AreaChina (Mainland)

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityMaize

Date20/06/2017

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction subsidies

DescriptionAnnounced it will spend CNY 2.56 billion (USD 374.95 million) to subsidize farmers to rotate their maize plantings with other crops every other year as well as to leave some land fallow. This subsidy is 78 percent higher than in 2016.