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gelgoog

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Salvationist said:
I've seen a lot of new tech like drone equipment for farming and improved GMO crops. Export this tech. Teach African people how to use them. You will be able to feed both Africa and yourself.
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The problem with subtropical African crops is that it they use different crops from what most people on the Northern Hemisphere grow. The climate and soil conditions are quite different.
It will take a lot of time and effort developing new crops for subtropical Africa. I think until people in that climate band work on this themselves it won't happen.
 
PiSigma

PiSigma

"the engineer"
gelgoog said:
The problem with subtropical African crops is that it they use different crops from what most people on the Northern Hemisphere grow. The climate and soil conditions are quite different.
It will take a lot of time and effort developing new crops for subtropical Africa. I think until people in that climate band work on this themselves it won't happen.
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Sorghum and rice are widely grown in Africa. The rice variety is different of course. Africa does have a lot of starving people they need to feed first before selling it on market.
 
Salvationist

Salvationist

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gelgoog said:
The problem with subtropical African crops is that it they use different crops from what most people on the Northern Hemisphere grow. The climate and soil conditions are quite different.
It will take a lot of time and effort developing new crops for subtropical Africa. I think until people in that climate band work on this themselves it won't happen.
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like I was saying, focus technology not just on computers, but also crops. It would be wonderful to develop more climate adaptable crops through gene editing.
And I'm not just talking subtropical Africa, Egypt is part of Belt and Road, and was a breadbasket during the time of the Roman Empire.
 
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SanWenYu

Captain
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I've seen a lot of users talk about what country is the best to rely on in terms of food security. One thing I want to say is China should focus on trying to be a net exporter of food rather than an importer.
Wondering if terraforming deserts could potentially help get more arable farmland (probably not the best idea).
In my opinion developing the poor rural areas around the country should be the primary focus, as it should help in terms of agriculture.
There should also be a bigger focus in academia towards agriculture, you want to attract more people toward agriculture careers.
One more thing I think would be a good idea is more government subsidies for both family and corporate farms.
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The total and per capita agricultural GDP of China, even in nominal terms have surpassed the US. China's annual investment in agricultural R&D is already among the top countries. And the results are not disappointing, with one of the highest yield agricultural of R&D in the world from the Chinese institutions.

Read the "China's scientific and technological development" thread, there are posts on China's ongoing efforts in advancing science and technology in agriculture, including to improve crop production in alkaline soil lands and deserts.

Chinese farmers are now leasing their farmland from the nation for free. Some of them then sublease the land to their fellow farmers or agricultural companies, for a fee, and leave for big cities to work in manufacturing or services. For those in the farming businesses, they keep receiving subsidies on fertilizer, fuel, pesticides, seeds, etc. from the governments at different levels. The governments buy their crops at prices usually higher than the market.
 
Salvationist

Salvationist

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SanWenYu said:
The total and per capita agricultural GDP of China, even in nominal terms have surpassed the US. China's annual investment in agricultural R&D is already among the top countries. And the results are not disappointing, with one of the highest yield agricultural of R&D in the world from the Chinese institutions.

Read the "China's scientific and technological development" thread, there are posts on China's ongoing efforts in advancing science and technology in agriculture, including to improve crop production in alkaline soil lands and deserts.

Chinese farmers are now leasing their farmland from the nation for free. Some of them then sublease the land to their fellow farmers or agricultural companies, for a fee, and leave for big cities to work in manufacturing or services. For those in the farming businesses, they keep receiving subsidies on fertilizer, fuel, pesticides, seeds, etc. from the governments at different levels. The governments buy their crops at prices usually higher than the market.
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that's good. Keep it up.
 
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Ringsword

Senior Member
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SanWenYu said:
The total and per capita agricultural GDP of China, even in nominal terms have surpassed the US. China's annual investment in agricultural R&D is already among the top countries. And the results are not disappointing, with one of the highest yield agricultural of R&D in the world from the Chinese institutions.

Read the "China's scientific and technological development" thread, there are posts on China's ongoing efforts in advancing science and technology in agriculture, including to improve crop production in alkaline soil lands and deserts.

Chinese farmers are now leasing their farmland from the nation for free. Some of them then sublease the land to their fellow farmers or agricultural companies, for a fee, and leave for big cities to work in manufacturing or services. For those in the farming businesses, they keep receiving subsidies on fertilizer, fuel, pesticides, seeds, etc. from the governments at different levels. The governments buy their crops at prices usually higher than the market.
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Just saw on CGTN the positive effects of Agricultural R/D on better crops in every way from better yields to disese/pest resistance-many farmers are/can be stubborn but ultimately amenable to the ministry's students/scientists/technician giving them advice plus fertilizers etc-even the elephants in Yunnan on their migration/crop plundering tour-so cute- would approve-Food security is a very important issue for China as important as weapons for the PLA-to avert famine,disease,suffering of 1.45 billion people.Kudos China.
 
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