China used to be Germany’s biggest export market for pork meat, but an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in September 2020 prompted the Chinese…
Biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate and agricultural expansion continues to be the main driver. This issue of Harvest · 丰收 takes a…
The intricate interplay between agricultural land use and environmental sustainability is a central concern for nations worldwide. Since 1999, China…
In April 2023, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) published its annual outlook on the development of agricultural production…
The second issue of Harvest · 丰收, our bi-annual magazine on agricultural cooperation, is dedicated to the topic of digital agriculture…
Germany’s official harvest report was released on 26 August 2022 by the Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (BMEL)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
