To ensure food security for an increasing population, agriculture faces great pressures to further intensify crop production while minimising negative environmental effects. This study looks at the integration…
The dramatic increase of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in farm animals is not only a challenge for livestock production but also a threat to global health. There is a general…
On 14 October 2019, the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China published a white paper titled “Food Security in China”…
The fact-finding tour for “China’s Rural Land System Reform” was planned and realized as part of the 2019 work plan in the Agricultural Dialog of the Sino-German Agricultural Centre (DCZ)…
On 26 August 2019, the National People’s Congress passed an amendment to China’s “Land Management Law”, with important implications for land ownership and management…
The conference and study tour “Digital tools for organic and small-scale farming” was planned and realized as part of the 2018/2019 work plan of the Sino-German Agricultural Centre (DCZ)…
As China seeks to boost the innovation capacity of its domestic seed sector, better protecting plant variety rights will play an important role…
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…
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…
GMOs (genetically-modified organisms) are seen as crucial building blocs in enhancing agricultural productivity and efficiency…
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…
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…
