China bans 'one-size-fits-all' approach to farmland reclamation amid food security drive
China’s top land use regulator has warned local authorities against blunt efforts to reassign land for crops amid a national push for food security.
July 14, 2021
Chinese scientists ’reinvent’ potatoes to solve global food crisis
Chinese scientists have 'fixed' hybrid potatoes using genome editing technologies, simplifying the breeding process and allowing multiplication using True Potato Seed (TPS).
July 05, 2021
China produce primera generación de papas híbridas a través de diseño de genoma
Un equipo de investigación del Instituto de Genómica Agrícola de Shenzhen, dependiente de la Academia China de Ciencias Agrícolas, avanza en un plan de diseño del genoma para papas híbridas.
March 16, 2018
Potatoes are gaining ground among consumers in China
Since 2015, China has selected more than 10 potato varieties suitable for processing staple foods and developed more than 300 potato-based versions of staple food.
September 24, 2017
New potato research institute established in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
A new potato research institute has been established in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
June 04, 2016
[Video] Provincia china alivia la pobreza gracias a la papa
Reportaje de la agencia china de noticias CCTV que muestra cómo el gobierno de la provincia de Xiji estimula el cultivo de la papa como una estrategia para aliviar la pobreza de sus habitantes.
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January 22, 2015
Are Potatoes the Answer to China's Food Security Problem?
In a meeting on January 6th, the Ministry of Agriculture of China announced plans to double the total area of land devoted to potato cultivation from just over 5 million hectares to 10 million hectares.
June 01, 2010
China turns to potato for food security
In the land of rice, China is looking at an unlikely tool for maintaining growth and social harmony: the potato. The Chinese government has begun ramping up research, production and training related to the humble spud, and hopes are high that it could...
