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Xuanhua, China - 150 kilometers away from Beijing, there is the Shanggujun once guarded by “flying general” Li Guang in Western Han dynasty.  Over the 2000 years of history, Shanggujun, now the Xuanhua district of Zhangjiakou city in Hebei province has been a hotly contested spot. Today, standing on the...

Beijing - The third meeting of the United Nations (UN) Agriculture and Food Security Theme Group was held in Beijing on 17 July 2017. The meeting focused on the importance of agro-product geographical indication. It also discussed the collaboration among Rome-Based Food Agencies (RBAs) in China. The meeting was chaired by FAO...

Kunming, China - Rice is a major food commodity and staple food for many, and adding fish to flooded rice paddies has been a farming tradition practiced in a number of Asian countries for many centuries—even for more than 1000 years in some Chinese areas. The rice paddies offer protection and...

Nanjing, China – With the clock ticking toward the 2030 deadline for meeting the international goals to eradicate hunger and poverty, Ministries of Agriculture in five of the world’s most important emerging economies are well positioned to take a leading role in helping to achieve these objectives, the UN’s Food...

Kunming, China - The Asia-Pacific region is witnessing considerable advancements on innovative approaches that combine agriculture and aquaculture leading to improved livelihoods for smallholders, according to senior officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). While the practice of adding fish to flooded rice paddies was established...