ag commodities
Fact sheet: Agriculture and food in China
Increasing agricultural output to reduce import dependency is a top priority for China, but environmental and structural challenges stand in…
DCZ
May 29, 2024
food security
Terminology paper: 农业强国 agricultural power
In October 2022, the 20th National Congress spelled out the target of building China into an agricultural power by the middle of the century…
DCZ
May 24, 2023
ag support
Policy brief: No. 1 Document for 2023
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council jointly released the No. 1 Document on 13 February 2023…
DCZ
April 13, 2023
ag support
Policy brief: “Two Sessions” 2023 – trends for China’s ag and rural development
The annual “Two Sessions” are a major event on China’s political calendar. This policy brief analyzes key themes related to agriculture and…
DCZ
March 21, 2023
food security
Report: summary and recommendations from the 8th Sino-German Ag Week
This conference report summarizes the contributions made by speakers and participants at the 8th Sino-German Agricultural Week held in…
DCZ
December 10, 2022
food security
Terminology paper: 大食物观 big food concept
Ensuring food security has always been an important task for Chinese policymakers, but, historically, its focus has been on the production of staple grains….
DCZ
November 16, 2022
food security
Study: grain security in China
This study analyzes the current challenges facing China’s grain security, the measures taken to address them, and the impacts on global food security…
DCZ
October 25, 2022
food & nutrition
2022 FAO report on food security and nutrition in the world
The challenges to ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition keep growing. The 2022 FAO report suggests that the number of people…
DCZ
September 22, 2022
food security
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…
DCZ
May 25, 2022
food security
Policy brief: food loss and waste in China
In recent years, food loss and waste (FLW) has become a global problem, drawing increasing public, academic, and political attention. The reduction of FLW by 50% until 2030 became…
DCZ
December 15, 2021