seeds & breeding
Harvest · 丰收 | Issue 5 | OCT 2024
In both China and Germany, the conservation and the re-cultivation of endangered old varieties and landraces…
DCZ
October 18, 2024
seeds & breeding
Policy brief: Conservation and sustainable use of agrobiodiversity
This brief explores how China and Germany can learn from each other to advance the policy agenda for agrobiodiversity…
DCZ
September 24, 2024
sustainable agriculture
Terminology paper: agroecology
Agroecology has gained increasing recognition in China’s agricultural development as a practice that can help address pressing environmental challenges…
DCZ
April 8, 2024
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BMEL organic strategy
The Federal Government of Germany has set itself the goal of having 30 per cent of agricultural land farmed organically by 2030…
DCZ
January 15, 2024
sustainable agriculture
Harvest · 丰收 | Issue 3 | Nov 2023
Biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate and agricultural expansion continues to be the main driver. This issue of Harvest · 丰收 takes a…
DCZ
November 15, 2023
agriculture & climate change
Policy brief: German ag policy within the EU context
With the Green Party in charge of the ministry of agriculture and the EU’s “Green Deal” in place, German agricultural policy is expected to become more sustainable and climate…
DCZ
November 3, 2022
sustainable agriculture
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…
DCZ
March 15, 2022
sustainable agriculture
BMBF bioeconomy strategy
The objective of the bioeconomy is to combine economy and ecology to ensure a more sustainable use of resources. In its National Bioeconomy Strategy, the Federal Government lays down…
DCZ
February 21, 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
sustainable agriculture
Study: China’s organic food and ag sector
In the past 20 years, China’s organic agriculture and food sector has been catching up with leading global producers and markets. China is now among the ten countries with…
DCZ
June 8, 2021