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According to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, pork supply and price issues have received social attention. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, together with the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Transport, and the Banking Regulatory Commission, have successively issued 17 policy measures to support the development of pork production. [...]

On 31st August 2019, Paul Miehe, Junior Expert for the DCZ, and Anne Veltes, MA student and intern for the DCZ, participated in this year’s Farm to Neighbors (F2N) Market Press Conference.  [...]

The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA), the National Health Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulations jointly released the “National Food Safety Standards Maximum Residue Limits of Pesticides in Foods”. This edition sets new standards for 7107 Maximum Residue Limits for 483 Pesticides in 356 kinds of food products. Compared to the 2016 edition, there were additional 50 pesticides and 2967 Maximum Residue Limits added. [...]

Between September and December 2019, I am doing an internship at the Sino-German Agricultural Centre (DCZ) as part of my master’s degree. I am currently enrolled at Aarhus University’s Human Security program. Human Security is a concept developed by the United Nations Development Program in 1994. It is based on seven interconnected pillars: economic security, political security, personal security, community security, food security, environmental security and health security.  [...]