CfA: German Chancellor Fellowships
The German Chancellor Fellowship program is inviting prospective leaders from China and other partner countries to come to Germany to work on a self-chosen project…
BMEL digitalization strategy
Digital technologies in farming are becoming ever more important. The agricultural digitalization strategy of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) gives an overview of the current opportunities…
BMEL brochure on rural regions
The importance of rural regions for life and work, economy and culture in Germany cannot be overestimated. They are the basis for the food and energy supply and…
In the press: limits of self-sufficiency
DCZ experts Juergen Ritter and Eva Sternfeld spoke with German agri-news journal agrarheute about China’s food security strategy as the country intensifies its push for self-reliance and agricultural modernization…
IAMO policy brief No. 44
A new policy brief by the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) is taking a closer look at global ag markets…
Study: soil contamination in China
Healthy soils are the prerequisite for agricultural production and, hence, the basis for food security. For China, the efficient use of its farmland resources is an urgent matter…
Policy brief: no. 1 document 2022
Document No. 1 – the first policy document of the year – has traditionally been dedicated to agriculture and rural issues. The 2022 edition of the document underscores the priority…
Policy brief: GMO regulations in China
GMOs (genetically-modified organisms) are seen as crucial building blocs in enhancing agricultural productivity and efficiency…
Policy brief: China’s new seed law
While China approves hundreds of seed varieties every year, many of them are critized as having little commercial value. A major overhaul of China’s Seed Law…