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Food security in China and the impact of climate change

September 18, 2024 CEN_com 0

As the global climate changes, extreme climate events, such as heatwaves, droughts, and flooding, are becoming more commonplace. Like many countries, China has suffered from extreme climatic events in recent years and climatic extremes combined with EI Niño effects have exposed vulnerabilities in its agricultural landscape. Climate change poses a great challenge to global food security and the current changes in global food insecurity can be plausibly attributed to its […]

China recovering from typhoon Yagi: strongest since 1949

September 10, 2024 CEN_com 0

Dozens killed in Vietnam, China, Philippines Yagi, the strongest autumn typhoon to land in China since 1949, hit Hainan on Friday, leaving at least four dead and 95 injured. China’s southernmost province of Hainan is recovering from the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yagi, with workers fixing damaged facilities and draining streets of floodwaters as airports in Sanya and Haikou reopened. Yagi, the 11th typhoon of this year, maintained Super Typhoon […]

Vicious circle of air pollution and climate-change induced wildfires has global impact

September 6, 2024 CEN_com 0

PM2.5 DECLINING IN CHINA SAYS WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION World in a vicious cycle of climate change, wildfires and air pollution – causing spiraling negative impact on human health, ecosystems and agriculture, says WMO. Fine particle air pollution declined in China last year as emissions linked to human activity dropped, the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said in its State of the Global Climate 2023 report published this week. Nanoparticles known as PM2.5 […]

Kenyan environmentalists work to revive degraded river by planting Chinese bamboo

September 4, 2024 CEN_com 0

A Kenyan evironmental group, Kirinyaga Bamboo Environmental Guardians, were convinced that planting trees along the riverbanks could help restore the environment. They sought to tackle the degradation of Kiringa River, a once-pristine waterway long revered by the local community. The riverbanks suffered from severe soil erosion, water levels dwindled and pollution worsened due to climate change and human activities, such as upstream irrigation. Although some members of the environmebntal group […]

Chinese scientists grow soybeans in space to help advance agricultural technology

September 3, 2024 CEN_com 0

Endeavors to grow soybeans in space may bear fruition, says Hong Kong biologist. Recently, a research team from a Chinese university successfully sent samples of soybean bacteria to the nation’s Tiangong Space Station via the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft. The project is the first Hong Kong agricultural research project to be launched into space, opening a new chapter for the integration of aerospace and agricultural technology. “The experiment although small in […]

China commits to strengthening controls on illegal building to protect farmland

September 2, 2024 CEN_com 0

Chinese authorities have committed to tough measures to safeguard arable land by releasing case studies involving the confiscation and disposal of illegal buildings and structures. The Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) and the Ministry of Natural Resources have published four typical cases from Sichuan, Guangxi, Hebei, and Heilongjiang. An SPP official noted that removing illegal buildings and structures remains a challenge for Chinese prosecutors in land use law enforcement. This situation […]

Madagascar – China’s hybrid rice helps food security for African nation

August 30, 2024 CEN_com 0

Average yield of Chinese hybrid rice in Madagascar trials two to three times more than local rice varieties. A prolonged period of exceptional droughts in the African island nation of Madagascar since 2019 reduced agriculture production, placing about 1 million people on average in food insecurity, among which 250 000 suffered a famine situation. Madagascar was also hit by extreme weather events – no less than 5 tropical weather events […]

Chinese agrivoltaics project in Japan operational

August 26, 2024 CEN_com 0

KYOTO, Japan, Aug. 26, 2024  — Trina Solar Co Ltd, a Chinese photovoltaics company founded in 1997, announced the commercial operation of its latest agrivoltaics project, located in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The project is will generate 2,700 MWh of clean energy annually, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 1,760 tons each year. Macau Business Media reports that this solar initiative represents a significant milestone for the Chinese company’s operations in the Japanese market, […]

Biodiversity of China’s Yangtze River improves

August 26, 2024 CEN_com 0

Government report finds number of native fish and protected wildlife species up over previous year, but there is much room for improvement. The Yangtze – China’s longest river and a critical habitat for aquatic life – is showing signs of ecological improvement, the latest government report says, while warning that there is still a long way to go to protect biodiversity in its waters, especially rare and endangered species. In a communique […]

Climate change induced ‘natural disasters’ continue to hit China

August 26, 2024 CEN_com 0

Extreme weather events continued across China over recent weeks. These “natural disasters” cost China nearly 元77 billion yuan ($10.7bn) last month – the biggest amount of losses for the month of July since 2021. EXTREME WEATHER A “once-in-a-century flood” was recorded by the Zhimenda hydrological station along the Yangtze River in south China, reported China Daily. Shanghai-based The Paper said about 47 “torrential rain warnings” became “effective” in the most populated Guangdong province, […]