Agriculture is one of the fundamental economic sectors, with an essential role in securing raw materials and basic food for sustaining human life and the operations of manufacturing industries. Apart from being at the base of the global food chain, the sector is of vital importance for economic and social development in a large number of developing countries. Against a background of rapidly growing world population, rising incomes in emerging markets and changing consumption patterns, agriculture’s main tasks are to increase productivity and to ensure steady food supply in a sustainable way that takes into account social, economic and environmental considerations.
Agriculture involves the cultivation of the soil and the harvesting of a variety of crops, fruits, nuts, vegetables and flowers. It also includes the growing and harvesting of forest products, the hunting of animals, livestock breeding, production of livestock products such as milk and eggs, fishing and aquaculture, and related support activities.
The agribusiness sector plays a significant role in the Chinese economy, generating around 6.8% of the country's total GDP (at constant prices) in 2024, slightly down from 7.1% in 2023. The government has been making efforts to ensure stable and ...
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The agribusiness sector plays a significant role in the Chinese economy, generating over 7.9% of the country's GDP (at constant prices) in 2023, down slightly by 1pp compared to 2022. The government is making constant efforts to ensure stable and ...
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China is the largest agricultural economy globally, consuming and producing more than half of the world's pork, as well as supplying one third of the horticultural products, rice and cotton, and close to 20% of the wheat, maize and poultry ...
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China is the world's largest agricultural economy, consuming and supplying more than half of the world's pork, and supplying one-third of its horticultural products, rice, and cotton and close to 20% of he world's wheat, maize, and poultry. The ...
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China is the world's largest agricultural economy, consuming and supplying more than half of the world's pork, and supplying one-third of its horticultural products, rice, and cotton and approximately 20% of the world's wheat, maize, and poultry. The ...
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China is the world's largest agricultural economy, consuming and supplying more than half of the world's pork, and supplying one-third of its horticultural products, rice, and cotton and close to 20% of the world's wheat, maize, and poultry. The ...
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