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The visit, which was to include a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, was viewed as a significant effort by the new president to enhance relations with Brazil’s largest trading partner, following a period of rocky relations under former President Jair Bolsonaro, who campaigned for office using anti-China …

The visit, which included a meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, was viewed as a significant effort to enhance relations with Brazil’s largest trading partner. Source link

With Beijing and Washington trading verbal jabs over global food security, China’s chief agronomist points to the importance of working together, while the agricultural ministry says ‘extreme meteorological disasters’ threaten crops. Source link

Food security is a paramount concern for the world’s most populous nation, and its dependence on imported soybeans likely means ‘another good year for farmers in the US heartland’. Source link

As food prices rise globally and war rages between two of the world’s biggest grain suppliers, Beijing is intent on doing what it must to secure adequate food for the most populous country. Source link

China’s efforts to lift domestic production of soybeans and other oil crops could accelerate the approval of genetically modified (GM) seeds and shake up the seed industry, analysts said.At the weekend’s central rural work conference, China’s top leadership pledged to keep people’s rice bowls filled with domestic grain, setting a …

Commercial planting of genetically modified (GM) soybeans and corn in China moved a step closer this week following the “rapid introduction” of draft criteria amid Beijing’s increasing concerns over grain security and self-sufficiency.The proposed regulations define the thresholds of “authenticity” and “effectiveness” that the GM varieties should meet when applying …