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China to face food supply pressures over next 5 yrs
31.01.2011 09:17 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
China will face pressures ensuring farm product supply meets demand over the next five years Chinas vice agricultural minister said.
Chen said in the five-year period from 2011 to 2015, China will annually consume an extra four million tons of grain, 800,000 tons of vegetable oil and one million tons of meat. The government will provide more funding for agriculture and subsidize technology development for farmers, Chen added.
The government will also enhance agricultural market regulation and boost farmers income, Chen said.
In 2010, China produced 546.4 million tons of grain, 39.2 million tons of cooking oil and 77.8 million tons of meat.
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