China's grain output in 2008 is expected to surpass the 500 billion kilograms
recorded for 2007, the official China Securities Journal reported, citing the
agriculture minister Sun Zhengcai.
Dick
Ziggers: In April a 2,500 page report was presented in
South Africa called International Assessment of Agricultural Science and
Technology for Development [IAASTD] which advocates a new way of farming using
modern technology
without losing sight of improvements in small scale farming. The report - the first
significant attempt to involve governments, NGOs and industries from rich and poor countries -
took 400 scientists four years to complete. The present system of food production and the way
food is traded around the world has led to a highly unequal distribution of benefits and
serious adverse ecological effects and was now contributing to climate change. Read more…