China must not let grain output decline this year, a government working group said on Tuesday, amid worries that measures to contain the ongoing coronavirus outbreak could hurt food security in the world’s most populous country, reports Reuters.
Just weeks away from the start of spring planting, the central government’s work group on managing the coronavirus ordered provinces to mobilize farmers and guarantee that planted acreage and grain output remain stable.
A lockdown on the movement of people to contain the spread of the coronavirus has raised fears that farmers will be unable to plow their fields and sow crops.
