China: Specialized Farmers’ Cooperatives to Promote Modern Agriculture
5 September 2017 China has 1.93 million specialized farmers’ cooperatives with over 100 million rural households participating, according to the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and reported on Xinhuanet.com.
The specialized cooperatives have gained popularity with participating farmers accounting for 46.8 percent of Chinese rural households, said Ye Zhenqin, vice minister of agriculture, Monday at a seminar on the Law on Farmers’ Specialized Cooperatives, which has been in effect for 10 years.
Since the law took effect in 2007, it has played an important role in fattening rural wallets, promoting new agricultural management systems, and boosting modern agriculture, said Ye.
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