BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China says it will speed up science and technology innovation in the agriculture sector to help boost self-reliance in agricultural technology amid food security concerns.
The country will expand efforts at developing “new productive forces” through science and tech innovation in agriculture, the ministry of agriculture and rural affairs said.
China will also “improve the mechanism for deep integration of sci-tech and agriculture industry” and speed development of intelligent agriculture and farm product processing, the ministry said.
China has invested large sums of money in research for agriculture in recent years but has few large commercial companies that invest in long-term research and development to bring innovative solutions to market.
