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In mid-April, China sharply increased the amount of weekly sales of maize from state reserves to 3.4 million tonnes, up almost 3 million tonnes from the previous week. In the previous week, 367 300 tonnes were offered of which only 17 541 tonnes were sold. The significant increase is mostly...

FAO and the People's Republic of China have agreed to bolster their collaboration in the safeguarding of iconic cultural farming systems such as the spectacular Hani rice terraces in Yunnan province. The two partners have recently signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) - Strengthening the Implementation of Globally Important Agricultural...

The Fourth Annual Consultation Meeting on the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme was held on 28 January 2015 at FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy. Mr. Laurent Thomas, Assistant Director-General of the Technical Cooperation Department of FAO, and Mr. Wang Ying, Director-General of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of...

FAO, China and the European Union (EU) are making progress on improving preparedness for African swine fever (ASF), a deadly disease affecting pigs. Through the EU-funded LinkTADs research consortium, 40 experts from the EU and Asia met in Beijing on 24 November for the "African swine fever Policy Event", which...

As a planning tool for FAO's strategic prioritization and overall medium-term programming in the country, the Country Programming Framework for China (2012-2015) has been developed, drawing on core functions and comparative advantages of FAO, national development plans and programmes of the Chinese Government, and the UNDAF for China (2011-2015).The CPF...