Park Vegetable

1 year ago

Village CEO helps revitalize livelihoods in rural Yunnan

China Daily

A rural CEO guides villagers on growing plants in a town in Zhuji, Zhejiang province, in May. Working with the local government, a team from China Agricultural University's National Rural Revitalization Research Institute began guiding the establishment of a village CEO team in 2021. Upon becoming the CEO, Bai leveraged the village's tourism resources to initiate projects such as minsu, …

Development Village Miao Rural Yunnan Village Ceo Ceo Bai

2 years ago

Time traveler in China

China Daily

David Leffman stands in front of a favorite print at his home in Yorkshire, England. Writer and frequent visitor has seen the dramatic changes and felt the country's romantic lure, Paul Tomic reports. Since his first visit to China almost 40 years ago, David Leffman has repeated the experience so many times that he estimates he has spent about four …

China David Leffman

2 years ago

Time traveler in China

China Daily

David Leffman stands in front of a favorite print at his home in Yorkshire, England. Writer and frequent visitor has seen the dramatic changes and felt the country's romantic lure, Paul Tomic reports. Since his first visit to China almost 40 years ago, David Leffman has repeated the experience so many times that he estimates he has spent about four …

China David Leffman

2 years ago

Time traveler in China

China Daily

David Leffman stands in front of a favorite print at his home in Yorkshire, England. Writer and frequent visitor has seen the dramatic changes and felt the country's romantic lure, Paul Tomic reports. Since his first visit to China almost 40 years ago, David Leffman has repeated the experience so many times that he estimates he has spent about four …

China David Leffman

2 years ago

Time traveler in China

China Daily

David Leffman stands in front of a favorite print at his home in Yorkshire, England. Writer and frequent visitor has seen the dramatic changes and felt the country's romantic lure, Paul Tomic reports. Since his first visit to China almost 40 years ago, David Leffman has repeated the experience so many times that he estimates he has spent about four …

China David Leffman

2 years ago

Country lifestyle attracts people to village

China Daily

Farmers of Dayugou village collect persimmons in autumn, which have become a calling card of the village in Fangshan district, Beijing. Huangshandian becomes a hot spot thanks to rural vitalization experiment Picking up eggs, digging up sweet potatoes, running after chickens …On a recent weekend, a Beijing parent surnamed Zhang and her son had a great time in Huangshandian village …

Beijing Zhang Village China Tourism News Huangshandian

2 years ago

Country lifestyle attracts people to village

China Daily

Farmers of Dayugou village collect persimmons in autumn, which have become a calling card of the village in Fangshan district, Beijing. Huangshandian becomes a hot spot thanks to rural vitalization experiment Picking up eggs, digging up sweet potatoes, running after chickens …On a recent weekend, a Beijing parent surnamed Zhang and her son had a great time in Huangshandian village …

Beijing Zhang Village China Tourism News Huangshandian

2 years, 2 months ago

Rural farmer influences new crop of devoted viewers

China Daily

During a livestream, Zhao Xinxin helps farmers promote blanched garlic leaves in Zhongying, a village in Zibo city, East China's Shandong province. Zhao Dongshan/You Kuikui/For China Daily Zhao Xinxin grows wheat, corn, sweet potatoes, Chinese cabbage and pepper on her farm in Zhongying village, Zibo city, East China's Shandong province. Zhao Dongshan/You Kuikui/For China Daily She's a vlogger, filming snippets …

Social Media China Life China Daily Farmer Her Mother Videos

2 years, 5 months ago

Xi: Large-scale agriculture to play key role

China Daily

President says that he always pays close attention to grain production, food security President Xi Jinping has highlighted the important role of the nation's large-scale grain growers, calling on them to boost their operations, make greater and more effective use of modern agricultural technology and contribute to ensuring China's food security. In his letter to Xu, a large-scale grain farmer …

Food China National Grain Agricultural Farms Grain Production

2 years, 6 months ago

From farm to table

China Daily

Zhang helps a worker at a restaurant use the online food delivery platform. Leading a five-member team, Zhang spent six months expanding the company's clients from 1,000 to 2,000, covering almost all the catering businesses in the small city. "Owners of some popular restaurants were reluctant to open online food delivery services because they thought it would do little to …

Zhang

2 years, 7 months ago

High-end agriculture migrates from Taiwan

China Daily

Chung prunes his tomatoes. Chung Te-Chuan, a businessman from Taiwan, said he is happy to see his high-quality ecological and agricultural products selling well in markets on the Chinese mainland. "Last year, my daughter helped me promote the ecological fruit and vegetable products in Shanghai, and she achieved good results," he said. After more than 10 years of development, the …

Taiwan Chung Longyan Selling

2 years, 8 months ago

Xiplomacy: How Xi offers solution to ensuring global food security

China Daily

BEIJING - Global food security has long been a matter of concern for Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has on multiple occasions urged concrete actions and public awareness in ensuring food security for all humanity. In the letter, Xi expressed the hope that all parties would work together and jointly implement the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and …

Food Security China Food Security Global Food Security Local People Domestic Food Security

2 years, 8 months ago

Unsung heroes provide vital lockdown lifeline

China Daily

Workers sort goods to fulfill online orders at a supermarket in East China's Shanghai, April 11, 2022. Speeding through the neighborhood streets of Shanghai on his scooter, the 32-year-old courier knows the vital role he is playing as a lifeline for people in lockdown in need of basic food, such as fruit, vegetables and rice, to keep them going until …

Shanghai Zhang Some People Huangpu District Lockdown Lifeline

2 years, 10 months ago

Advising farmers

China Daily

Hu Yuzhou offers technological guidance to local technicians at a rice plantation in Burkina Faso in July. Chinese agricultural expert travels to Burkina Faso to help with the country's rice production. When Hu Yuzhou first arrived in Burkina Faso as the deputy head of a Chinese agricultural expert team in 2018, he found the mission confronting multiple challenges－recurring droughts, land …

China Development Farmers Rice Team Chinese Burkina Faso

2 years, 10 months ago

Advising farmers

China Daily

Hu Yuzhou offers technological guidance to local technicians at a rice plantation in Burkina Faso in July. Chinese agricultural expert travels to Burkina Faso to help with the country's rice production. When Hu Yuzhou first arrived in Burkina Faso as the deputy head of a Chinese agricultural expert team in 2018, he found the mission confronting multiple challenges－recurring droughts, land …

China Development Rice Team Chinese Burkina Faso Burkina

2 years, 10 months ago

Advising farmers

China Daily

Hu Yuzhou offers technological guidance to local technicians at a rice plantation in Burkina Faso in July. Chinese agricultural expert travels to Burkina Faso to help with the country's rice production. When Hu Yuzhou first arrived in Burkina Faso as the deputy head of a Chinese agricultural expert team in 2018, he found the mission confronting multiple challenges－recurring droughts, land …

China Development Rice Team Burkina Faso Burkina Faso

2 years, 10 months ago

Advising farmers

China Daily

Hu Yuzhou offers technological guidance to local technicians at a rice plantation in Burkina Faso in July. Chinese agricultural expert travels to Burkina Faso to help with the country's rice production. When Hu Yuzhou first arrived in Burkina Faso as the deputy head of a Chinese agricultural expert team in 2018, he found the mission confronting multiple challenges－recurring droughts, land …

China Development Rice Team Burkina Faso Burkina Faso

3 years ago

Feeding the wonder of our origins

China Daily

A bird's-eye view of part of the Shi'ao site that includes a group of rice paddies dating back 6,700 to 4,500 years in Yuyao, Zhejiang province. Discoveries of millennia-old rice paddies in Zhejiang province may cast a new light on past lifestyles, Wang Kaihao reports. Recent studies of the world's oldest known large-scale rice paddies, uncovered in Yuyao, East China's …

Rice Wang Zhejiang Paddies Rice Paddies

3 years ago

Sweet potatoes in Conghua in harvest

China Daily

Dingkeng village of Aotou town in Conghua district of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, is welcoming a harvest of sweet potatoes in November. The village started growing sweet potatoes in 2007, with its total potato-growing land reaching 1,000 mu. The premium quality of the sweet potatoes made them a hot item among purchasing vendors. Sweet potatoes are mostly grown in Aotou, Lyutian …

Sweet Potato Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Conghua

3 years, 7 months ago

Quzhou recalls Yuan's key role in its agricultural prosperity

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2021-05-24 People paid their final respects to Yuan Longping – "the Father of Hybrid Rice" – during his farewell ceremony on May 24 in Changsha, capital city of Central China's Hunan province, according to local media reports. Having spent over five decades in hybrid rice research, the academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering helped China achieve a …

Yuan Zhou Quzhou Hybrid Rice Changshan County Wulian Village

3 years, 8 months ago

Potatoes help villagers harvest a better life

China Daily

Liu Chang'an and his colleague inspect plants in a farmland. The large number of potatoes that local farmers planted, and harvested didn't bring much financial benefit. "The huge profit margins from selling those potatoes were obtained by vegetable vendors, not the local farmers," said Meng, the Party secretary. A year later in April, the construction of a potato-processing factory began …

Local Farmers Region Beijing Liu Meng Local Farmers

3 years, 11 months ago

Xi hails China's economic growth despite pandemic setback

The Independent

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4 years, 1 month ago

Vegetables take root on 'Roof of the World'

China Daily

Soldiers assigned to a logistics department at an armed police base in Lhasa harvest pumpkins in 2006. LHASA-When Zhang Jiming came to Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region 20 years ago, many local villagers knew little about vegetables, or how to grow them and fed them to domestic animals. "People are getting increasingly used to eating vegetables cooked in different ways," …

Local Vegetables Zhang Tibet Lhasa Meng Vegetable

4 years, 1 month ago

Vegetables take root on 'Roof of the World'

China Daily

Soldiers assigned to a logistics department at an armed police base in Lhasa harvest pumpkins in 2006. LHASA-When Zhang Jiming came to Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region 20 years ago, many local villagers knew little about vegetables, or how to grow them and fed them to domestic animals. "People are getting increasingly used to eating vegetables cooked in different ways," …

Local Vegetables Zhang Tibet Lhasa Meng Vegetable

4 years, 3 months ago

Prospering from the land

China Daily

Lushui's Laowo village has established the Duoduo Orchard with financial aid from e-commerce platform Pinduoduo. Yunnan's counties are developing their natural advantages, in every sense of the term, to overcome poverty by sustainably capitalizing on their healthy environments, Cheng Yuezhu and Li Yingqing report in Yunnan. Sanhe village in the county-level city of Lushui lies in the Gaoligong Mountains, an …

Yunnan

4 years, 3 months ago

Prospering from the land

China Daily

Lushui's Laowo village has established the Duoduo Orchard with financial aid from e-commerce platform Pinduoduo. Yunnan's counties are developing their natural advantages, in every sense of the term, to overcome poverty by sustainably capitalizing on their healthy environments, Cheng Yuezhu and Li Yingqing report in Yunnan. Sanhe village in the county-level city of Lushui lies in the Gaoligong Mountains, an …

Yunnan