Reports abound of a looming food crisis of epic proportions. If the worst should happen, whether it be depression-era style economic collapse, debilitating natural disaster or global food shortage, the urgent need to procure…
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HOHHOT – More than 370,000 people and 580,000 livestock living in pasture areas in the western part of North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region are having difficulties securing drinking water due to a severe drought….
GUIYANG – A lingering drought has caused water shortages for 4.28 million people in China, the country’s drought relief authority said on Monday. A farmer looks anxiously on Monday at peanut crops that have been…
Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu on Tuesday urged governments at all levels to do more to prevent flood disasters. The possibility of severe floods “cannot be underestimated,” Hui said at a meeting of the State…
HONGHU, Hubei – About 18,000 summer birds have been forced to leave their stopover at Honghu Lake early because of the persistent drought in Central China. “Normally, about 20,000 summer birds come to the lake…
Source: South China Morning Post With no end in sight to a prolonged dry spell, villagers in top producing regions are living in despair and may be forced to find work in cities. The prolonged…
SHANGHAI – The impacts of China’s worst drought in 50 years have been served up on the nation’s dining tables as the price of rice and vegetables from drought-hit provinces have skyrocketed. The average price…
Fishing boats are stranded on grassland, which was once the bed of Poyang Lake- China’s largest fresh water lake, in Jiujiang,East China’s Jiangxi province, on Saturday. Because of a severe drought, the area of Poyang…
While Xu Baoguo strenuously paddled towards shore, he had no idea when he could return to his houseboat on the Honghu Lake, which has almost completely dried up due to a persistent drought. Xu was…
Extreme Weather Driving up Food Prices It’s not just gas prices that are skyrocketing – it’s also the cost of food. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s World Food Price Index, which tracks 55 food-commodity…