AreaChina (Mainland)

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date01/03/2011

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction target

DescriptionTarget set to increase proportion of mechanized rice planting to 45% and mechanized harvesting to 80%. Single cropping rice production systems in northeastern provinces and mid and lower areas of Yangtze river expected to be fully mechanized by 2015.