It is clear that China's new administration continues to consider the nation's agricultural development and reform to be its top priority as adjustments in policies are considered to address a number of issues. China Calls for Transforming Agricultural Development Model China's leaders and senior officials recently concluded the three-day Central Economic Work Conference, a crucial meeting that set the tone for 2015 economic policies. Transformation of the agricultural development model and accelerating agricultural reform were conference highlights. Below are the key areas of discussion:
Pressures on agriculture to increase production in recent years have resulted in environmental degradation. Deforestation, erosion, desertification a...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
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An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
