Report: Grain supply tightens
Source: Xinhua |
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
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CHINA needs to take measures to ease a tightening grain supply as more farmers move to cities, a report released yesterday warned.
The Annual Report on China's Urban-Rural Integration 2012, released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said: "As a great number of rural laborers are moving to cities and industrial sectors, an inadequate labor force is gradually becoming a key factor hindering the country's grain output.
"It's a pressing task to solve who will farm and grow grains."
China's annual grain output rose 3.2 percent last year to hit 589.57 million tons. However, the country faces a tightening grain supply amid increasing demand driven by population growth.
According to the report, cities and various industries are now "in an increasingly obvious conflict" with grain production concerning land as industrialization and urbanization are progressing rapidly.
The report said ensuring grain safety is the most important mission for the stability of a nation, and as a large country, China needs a domestic solution to ensure a stable food supply.
The report urged the country to pay equal attention to the quality of farm produce.
The Annual Report on China's Urban-Rural Integration 2012, released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said: "As a great number of rural laborers are moving to cities and industrial sectors, an inadequate labor force is gradually becoming a key factor hindering the country's grain output.
"It's a pressing task to solve who will farm and grow grains."
China's annual grain output rose 3.2 percent last year to hit 589.57 million tons. However, the country faces a tightening grain supply amid increasing demand driven by population growth.
According to the report, cities and various industries are now "in an increasingly obvious conflict" with grain production concerning land as industrialization and urbanization are progressing rapidly.
The report said ensuring grain safety is the most important mission for the stability of a nation, and as a large country, China needs a domestic solution to ensure a stable food supply.
The report urged the country to pay equal attention to the quality of farm produce.
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