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Food Security Unshakable Despite Severe Drought
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Farmers in a village in central China diverting flows from a nearby river to water their fields threatened by drought. Thanks to surplus grain harvests for the past five years straight, China's grain reserves have reached a record high, and thus supplies and prices should remain stable despite that the country is experiencing its worst drought in 50 years. Food safety agencies and market observers have told the EO that though the dry spell would affect agriculture production this year, the impact would be contained. Summer harvests for rice and wheat would likely only drop marginally if prompt counter measures to divert water to dry fields yielded results; and the harvest of corn might not be affected at all as the seeding season has yet to commence during the dry spell.
Original article: [Chinese]