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Political will confronts geographical reality as Beijing tries to rely less on foreign farmers
More than 170,000 hectares have been reclaimed in a drive to cut imports amid global supply chain fears
Farmers lack fertiliser and labour ahead of crucial spring season due to strict lockdowns
Epidemic has sparked rapid rise in pork prices and pushed CPI to six-year high
Disease has swept through the country accelerating a shift to big industrial producers
Universities buy crops to support government drive but then struggle to use them
Hunger and malnutrition tackled via a union of science, government and industry
Demand for stock feed forces Chinese buyers to absorb cost of duties meant to punish US
Farmers, investors and banks at an impasse over question of who owns farmland
Villagers say parts of Xi’s project are flawed, as companies seek favour with Beijing
Farmers’ incomes soar as environmental authorities remove illegal bushes
Paramilitaries expand land reclamation and demographic dilution of Uighurs in Xinjiang
Manufacturers lured from the coast as Xi Jinping turns focus to rural revival
State-funded boats scour world’s oceans after depleting local stocks
Nationwide pigsty demolitions leave farmers without income
Purchase of Swiss seeds group had been expected to assuage suspicion of the technology
Dow and Monsanto benefit from trade concession to Washington
As fish stocks collapse, Beijing’s subsidies send vessels far and wide for squid
Beijing hunts solutions as failed minimum price policy forces agricultural sector revamp
Researchers say transfer from flies to humans adds urgency to drug development
Toxin-tainted crustaceans raise doubts over clean-up of showpiece lake
Move to bring capital into large-scale agriculture keeps bar on individual ownership
Case comes as Obama presses for ratification of Pacific Rim trade deal
Land programme aims to repopulate sparsely populated region
Dairy farmers adapt to tough times as demand for milk in China slows, hitting New Zealand and the EU
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