livestock
Animal farming policy briefs
This series of animal farming policy briefs offers policy recommendations across four key areas…
DCZ
March 28, 2025
sustainable agriculture
Study: China’s organic food and ag sector
Update: 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…
DCZ
February 27, 2025
rural development
Report on rural development in Germany
In November 2024, the German federal government published the fourth report on the development of rural areas…
DCZ
February 18, 2025
sustainable agriculture
Study: Impact of agricultural support policies on biodiversity and income
Agricultural support policy plays a crucial role in balancing food production with environmental sustainability. In Europe, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been a key instrument…
DCZ
February 18, 2025
ag tech & digitalization
Study: Artificial intelligence in Chinese agriculture
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming agriculture worldwide, with its promise of enhanced productivity, sustainability, and efficiency. This study examines the adoption and development…
DCZ
February 10, 2025
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
rural development
Terminology paper: 共同富裕 common prosperity
In this new contribution to our “Making sense of …” series, Yuelai LU unpacks the term “common prosperity” and its implications for agriculture and rural areas…
DCZ
October 8, 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
ag commodities
BMEL harvest report 2022
Germany’s official harvest report was released on 26 August 2022 by the Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (BMEL)…
DCZ
September 5, 2022
ag tech & digitalization
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…
DCZ
June 6, 2022
rural development
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…
DCZ
June 2, 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
ag support
DCZ
March 31, 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
ag support
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…
DCZ
March 8, 2022