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China's black soil: Securing the future of food

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Expansive black soil in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, September 28, 2025. /VCG
Expansive black soil in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, September 28, 2025. /VCG

Expansive black soil in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, September 28, 2025. /VCG

Expansive black soil in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, September 28, 2025. /VCG
Expansive black soil in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, September 28, 2025. /VCG

Expansive black soil in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, September 28, 2025. /VCG

Expansive black soil in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, September 28, 2025. /VCG
Expansive black soil in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, September 28, 2025. /VCG

Expansive black soil in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, September 28, 2025. /VCG

Staff at China Agricultural University's Jilin Lishu Experimental Station analyzing black soil composition in Lishu, Jilin Province, China, July 9, 2025. /VCG
Staff at China Agricultural University's Jilin Lishu Experimental Station analyzing black soil composition in Lishu, Jilin Province, China, July 9, 2025. /VCG

Staff at China Agricultural University's Jilin Lishu Experimental Station analyzing black soil composition in Lishu, Jilin Province, China, July 9, 2025. /VCG

Dryland crops have been fully sown at Youyi Farm in in Shuangyashan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 1, 2024, and the vast black soil will soon be covered in lush green. /VCG
Dryland crops have been fully sown at Youyi Farm in in Shuangyashan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 1, 2024, and the vast black soil will soon be covered in lush green. /VCG

Dryland crops have been fully sown at Youyi Farm in in Shuangyashan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 1, 2024, and the vast black soil will soon be covered in lush green. /VCG

Farmers plowing the black soil in Jiamusi City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 27, 2023. /VCG
Farmers plowing the black soil in Jiamusi City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 27, 2023. /VCG

Farmers plowing the black soil in Jiamusi City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 27, 2023. /VCG

Black soil, considered the world's most fertile for crops, once faced serious degradation in China. During the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) period, over 400 million mu (26.67 million hectares) of black soil in China was restored, through no-till farming, straw return, and protective cultivation. Through these practices, the country has turned its farmland green and secured the future of its food supply. 

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