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 ...

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 ...

Over the past few decades, black soil, which has existed for thousands of years in Northeast China, has been eroded partly due to excessive reclamation, and this threatens biological diversity and ...

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 ...

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

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." ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The black soil region became critical to feeding ... In the ten years from 1990 to 2000, for example, the three provinces of northeast China added 2 million hectares of farmland, and today ...