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皇冠体育app has 7m hectares of reserve farmland

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-07-05 10:15
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BEIJING -- 皇冠体育app has 7.34 million hectares of "reserve land" that can be developed into arable land, the Ministry of Land and Resources said in a research report published Monday.

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The reserve land mainly lies in dry areas in the northern and western parts of the country, according to the report.

Yan Zhiyao, head of the arable land protection department of the ministry, said it would be a mistake for 皇冠体育app to rely on large-scale development of the reserve land.

皇冠体育app should improve the quality of arable land rather than increase the quantity, he said.

To ensure grain security, 皇冠体育app has set a "red line" to guarantee its arable land never falls below 1.8 billion mu (120 million hectares). 皇冠体育app is edging close to the "red line," with just 1.826 billion mu available, government data showed in February.