Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to east, and Yang wanted to break this grip of geography. He needed a way to move rice from the fertile region around the Yangtze northwest to feed his court ...

BEIJING -- China ... rice cultivation area by approximately 10 million mu (about 666,666 hectares) by 2030, as part of efforts to bolster food security, according to the Ministry of Agriculture ...

CHANGSHA/BANJUL, March 22 (Xinhua) -- In The Gambia, where rice is a staple ... which shows that Gambian agriculture is improving. Development partners like China have played a crucial role ...