A decade-long study in Northeast China's Tongken River Basin found that climate-smart practices and increased rainfall ...

This stack composite photo taken on May 24, 2025 shows a paddy rice field under the starry sky in a farm in Yichun City, ...

Food security has been a top priority in China, and protecting farmland, including the black soil in the northeast, has been included as a key task in a major blueprint for China's development ...

Black soil, one of the most fertile soil types in the world, is characterized by its high humus content. Northeast China has the reputation of being a "Golden Corn Belt" and the "Land of Soybeans." ...

The black soil region became critical to feeding the growing population, and in the following decades, the demand for arable land also grew. In the 10 years from 1990 to 2000, for example, the 3 ...

There may not be gold in their fields, but some farmers in northeastern China have found the soil in their backyard is offering them easy money. Black soil, one of the most fertile soils in the ...

In the northern hemisphere, three major black soil zones contribute greatly to world agriculture. These are located along the mid-latitude zone, across northeast China, North America and southern ...

Qu Jiali, born in a village of Hailun city, Heilongjiang province in northeast China ... Relying on the nutrient black soil in his hometown, Qu Jiali turned to a new type of corn that could ...

In the 30 years from 1990 to 2020, the black soil's carbon stock has dropped by about 650 million tonnes in northeast China. It would take about 300 million hectares of US forest a year to ...