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Recently, the Project Preparation Grant (PPG) inception workshop was held in Beijing to support preparation of a full Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded project titled “On-farm conservation and sustainable use of genetic diversity of crops originated in China. It was co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...

The 2018 China Poverty Reduction International Forum was held today under the theme “Sharing and Promoting Cooperation, Joining Hands in Poverty Reduction”. Highlighting the importance of fighting poverty to achieve the vision for a world free from poverty and hunger, the forum focused on China’s unparalleled success in reduction of...

Global tea consumption and production are projected to keep rising over the next decade, driven by robust demand in developing and emerging countries. This will create new rural income opportunities and improve food security in tea-producing countries, according to a new report released today. Tea consumption has grown particularly rapidly in China,...

Beijing - FAO in cooperation with Foreign Economic Cooperation Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of PRC (MARA) organized a one-day workshop under the theme “Resource Mobilization, Partnership and Innovation” to assess FAO-China collaboration in the context of mid-term review of the Country Programming Framework (CPF) 2016–2020. It was...

The International Symposium on Soil health and Sustainable Development was held in Beijing on 23 May 2018. It was jointly organized by FAO, the Global Soil Partnership (GSP), the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Beijing Soil Fertilizer Extension Service Station. About 160 experts and policymakers from these organizations and...