date:Dec 26, 2013
tion still rising and vast tracts of its farmland already swallowed up as a result of rapid urban and industrial growth.
With millions of additional farmers also set to desert the countryside for the cities in the coming years, Beijing's priority is also to encourage farmers to stay put. It employs an extensive stockpiling programme to prop up domestic grain prices and guarantee rural incomes.
China will also seek to create a better-paid professional farming sector and improve services and inf