ISLAMABAD: The second batch of 1,000 Pakistani agricultural specialists has returned home after completing intensive training in China, carrying with them advanced knowledge in smart farming technologies aimed at modernising Pakistan’s agricultural sector.

China’s determination to become self-sufficent and resolve its food security challenges could put the U.S., as the world's leading producer in agriculture, in Beijing’s crosshairs, a federal report warned this week. The report released by the U.S ...

BEIJING, March 4 (Reuters) - China retaliated swiftly on Tuesday, March 4, against fresh U.S. tariffs with hikes to import levies covering $21 billion worth of American agricultural and food products, moving the world's top two economies a step closer ...

Optimism that Washington and Beijing could be close to a trade agreement seemed to lose some steam on Wednesday, even after reports that China bought U.S. soybeans for the first time since May. China’s COFCO has purchased three cargoes of soybeans from ...

An unmanned crop seeder works in a demonstration at an intelligent farm in Jiangxiang Town of Nanchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 14, 2020. Various farming devices produced by more than 20 manufacturers are displayed at the intelligent ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The world's largest makers of tractors and combines are finding a rare opportunity for growth in China despite a sharp slowdown in the world's No. 2 economy, with big farm machines in demand as the rural labor force shrinks and plot ...

When Wang Fei started his agricultural drone company five years ago, the distinctive whirr of the autonomous vehicles went practically unheard over the wide swathes of farmland in his home county of Anlu. A former sales manager for agricultural machines in ...

China’s 1.4 billion people are building up an appetite that is changing the way the world grows and sells food. The Chinese diet is becoming more like that of the average American, forcing companies to scour the planet for everything from bacon to bananas.

This is a map of soil moisture trends in Northern China during the growing seasons from 1983-2012. The shading shows the trend in satellite-observed surface soil moisture, and the circles represent monitoring stations within agricultural plots. A Purdue ...

The beginning of agriculture is one of the most significant events in human history. The origin and spread of agriculture accelerated the development of human society and economy and fundamentally altered humans’ role in the Earth’s ecosystem.

President Donald Trump has announced a new $12 billion rescue plan for U.S. farmers. Many analysts blame his trade war for the agricultural sector’s struggles. But the trouble runs far deeper than tariffs,