Despite natural disasters, grain harvest looks good
By Wang Qian | China Daily | Updated: 2010-07-17 06:35
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This file photo shows a farmer cutting paddy rice during a harvest season in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. The output of grain harvested this summer fell for the first time in seven years, hitting 123.1 million tons, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Yu Xiangquan / for China Daily |
Beijing - The Ministry of Agriculture assured on Friday of a good harvest for the whole year despite a drop in the summer grain output due to severe floods and droughts in the south and southwest of the country.
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