Farms

31 Mar 2013

The Chinese government has long encouraged businesses to invest in agriculture abroad, and Xi Jinping's first foreign trip as president in the past week involved visits to three African countries...

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Veterinary surgeon shortage 'poses threat to public health'

27 Dec 2012

A "shameful" shortage of care experts on farms due to Hong Kong's lack of training schools may lead to a rise in animal-related diseases, experts say.

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Life's good up on the farm

29 Jul 2012

Most people who choose to go back to the land have to leave the city far behind - but for former independent film producer Chang Wen, becoming a farmer was simply a case of wandering upstairs....

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Urban-rural divide to narrow this year

19 Apr 2012

The income gap between the mainland's rural and urban residents is expected to continue narrowing slightly this year after reaching its widest point in recent years, a government think tank said...

12:56PM

Xi gets hands dirty on Iowa farm

18 Feb 2012

China and the United States have signed a five-year deal to guide discussions on the security and safety of food, and sustainable agriculture at a symposium in Iowa, as Vice-President Xi Jinping...

7:42AM

Chinese buy own piece of England

18 Jan 2012

Chinese investors are buying British farmland. Though the sums involved are modest compared to the billions they spend on agricultural land in Africa, Latin America, and the United States, they...

5:39AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

4:27AM

Growing enjoyment of hobby farming

Don't be surprised if one of your friends invites you home for dinner and serves you home-grown vegetables.

It might not seem possible for urban Hongkongers to grow their own food,...

7:48AM

Loopholes let greedy officials develop farmland

Farmers across the mainland are being moved to high-density apartment complexes by local governments keen to maximise the commercial potential of their land.

7:10AM

Villagers forced to move for rail link fear they won't be able to build new homes

Lam Fu-cheong has worked growing vegetables, flowers and fruit on his parents' land since he was eight but has never had to wonder until now whether he was a genuine farmer.

2:18PM

Log on and veg out

When office workers and students turn on their computers, the first thing millions of them now log on to is online mini-game Happy Farm.

12:04PM

'Why can urban residents own their property, but not us?'

For many farmers, selling their land seems an impossible dream.

8:26AM

China's Australian farm plan doesn't hold water

The average Australian farmer has had it tough in recent decades. What scientists describe as a one-in-1,000-year drought has driven many off the land and, for those who remain, the long-term...

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