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News on Agriculture in China

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Getting a taste

Chinese diners are reshaping global agriculture
Jun 23, 2017 (WiC 371)

As China’s population has grown, so has its appetite. And as people become wealthier, their tastes become more varied too. In WiC294 we reported on Fruit Day, an online retailer of fresh products trying to outmaneouvre supermarket supply ...

Singapore’s Wilmar eyes Shanghai listing
Jun 23, 2017 (WiC 371)

In February 1917, China’s biggest English language daily, the China North Daily News, published a story claiming that a German factory was harvesting fat from dead soldiers to make edible oils, soap and boot dubbing. The Shanghai-based paper ...

How China’s fertilizer market has struggled
May 12, 2017 (WiC 365)

When the agricultural scientist Franklin Hiram King visited China at the turn of the twentieth century he was amazed the country had been able to till the land for 40-odd centuries without depleting the soil. By contrast, his native America was ...

Up from the deep

Shares in fishery firm surge after suffering from Indonesian ban
Mar 31, 2017 (WiC 360)

At Chinese New Year when families gather for dinner, it is traditional to have at least one serving of fish. The Chinese word for fish, yu, is a homophone for the term meaning ‘surplus’. The superstition is that starting the year ...

WH Group sees synergies with Farmer John
Dec 2, 2016 (WiC 348)

When the US imposed tariffs on Chinese tyres in September 2009, Beijing swiftly responded by targeting American imports of chicken feet. China has warned it will do the same again if the US President-elect Donald Trump ups the ante as he promised ...

The plot thickens

Changes in land ownership rules are designed to boost crop yields
Nov 11, 2016 (WiC 345)

Land rights in China differ between town and country. The state owns all urban plots, while local collectives – first enshrined under Mao’s Great Leap Forward – own all the rural land. But it gets more complicated: while rural land is ...

Challenges ahead as China tries to reduce its corn reserves
Oct 21, 2016 (WiC 343)

The introduction of corn to Chinese farms is said to have been one of the factors that helped take the country’s population past 100 million during the early part of the Qing Dynasty. Its popularity has endured: the non-native but easy-growing ...

After M&A spree COFCO plans to get leaner and more profitable
Jul 1, 2016 (WiC 331)

It is hard to escape articles about the European Union right now, so it seems fitting that WiC compares the consequences of China’s farming subsidies with those of Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy. Both had worthy objectives and both seem ...

For sale:a $95,000 barrel

Signs of life in fine wine market as Palmer prepares for big Hong Kong sale
May 27, 2016 (WiC 326)

Two weeks ago we wondered whether Alibaba’s new ‘Day of Wine’ in September could turn out to be wonderful for winemakers (see WiC324), especially for those who make most of their sales over the internet. This week we focus on the more ...

Dairy producers plan for the future of fromage in China
Apr 22, 2016 (WiC 321)

Charles de Gaulle once lamented of his native France: “How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheese?” It was a fair point, but the same concept cannot be applied to China – a country much larger than France and ...

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