The Ministry of Agriculture's recent issuing of production application safety certificates for two genetically modified rice strains has heightened unease regarding the safety of genetically modified grain. This process was extremely secretive: when a foreign news agency first discovered the news, it was posted on a specialised website that “rarely updates”, mixed in...
Liaoning implements the Farmers' Professional Cooperatives Law and encourages farmers' cooperatives to obtain organic certification
The Measures of Liaoning Province for the Implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Farmers' Professional Cooperatives, adopted at the 14th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 11th People's Congress of Liaoning Province on 8 January 2010, came into force on 1 March 2010. Article 15 thereof provides for the encouragement and support of farmers' professional...
French research report: organic food is more nutritious
According to a recent report by the French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA), organic food is of better quality than conventional food, containing fewer pesticides and nitrates (substances linked to a range of health problems, including diabetes and Alzheimer's disease). Shane Heaton is...
The Shenyang Municipal People's Government provides subsidies to farmers' professional cooperatives that have obtained organic food certification.
Article 24 of the Several Opinions of Shenyang Municipal People's Government (Shen Zheng Fa [2008] No. 29) on Supporting Farmers' Professional Cooperatives contains twenty-four support policies, of which Article 10 states: Encourage farmers' professional cooperatives to produce green and organic food. For farmers' professional cooperatives that obtain green food certification, the municipal government subsidises 1...
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