Minister of Agriculture Zhengcai Sun of China
Outlining priorities in global efforts to ensure food security amid price hikes, Sun said all countries in the world should in the first place attach greater importance to agricultural production.
On biofuels, the most contentious issue at the summit, Sun said scientific guidance shall be given to the development of the bio-energy sector.
Sun said efforts should be made to improve food trade and achieve a win-win solution through cooperation, calling for an early conclusion of the Doha Round.
Sun said China has provided technological and materials assistance to neighboring countries including Vietnam, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Mongolia to help those countries prevent bird flu.
Sun said winter and spring were the peak times for bird flu, and six countries and regions around China had reported outbreaks recently.
Sun said during a tour of Jiangxi province, where 866,000 hectares (2.
Sun said growing crops like corn and potatoes _ commonly used for pig feed _ could boost pig farming, which would alleviate a recent shortage of pork, China's staple meat.
Sun said the domestic agricultural products market was currently in balance due to output growth in recent years and large reserves, adding "rises of farm produce prices are.
Sun said income per person for the 900 million Chinese officially classed as rural residents rose 7 percent in 2007 to $550, according to Xinhua.
At a national meeting on quality safety of produce, Sun said the authorities would intensify daily monitoring over and special testing of produce and the materials used in their production.
Sun said agricultural authorities above county level would send quality inspectors to produce wholesale markets if conditions permitted.
in balance due to output growth in recent years and large reserves.
dollars) this year over the same period last year because of higher costs of materials, Sun said in a report on farmers' incomes to the fourth session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress, China's top legislature.
Sun said more efforts would be given to exploit agricultural potential to boost grain production, perfect agricultural technology service mechanism, and strengthen control on farming products market.
0 percent respectively, Sun said in a statement posted on the ministry's website on Monday.
This would mark the fifth consecutive summer of bumper harvest for the first time since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Sun said during a countryside tour in Beijing.
However, Sun said food security remains guaranteed because of sufficient stockpiles and a big harvest ahead.
Sun said China's grain reserves are currently abundant and there is enough supply of major farm products to offset the effects of the two natural disasters.
Sun said as a huge, developing country with 1.
There are still some livestock feed enterprises that illegally add banned medications and harmful chemicals," Sun was quoted as saying.
China will never develop biofuels at the cost of grain supplies or arable land," Sun was quoted by the report as saying.
In the meantime, Sun is promoting more research and development of biofuels from non-food sources, such as agricultural waste and animal manure.
We must crack down on them with the greatest determination and the toughest measures, Sun said in the meeting held late Monday.