Although multiple agencies—including the State Administration for Market Regulation, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the National Health Commission—are responsible for food safety, Wu described the system as “lazy governance.”

In mid-November, China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs instructed local governments to prevent prolonged unemployment among migrant workers returning to their home villages. 

One was Tang Renjian, party secretary and minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, whom the CCDI announced on May 18 that he was under investigation.

According to an announcement by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on Dec. 25, 2023, 26 companies were approved for GM crop seed production and operation licenses.

However, China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and media outlets have remained silent on the domestic bird flu outbreaks, although they have provided detailed coverage of bird flu outbreaks outside China.

At the end of March, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a directive making "stabilizing grain supply" a year-long priority for agricultural departments at all levels.

'A Turning Point Seems Distant' Recent data from China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs shows that China's breeding sow inventory declined notably by the end of January 2024, dropping to 40.67 million and marking the largest restocking event

China has a huge population and a scarcity of arable land and water. Tang Renjian, the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, also said that the country needed to secure 1.8 billion mu of arable land this year.

Rural Management, a term for teams introduced in 2023 under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (Ministry), has quickly stirred public anger.

On Oct. 21, the CCP’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced at a press conference on the economic situation in agriculture and rural areas for the first three quarters of 2020 that "the grain harvest has become a certainty" and that output

Out of the 36 piglets that were examined, six died from the virus and another six showed symptoms, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

In the report, CBN quoted Cao Hui, chief wheat market analyst at China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, who said that global wheat prices had increased because both Russia and Ukraine are big wheat exporters.

Tang Ke, an official at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said at a press conference on Nov. 4 that the reasons for the price rise include poor weather reducing production, and regional lockdowns putting strains on deliveries.

The personnel tasked with carrying out the CCP's directives on maximizing grain output are part of the Comprehensive Agricultural Law Enforcement Teams (CALET), a program established under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs following CCP and

Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is one of the ministries to be split with Lisa Thompson becoming Rural Affairs minister and Rob Flack being named the minister of Farming, Agriculture, and Agribusiness.

Locusts coming into China from abroad may become a new norm, according to a July 27 statement from the China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs did not respond to a request for comment. Backyard farms in China are common and many people still prefer to buy live chickens at markets.

Thirty-three pigs were infected and six died, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement.

In September of that year, the NDRC and China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs began handing out one-off subsidies to pig farmers to build new farms or expand their existing operations, in an effort to boost the country’s pork supply, according

A month later, in January 2020, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission jointly unveiled a six-year plan for digitizing China’s agriculture sector, such as expanding Internet coverage

According to China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, an outbreak of African swine fever was reported on April 5 in the Fourth Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

A month later, in January 2020, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission jointly unveiled a six-year plan for digitizing China’s agriculture sector, such as expanding internet coverage

China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs disputed these figures in a November 2020 report titled, "White Paper on China's Distant Water Fishing Compliance."

According to Wu Hongyao, one of the top officials of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, some of China's arable land had been converted to fruit, tea, and Chinese herbs, and their arable layer had been damaged.

Depart of Agriculture cited data by China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs as saying, China consumes nearly 100,000 tons of vegetable seeds each year, 15 percent of which are imported.

Fifteen leading pig farms in Beijing on Dec. 26 signed 19 agreements with local governments in 16 Chinese cities such as Liangzhou of western Sichuan Province and Engshi in central Hubei, to raise pigs together, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

According to the market price of livestock products and feed in the first week of October, released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China's national average price for corn was 2.46 yuan/kg (37 cents/kg)—a year-on-year increase of 16

Official data from China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on June 12 also stated that the number of farmed pigs fell by 4.2 percent between April and May, and by 22.9 percent since a year ago.

The decision to suspend wild animal trade was made jointly by three different government agencies: the State Administration for Market Regulation, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, according

China's animal husbandry and veterinary affairs bureau is stepping up investigation and punishment of illegal activity in the pig industry, said a statement published on the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs website on Jan. 4.