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China's new agro-investment: Opportunity for sustainability?
China is spending $450 billion to modernize agriculture. Why some of that should go to promoting sustainable practices such as ecosystem-based pest control.
How to make Chinese agriculture more resilient to extreme weather events
Climate variability is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as droughts and floods.
Where do the world's hungriest people live? Not where you think
The following post by IFPRI Director General, Shenggen Fan, was originally published in the Huffington Post.
Food Safety in China: Op-ed by IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan
As news of the latest food safety scandal to hit China—rice tainted with the carcinogenic heavy metal cadmium—further undermines consumer trust in the country’s food system, IFPRI Director General
30th Anniversary of the China-CGIAR partnership
This week, China and CGIAR are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their partnership.
Marriage and Rising Housing Prices in China
As a result of the preference for males, China’s one-child policy has significantly impacted the country’s sex ratio. The ratio of males to females is about 6 to 5. The disparity has increased competition in the marriage market.
Understanding China’s Overseas Economic Zones
Chinese expansion and foreign investment in developing countries has garnered great attention due to China’s growing sphere of influence in the developing world.
Researchers challenge opposition to China’s engagement in Africa
In a recent article for the influential German news magazine, “Die Zeit,” IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Deborah Brautigam and coauthors Axel Berger and Philipp
China beyond the Turning Point
China’s rapid economic growth has been sustained by a seemingly infinite supply of labor streaming from rural to urban areas.
Cluster-based industrialization in China
Despite the significant role of “clustering” in China’s rapid industrialization, the survival of millions of small manufacturers that follow this business model is threatened by rising wages and a stronger yen, according to a recent