ABUJA, June 11 (Xinhua) — On a farm in the northwest suburb of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, Wang Xuemin, sweating profusely under the hot sun in June, walked along a ridge between rice paddy fields where a big harvest is apparently expected. He stopped from time to time and raised the loudspeaker in his hand, speaking to the crowd following him about the rice varieties, estimated yields and planting techniques used on the paddy fields, and answering questions from the crowd. This is a field program on the promotion of Chinese rice planting and breeding techniques conducted by a Chinese company … Continue reading China-Nigeria agricultural cooperation aims for greater food production

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a deep reverence for Nature while addressing the leaders’ summit of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) via a video link on Tuesday. President Xi said that people need to respect Nature, follow Nature’s laws and protect Nature, so as to build a homeland of harmonious coexistence between man and Nature. Beijing on Tuesday unveiled an array of measures to continue the country’s endeavor to build a beautiful China as the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological … Continue reading Xi Jinping unveils new measures at COP15 to strive for a beautiful China

SHANGHAI, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) — A variety of unmanned vehicles, instead of farmers, are busy harvesting rice ears in a field in the outskirts of Shanghai. A 300 mu (20 hectares) rice field in Waigang Township, Jiading District, is Shanghai’s first unmanned farm pilot. Agricultural vehicles equipped with China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) shuttle between a warehouse and the field, automatically avoiding obstacles in their way to carry out harvesting. Shanghai piloted the farm in 2020 using unmanned agricultural machinery for plowing, sowing, field management and harvesting.farm Gao Hao, head of an agricultural service company in Waigang Township, said … Continue reading Shanghai: unmanned pilot farm starts harvest

Introductory comments Western media commentators most commonly use annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per country to describe carbon output, but this is a very misleading way to identify the actual dynamics behind carbon emissions. As China is the most populous nation, it is no surprise that this approach lends itself to painting China as the “bad player”. Many experts believe that China, whose emissions are high in part because it produces goods that are used by people all over the world, should be measured differently. For example, the difference between  CO2 used in production vs. consumption in the United States is … Continue reading West’s consumption of imports must be counted in its carbon footprint

Part 1 – Afforestation vs. Reforestation A key finding of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) new special report is that it is likely that some degree of “afforestation” will be needed to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Afforestation involves planting trees in areas that haven’t recently had any tree cover, in order to create a forest. The type of land planted could include areas that have turned into desert (through desertification), places that have long been used for grazing, disused agricultural fields, or industrial areas. The main goals of afforestation are to serve as a method to reduce … Continue reading What Is Afforestation?