Highland barley is a major food crop in Tibet

Highland barley, also called hulless barley, is a cereal crop belonging to the barley species. It has been mainly planted in China's western highlands, such as Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan. Tibetans mainly live on highland barley, processing it into roasted barley flour, noodles, bread, barley wine, etc. In recent years, highland barley has got more and more attention for its high nutritional value, especially containing β-glucan which has been discovered to help regulate blood sugar, enhance immunity and anti-tumor of human body. Industries that use highland barley have been expanding in Tibet, including barley food, barley tea, barley beer, etc., which will create further demand for highland barley.

Highland barley is a major food crop in Tibet, with an annual planting area of around 130,000 ha occupying about 58% of Tibet's total arable land. The annual output of highland barley in Tibet is around 600,000 tonnes, accounting for over half of annual grain output in Tibet. Planting highland barley is also the main source of income for Tibetan farmers.

Tibet, located in the Southwest border of China, is situated in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau—the world's highest, with altitudes over 3,000 meters. The high altitude and low temperature mean crops such as highland barley; Wheat and oilseed can be cultivated only once a year and then only in those parts of Tibet that is suitable. This gives Tibet the lowest grain output among all of China's provinces. To meet grain demand, Tibet imports from other parts of China over 200,000 tonnes of grains such as rice.

Aiming to increase grain output and ensure food security, Tibet government has been enhancing highland barley planting in recent few years. For example, in 2012 USD4.85 million (RMB30 million) of investment has been made in the construction of high-quality highland barley bases in 10 big agricultural counties of five cities. Besides, farmers' enthusiasm for planting and selling grains is also promoted by the direct grain subsidies and higher purchase price of highland barley. Moreover, Tibet government intends to accelerate the breeding, approval, demonstration and promotion process of new highland barley varieties, striving to update the major varieties once every 10 years.

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Serious oversupply has been commonly found in China's hybrid rice seed market in 2013

The stable or even shrank planting of hybrid rice also contributes to the serious oversupply. The rising planting costs (labor, seeds, pesticides, fertilizer, land rents, etc.) and unattractive purchase price of rice have affected rice growers' planting enthusiasm. As a result, rice growers in some southern regions like Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi, are prone to cancel the cultivation of early season rice that offers low yield and benefits, simply replacing double-cropping rice (early season rice and late season rice) with single-cropping mid-season rice. The former paddy fields are even planted with fruit trees or other corps rather than rice in some grain planting areas of Guangxi and Guangdong, revealed by insiders engaged in rice seed business.
 
Hybrid rice generally maintains around 29.50 million ha. in recent years, occupying above 55% of China's total rice acreage (hybrid rice and open-pollinated rice) . Hybrid rice planting proportion is even higher in southern regions, where domestic rice planting is mainly concentrated.

Serious oversupply has been commonly found in China's hybrid rice seed market in 2013, compared with the balance or slight oversupply in the previous years. Statistical data from National Agro-Tech Extension and Service Center (NATESC) shows that the excess inventory of hybrid rice seeds in 2013 is 260,000 tonnes, equalling about half of the total demand. The oversupply of hybrid rice seeds are particularly serious in the major rice planting regions like Sichuan, Hunan and Jiangsu, where the supply-demand ratio reaches close to or even above 2:1. The serious oversupply caused by multiple factors impacts on China's hybrid rice seed market.

Compared with staple crops seeds like corn seeds and rice seeds, China's vegetable seed companies are universally "small, scattered and weak". Although vegetable seeds account for over 20% of the seed market share, there hasn't yet been any vegetable seed company whose business scale as large as that of listed seed companies. For example, Yuan Longping High-tech Agriculture Development Co., Ltd. and Shandong Donghai Seeds Co., Ltd., both of which engage in operating field crops seeds. Besides, the lack of core R&D competitiveness places domestic vegetable seed companies at a disadvantage when competing with transnational corporations like Syngenta and Seminis, since the latter can seize a higher market share benefiting from their high-value seed products. What’s a worse only national seed company in the mode of "breeding, production and promotion"(hereinafter national certified seed enterprises) are usually the key target of governmental support policies. Few vegetable seed companies can enjoy the policies since none of them has been approved as the national certified seed enterprises. For the reasons above, vegetable seed companies have an urgent need of government support, especially the construction of large and specialized vegetable seed group companies.

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Introduction to World Outlook of Glyphosate 2012-2016 report

Currently, GM crops and no-tillage farming are the key drivers for glyphosate demand in the world. South America and North America contribute a large portion to global glyphosate demand because of the wide promotion of GM crops. What is the future trend of GM crops planting in these two continents and then the world? What is the future trend of glyphosate demand by region/continent? Which region(s) will be prospective market for glyphosate? CCM will give you an insightful analysis on the above questions.

World Outlook of Glyphosate 2012-2016, the second edition finished by CCM in Dec. 2012, is an intelligent report on glyphosate industry across the world. The report mainly includes the following parts: Global market environment outlook Global supply & demand Main consuming/producing countries Worldwide flow and future trend Price and influencing factors Forecast for global glyphosate industry  Key players.

 

This study explores current status and future trend of glyphosate industry and is comprised of two major sections: The present market analysis - a full market comment providing comprehensive understanding of the global situation of glyphosate at present. The development information is presented by various indexes, such as supply, demand, use, price, key players and trade flow. Future market analysis-expertise analysis providing the most credible projection of market trend in the coming five years.

 

The main highlights of this report are the consumption situation analysis of major consuming/producing countries and global demand projection. The other sections like global supply situation, crop structure, worldwide flow of glyphosate, key players are also dramatic.

In a bid to figure out glyphosate flow, CCM has dived deep into global glyphosate supply chain, with glyphosate technical producers, glyphosate trade, key players and brands in main countries analyzed systematically. Moreover, an insightful research on the source and distribution of glyphosate of the top players in glyphosate market is provided in the report.

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Introduction to World Outlook of Glyphosate 2012-2016 report

Currently, GM crops and no-tillage farming are the key drivers for glyphosate demand in the world. South America and North America contribute a large portion to global glyphosate demand because of the wide promotion of GM crops. What is the future trend of GM crops planting in these two continents and then the world? What is the future trend of glyphosate demand by region/continent? Which region(s) will be prospective market for glyphosate? CCM will give you an insightful analysis on the above questions.

World Outlook of Glyphosate 2012-2016, the second edition finished by CCM in Dec. 2012, is an intelligent report on glyphosate industry across the world. The report mainly includes the following parts: Global market environment outlook Global supply & demand Main consuming/producing countries Worldwide flow and future trend Price and influencing factors Forecast for global glyphosate industry  Key players.

 

This study explores current status and future trend of glyphosate industry and is comprised of two major sections: The present market analysis - a full market comment providing comprehensive understanding of the global situation of glyphosate at present. The development information is presented by various indexes, such as supply, demand, use, price, key players and trade flow. Future market analysis-expertise analysis providing the most credible projection of market trend in the coming five years.

 

The main highlights of this report are the consumption situation analysis of major consuming/producing countries and global demand projection. The other sections like global supply situation, crop structure, worldwide flow of glyphosate, key players are also dramatic.

In a bid to figure out glyphosate flow, CCM has dived deep into global glyphosate supply chain, with glyphosate technical producers, glyphosate trade, key players and brands in main countries analyzed systematically. Moreover, an insightful research on the source and distribution of glyphosate of the top players in glyphosate market is provided in the report.

About CCM

CCM is dedicated to market research in China, Asia-Pacific Rim and global market. With a staff of more than 150 dedicated highly-educated professionals. CCM offers Market Data, Analysis, Reports, Newsletters, Buyer-Trader Information, Import/Export Analysis all through its new proprietary product ValoTracer.
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