

Animal farming policy briefs
This series of animal farming policy briefs offers policy recommendations across four key areas…
This series of animal farming policy briefs offers policy recommendations across four key areas…
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…
In November 2024, the German federal government published the fourth report on the development of rural areas…
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…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming agriculture worldwide, with its promise of enhanced productivity, sustainability, and efficiency. This study examines the adoption and development…
This study analyzes the current challenges facing China’s grain security, the measures taken to address them, and the impacts on global food security…
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…
The challenges to ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition keep growing. The 2022 FAO report suggests that the number of people…
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…