11.   Chinese leaders, he said, are under pressure to protect the interests of Chinese farmers who could be hurt by such trade agreements.

12.   Chinese scientists at the Beijing news conference said the Monsanto research could, in four to five years, enable Chinese farmers to plant crops with much higher yields.

13.   Drought, pests and a severe shortage of fertilizer are bedeviling Chinese farmers as they begin spring planting.

14.   Drought, pests and a severe shortage of fertilizer are bedeviling Chinese farmers as they begin their spring planting, the agriculture minister acknowledged in press reports Thursday.

15.   Earlier this year, French truffle hunters cried foul when it was discovered that Chinese mushroom farmers were passing off bland tasting look-alikes as the real thing.

16.   He said the resources freed by ending subsidies to inefficient Chinese farmers can be used to build a social safety net and promote development of backward inland regions.

17.   In one rural hamlet, Chinese farmers haul water from a pipe jutting through stones above the muddy ground.

18.   Many Chinese farmers and consumers have been sickened by fertilizers and pesticides in recent years, Han said.

19.   Millions of Chinese farmers have headed to the cities in recent years because their tiny farms cannot provide enough work and income.

20.   North Korean women, meanwhile, sometimes end up working as prostitutes or are sold by bride traders to Chinese farmers, aid workers and ethnic Koreans said.