Agri News

20 May 2022

A new policy brief by the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) – one of DCZ’s key partners – is taking a closer look at global agricultural markets in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine.

19 May 2022

On 29 April 2022, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) released its first announcement of biosafety certificates for GMO crops in 2022 as the country is moving closer towards GMO commercialization. [...]

9 March 2022

On 11 February 2022, the State Council released the Five-Year Plan on Promotion of Agricultural and Rural Modernization. The 47-page document lists in 10 chapters a very extensive and detailed catalogue of measures to advance the modernization of the agricultural sector and rural development over the next five years. [...]

24 February 2022

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council jointly released the Document No. 1 on 22 February 2022, also entitled “Opinions of the State Council on Comprehensively Promoting the Key Work of Rural Revitalization in 2022”.[...]

14 February 2022

On 18 January 2022, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) released the “14th five-year plan for international cooperation in agriculture”. The plan comprises five sections: background, general outline, main goals, regional cooperation and guarantee measures. [...]

7 January 2002

On the afternoon of 24 December 2021, the 32nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress concluded in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. After voting at the meeting on current agricultural legislation, the delegates passed the decision to amend the Seed Law. The new seed law will take effect on 1 March 2022. [...]

22 November 2021

On 31 October 2021, China issued the Food Conservation Action Plan to ensure grain supplies and food security. The plan, released by the General Offices of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, China's Cabinet, emphasizes saving food through the entire chain, including grain production, storage, transportation, processing and consumption. [...]

22 November 2021

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) released “Measures for the Administration of Experimental Zones for Opening and Foreign Cooperation in Agriculture” on 30 September 2021. This document integrates broad policy goals from the No.1 Document with regards to foreign cooperation in agriculture and offers a general guideline and framework how they should be implemented. [...]

11 October 2021

A few days before the official opening of COP 15 negotiations, where China as the host country is expected to play a key role, the State Information Office released a White Paper outlining on 26 pages China’s achievements and current policy on biodiversity. [...]

11 October 2021

On 23 August, the Chinese government unveiled a plan for the green development of the country's agricultural sector over the next five years.[...]