Price surge becomes real food for thought
By Xin Zhiming | China Daily | Updated: 2008-04-16 07:25
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Customers select vegetables in a supermarket in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province. Rising food prices have contributed to a CPI growth of 8.7 percent in February, the record high in a decade. Cao Zhizheng |
The 3,000-odd villagers of Cifeng in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region are finding it tough to raise grain production because their earnings have been on the decline. In fact, "about 1,200 of our villagers have shifted to non-farming jobs," says Cifeng village head Li Hongjiang. "All farming-related costs are rising and people don't like to farm."
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