Agriculture and Food
Agriculture is the most enduring topic in world history. Modernization and industrialization have caused East Asian countries to undergo dramatic transformations of their historic agricultural practices. Along with the advent of industrial agriculture, deforestation and desertification caused by over farming, chemical pollution through pesticide and chemical-fertilizer use, and degradation of the land have also accelerated. What's more, population growth has intensified the global food crisis.
In the news:
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"The Japanese government says it has approved 500,000 tonnes of rice aid to help alleviate severe food shortages in North Korea."
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"The South Korean Government has announced that it will provide 500,000 tons of food grain in the form of a long-term loan to impoverished North Korea."
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"Famine-hit North Korea will run out of food in three month's time unless more international donations arrive immediately, the United Nations food agency has warned."
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"Lost in the clamor over Pyongyang's apparent nuclear ambitions, a second crisis is escalating - a worsening food shortage in the nation of 22 million people. So broken is North Korea's economy that the nation now relies on foreign donors for as much as one-third of its food. But the government has alienated some of the biggest donors - most notably the United States - and it is increasingly clear that its people will suffer for it."
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By applying agricultural tax exemption, Chinese government is trying to promote the development of Chinese agriculture.
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Frick, Francis. Published by City Farmer, Canada's Office of Agrlculture.
On the Web:
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This sites gives statistics showing the rank of Chinese agriculture in the world.
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