May 24, 2025 | 16:29 GMT +7
May 24, 2025 | 16:29 GMT +7
Hotline: 0913.378.918
Rice-producing regions in southern China should strictly control seed quality, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement, adding that Beijing and Shanghai, as well as the provinces of Guangdong and Shandong, should focus on inspecting imported seeds.
The ministry said it had issued a notice calling for a nationwide seed inspection on Monday.
China’s seed sector was given top priority in a major policy document released last month, as the agriculture ministry - led since December by minister Tang Renjian - steps up efforts to ensure food security for its 1.4 billion population.
The fragmented seed sector in China has long suffered as weak intellectual property laws have aided the distribution of fake seeds. Farmers who used them have suffered financial losses.
The ministry in early February said two seed marketing companies in the northeastern province of Liaoning had been fined after being found to have illegally produced genetically modified seeds.
(Reuters)
(VAN) Alt Carbon has raised $12 million in a seed round as it plans to scale its carbon dioxide removal work in the South Asian nation.
(VAN) Attempts to bring down the price of the Japanese staple have had little effect amid a cost-of-living crisis.
(VAN) Fourth most important food crop in peril as Latin America and Caribbean suffer from slow-onset climate disaster.
(VAN) Shifting market dynamics and the noise around new legislation has propelled Trouw Nutrition’s research around early life nutrition in poultry. Today, it continues to be a key area of research.
(VAN) India is concerned about its food security and the livelihoods of its farmers if more US food imports are allowed.
(VAN) FAO's Director-General emphasises the need to work together to transform agrifood systems.
(VAN) Europe is facing its worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth since the start of the century.