China expects bumper harvest of summer grain, ensuring food security amid global risks
Wheat
China
Published May 25, 2022
Tridge summary
China is expected to achieve a bumper harvest of summer grain despite the impact of COVID-19 outbreaks in some areas, underscoring the country’s capacity to ensure grain security amid tight global supplies mainly due to record hot weather and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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Around 80 percent of the grain in Southwest China has been harvested, while harvesting of the grain in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River has started, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MOA). Grain in the Huang-Huai-Hai region, which represents about three-quarters of the country’s summer grain output, is about to mature. “The summer wheat will be harvested in about half a month. Although there are some COVID-19 cases, that has had little impact on spring farming. The output this year is expected to be the same level as last year,” a farm owner surnamed Yao in North China’s Hebei Province, who has around 70 mu (4.7 hectares) of land for growing wheat, told the Global Times on Sunday. Thanks to effective policy support, the wheat crop has been better than expected, so a bumper harvest of summer grain will be achieved despite delayed planting of winter wheat in multiple places, said Zhu Enlin, deputy head of the Department of Crop Production ...
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