As the occurrence of La Nina threatens to bring extreme weather events, China published a strategy to assure steady food production and supply this winter.
The agriculture ministry stated in a statement that this winter and spring will be important for safeguarding food supplies during key upcoming events such as the Lunar New Year holiday and the Winter Olympics in February. As a weak to moderate La Nina pattern is expected in the next months, the ministry predicts cold weather and ongoing droughts in some areas.
Large swaths of China have already been blanketed with snow, compounding the country's problems with rising fuel prices and coping with a power outage. Weather-related issues and energy shortages in China and elsewhere have reverberated across the food supply chain, forcing the closure of some processing plants and raising vegetable and fertilizer prices.
According to the National Meteorological Center, China's winter wheat planting has been slowed this year due to rainy weather and excessive soil moisture.
In provinces including as Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Shaanxi, sowing was behind schedule, while sections of northern Henan saw a one-month delay.
Wheat growth in some northern and eastern regions is weak, according to the farm ministry, and can't endure freezing weather. The cold wave might also harm vegetable output and stymie the transit of goods from northern producing regions, according to the report. Vegetable supply may fluctuate in some locations.
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