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Agricultural prices fall in larger Chinese cities
The prices of agricultural products dropped 0.6 percent from last week in 36 large and medium-sized cities, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM). In the 57 categories of edible agricultural products, the market prices of 35 kinds dropped compared to previous week, representing 61.4 percent of the gross. The prices of vegetables dipped due to the increased supply. The average …
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Organic farming refers to means of farming that does not involve the use of chemicals such as chemical fertilizers and chemical pesticides. Numerous small farmers have been practicing organic farming; however, since they are unaware of the market opportunities, they are not able to reap the benefits of organic farming.
According to a research conducted by the Office of Evaluation and Studies (OE), International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), small farmers in Latin America, China and India can benefit drastically from organic farming and will help in alleviating poverty in these countries. Organic farming is being groomed to end modern farmers’ struggles resulting to various debts and farming land mortgages.Below are some of the benefits of organic farming for small farmers:
Higher Premium – Organic prices of organic foods are usually 20-30% higher than conventional food. This higher premium would meant fair and better returns for the small farmers, many of whom are still struggling with trying to achieve better returns from their farms.
Lower Investment – Organic farming do not require high capital investment as compared to other farming methods.With the soaring costs of chemicals and fertilizers used in the farms,many farmers has now realized the benefits and financial rewards of organic farming as they use natural made compost which are free. In cases of natural calamity, pest or disease attack, and irregular rainfall, when there is a crop failure, small farmers practicing organic farming have to suffer less as their investments are lower.
Lower Operating Costs – Further, since organic fertilizers and pesticides can be produced locally, the yearly costs incurred by the farmer are also low. Agriculture greatly depends on external factors such as climate, pests, disease. Further most of the small farmers are dependent on natural rain for water.
Lower Financial Burdens – Many small farmers worldwide are now in greater debt due to the soaring prices of chemicals,fertilizers,animal fees and fuel.Many are debt ridden.However,an organic farmer which relies on natural and self made natural fertilizers and farming methods have lesser financial burdens and risks.The increasing demand for their organic products will further strengthen their financial position.
Greater Knowledge – Small farmers have abundance of farming knowledge with them and within their community.Most of these knowledge backdates to the time when their ancestors were farming using traditional and natural ways.
Organic farming is not a new method, but one which predates to thousands of years when each family has their own land to farm and produce food.Just a century ago, there are no large scale commercial farming and there are no chemical plants that produces chemical fertilizers.
Farmers of Forty Centuries: Organic Farming in China, Korea, and Japan
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Professor King provides intriguing glimpses of Japan, China, Manchuria, and Korea, with information about the customs of the common people; utilization of waste; methods of irrigation, reforestation, and land reclamation; and the cultivation of rice, silk, and tea. An invaluable, profusely illustrated resource for organic gardeners, farmers, and conservationists. 249 illustrations.
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Farmers of Forty Centuries: Organic Farming in China, Korea, and Japan
Report on the Analysis of Development of Forestry Industry and Wood Processing Industry in China
Background of the Research
Since 1949, China has completed six national forest resources inventories. According to the result of the sixth forest resources inventory (1999-2003), there is 175 million hectares of forests, 13.618 billion of living trees accumulate, 12.456 billion cubic meters of forests accumulate, and 18.21% of forest coverage which is nearly 10% higher than 8.6% after the founding of new China. The forest area of China ranks the fifth in the world; the forests accumulate ranks the sixth in the world; the area of man-made forests is 53.2573 million hectares and ranks the first in the world. ( http://www.bharatbook.com/Market-Research-Reports/Report-on-the-Analysis-of-Development-of-Forestry-Industry-and-Wood-Processing-Industry-in-China.html )
On the whole, the status quo of forest resources in China is insufficient in total volume, low in quality and uneven in distributing. The forest coverage only amounts to 61.52% of the global average level 29.6%. The per capita forest area is 0.132 hectare, amounting to 22% of the global level 0.6 hectare. The per capita forests accumulate is 9.42 cubic meters, amounting to 14.58% of the global level 64.63 cubic meters. Among the existing forests, young-middle-aged forests take up a big percentage, the area and accumulate of which amount to 67.85% and 38.94% of the total area and accumulate respectively. In terms of geographic distribution, forests in the northeast and southwest region are more than other areas. The forest area and accumulate in six provinces (including Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet) amount to 51.4% and 70% of national forest area and accumulate. However, forest resources in north China and the northwest region are relatively less, especially Xinjiang and Qinghai where the forest coverage is less than 5% (only 2.94% in Xinjiang).
With a view to consumption, China has become a big wood consuming country. With the economic development and improvement of living standard in China, the consumption of wood and wood products rapidly increases. The consumption of panel board, paper pulp and paper has ranked the second in the world. As to export, export volume of panel board, furniture and flooring also grow year after year, and China has become a global “wood processing base”. In general, commercial wood consumes approximately 190 million cubic meters of forest resources every year which amounts to 45% of total consumption of forest resources, but annual growth of wood available to cut is only over 100 million cubic meters and is short of demand.
In addition to the tight supply of wood, the snow disaster in the beginning of 2008 gave another big strike to the forestry industry in south China. 279 million mu of forests in 19 provinces, districts and cities (including Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Hubei, Anhui, Guangxi, Zhejiang, etc.) suffered the snow disaster; 1781 state-owned forest farms and 1200 nurseries were seriously hit; 30,000 nationally-protected wild animals were frozen to death or frostbitten. The forestry infrastructures were seriously damaged with a direct monetary loss of 57.3 billion yuan. Although the snow disaster had small impact on wood supply in 2008, most young-middle-aged forests were seriously destroyed which will definitely affect the wood supply in China in the next years and cause the forestry construction plan to be changed.
Furthermore, the sub-prime crisis in U.S. triggered a global financial crisis in 2008. Economic depression occurred in many countries with different extent, and economic development in major countries slowed down. Accordingly, the real estate industry entered a low tide period, and it was the same to the demand for various wood products such as panel board, flooring and furniture. With a view to log export, Russia increased its export duty again and again in order to encourage wood deep-processing in Russia. Since April of 2008, Russia increased the log export duty to 25% and not less than 15 Euros per cubic meter and declared to increase it to 80% and not less than 50 Euros per cubic meter since January of 2009. Russia is the main wood exporting country to China, so the log import source of China is bound to change.
How will wood supply in China change confronted with so many events suddenly-occurred in 2008? And how will wood processing industry develop? What kind of change will happen to wood import source? We will make a comprehensive analysis and clear judgment to the future development of forestry industry and wood processing industry in China based on the analysis and review of forestry industry and wood processing industry in 2008 as well as the changes of policies. This will provide a reference for both foreign and domestic professionals who focus on forestry industry and wood processing industry in making their decisions.
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This report makes an in-depth analysis on the Development of Forestry Industry and Wood Processing Industry in China
Background of the Research
Since 1949, China has completed six national forest resources inventories. According to the result of the sixth forest resources inventory (1999-2003), there is 175 million hectares of forests, 13.618 billion of living trees accumulate, 12.456 billion cubic meters of forests accumulate, and 18.21% of forest coverage which is nearly 10% higher than 8.6% after the founding of new China. The forest area of China ranks the fifth in the world; the forests accumulate ranks the sixth in the world; the area of man-made forests is 53.2573 million hectares and ranks the first in the world.
On the whole, the status quo of forest resources in China is insufficient in total volume, low in quality and uneven in distributing. The forest coverage only amounts to 61.52% of the global average level 29.6%. The per capita forest area is 0.132 hectare, amounting to 22% of the global level 0.6 hectare. The per capita forests accumulate is 9.42 cubic meters, amounting to 14.58% of the global level 64.63 cubic meters. Among the existing forests, young-middle-aged forests take up a big percentage, the area and accumulate of which amount to 67.85% and 38.94% of the total area and accumulate respectively. In terms of geographic distribution, forests in the northeast and southwest region are more than other areas. The forest area and accumulate in six provinces (including Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet) amount to 51.4% and 70% of national forest area and accumulate. However, forest resources in north China and the northwest region are relatively less, especially Xinjiang and Qinghai where the forest coverage is less than 5% (only 2.94% in Xinjiang).
With a view to consumption, China has become a big wood consuming country. With the economic development and improvement of living standard in China, the consumption of wood and wood products rapidly increases. The consumption of panel board, paper pulp and paper has ranked the second in the world. As to export, export volume of panel board, furniture and flooring also grow year after year, and China has become a global gwood processing baseh. In general, commercial wood consumes approximately 190 million cubic meters of forest resources every year which amounts to 45% of total consumption of forest resources, but annual growth of wood available to cut is only over 100 million cubic meters and is short of demand.
In addition to the tight supply of wood, the snow disaster in the beginning of 2008 gave another big strike to the forestry industry in south China. 279 million mu of forests in 19 provinces, districts and cities (including Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Hubei, Anhui, Guangxi, Zhejiang, etc.) suffered the snow disaster; 1781 state-owned forest farms and 1200 nurseries were seriously hit; 30,000 nationally-protected wild animals were frozen to death or frostbitten. The forestry infrastructures were seriously damaged with a direct monetary loss of 57.3 billion yuan. Although the snow disaster had small impact on wood supply in 2008, most young-middle-aged forests were seriously destroyed which will definitely affect the wood supply in China in the next years and cause the forestry construction plan to be changed.
Furthermore, the sub-prime crisis in U.S. triggered a global financial crisis in 2008. Economic depression occurred in many countries with different extent, and economic development in major countries slowed down. Accordingly, the real estate industry entered a low tide period, and it was the same to the demand for various wood products such as panel board, flooring and furniture.
With a view to log export, Russia increased its export duty again and again in order to encourage wood deep-processing in Russia. Since April of 2008, Russia increased the log export duty to 25% and not less than 15 Euros per cubic meter and declared to increase it to 80% and not less than 50 Euros per cubic meter since January of 2009. Russia is the main wood exporting country to China, so the log import source of China is bound to change.
How will wood supply in China change confronted with so many events suddenly-occurred in 2008? And how will wood processing industry develop? What kind of change will happen to wood import source? We will make a comprehensive analysis and clear judgment to the future development of forestry industry and wood processing industry in China based on the analysis and review of forestry industry and wood processing industry in 2008 as well as the changes of policies. This will provide a reference for both foreign and domestic professionals who focus on forestry industry and wood processing industry in making their decisions.
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Climate monitoring is vital to further advance our understanding of the complexity of the climate system and its predictability. The data and associated climate information that are collected and disseminated to users, keep all stakeholders informed of the state of the climate and the natural environment.
Climate is sometimes referred to as “average” weather for a given area. The National Weather Service uses data such as temperature highs and lows and precipitation rates for the past thirty years to compile an area’s “average” weather. Climate.org seeks to provide reliable information on climate change, energy and the environment. The site is regularly updated with recent news and articles.
Climate change is with us. A decade ago, it was conjecture. Climate change and the energy hunger of the developed world and newly emerging economies like China and India are driving forces behind higher food prices, which directly affect the poor in a country like Egypt.
As the First Lady has stated it in her Opening Address on Saturday, the rich subsidize the transformation of food into biofuels, thus subsidizing the burning of food of the poor to drive the cars of the rich! Climate is the atmospheric condition in a certain location near the surface of the Earth. Is there such a thing as a global climate ?
Climate change and related impacts are becoming increasingly relevant to environmental, economic and security issues. This raises convergent points of interest and thematic platforms for those interested in confronting this global challenge from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Climate change is the greatest environmental challenge facing the world today. Rising global temperatures will bring changes in weather patterns, rising sea levels and increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather. Climate change is the single biggest environmental threat facing our planet. Burning too much coal, oil and gas pollutes the atmosphere with greenhouse gases that heat up the planet.
Temperature, humidity, and rainfall, which are discussed hereunder, are the most important elements of the country’s weather and climate. Temperatures range between 70F and 90F (20C to 33C).
Climate simulations at NCAR have shown that changes in the Sun’s intensity explain less than a third of the global warm-up during the last century. The most likely explanation for a warming Earth is the greenhouse gases emitted when fossil fuels are burned. Climate data are used extensively in airport design and aeronautical engineering.
Wind direction and speed, visibility, air pressure, temperature, icing frequency, cloud cover, humidity, the character of the air (fog, haze, smoke, and dust storms for example), and other elements are significant. Climate is the average daily and seasonal weather for a region; including temperature, precipitation, wind, and sunshine. Observations are compiled over several decades and are classified into climate zones.
Climate change can be caused by internal and external forces like the Earth?s orbit, solar radiation and greenhouse gas concentrations. The ice age is an example of climate change. Climate is the average weather usually taken over a 30-year time period for a particular region and time period. Climate is not the same as weather, but rather, it is the average pattern of weather for a particular region.
Climates change rapidly on mountains, becoming colder the higher the altitude gets. The climate of a highland area is closely related to the climate of the surrounding biome.
Kept in pens so tight they can hardly move and that’s all they know their entire lives?
Do you know what psychological torture looks like? When animals pace back and forth and bite thier cage all day?
Do you know they say pigs are smarter than dogs?
How would you feel if Dogs were kept like that?
ANd they are treated like that in China, so what’s the big deal? Animal torture is OK?
Golden, honey. “Veal” is a name given to Baby Cow meat.
A “lamb” is what a baby Sheep is called.
And most farm animals on agribusiness farms are tortured and killed, some more than others i.e. baby cows….
Scenario of Indian agricultureÂ
India is the seventh largest country in geographical level and second largest country in population wise and twelfth largest country in economic wise .The economy of India is as diverse as it is large, with a number of major sectors including manufacturing industries, agriculture, textiles and handicrafts, and services. Agriculture is a major component of the Indian economy, More than 75 % of our people have their live hood as agriculture and agriculture oriented works. Mahatma Gandhi said “Indian economy lives in rural villages”, and many of the industries getting their raw material from agriculture sector.
Indian agriculture began by 9000 BCE as a result of early cultivation of plants, and domestication of crops and animals. Settled life soon followed with implements and techniques being developed for agriculture. Indian agricultural products are traded around the world via existing trading networks and foreign crops were introduced to India.
The five plans are give importance to the agriculture sector and rural development and rural people’s employment.Land and water management systems were developed with an aim of providing uniform growth. Our agriculture sector achived green reveloution during 1970s after that we create white revolution in milk production.Despite some stagnation during the later modern era the policy makers was not concentrate the development of comprehensive agricultural program and rural development compare to urban development and industrial development. Nearly 21.1% of the entire rural population of India exists in difficult physical and financial predicament. But rate of poverty in urban population is 15%. In general, the Government controls the Indian economy, and there remains a great disparity between the rich and the poor.
However, the service sector is greatly expanding and has started to assume an increasingly important role. The fact that the English speaking population in India is growing by the day means that India has become a hub of outsourcing activities for some of the major economies of the world including the United Kingdom and the United States. Outsourcing to India has been primarily in the areas of technical support and customer services. Other areas where India is expected to make progress include manufacturing, construction of ships, pharmaceuticals, aviation, biotechnology, tourism, nanotechnology, retailing and telecommunications. Growth rates in these sectors are expected to increase dramatically. But the other side the slowdown in agricultural growth has become a major cause for concern. India’s rice yields are one-third of China’s and about half of those in Vietnam and Indonesia.
 Due to urbanization and industrialization use of agriculture land is reduced during the last one decade agriculture lands are converted in to residential houses and factories hence the number of agriculture labors lost their work and move to urban areas. This leads to low out put in agricultural products, insufficiency and rise in food articles prices. Number of surveys said that the world will go to face food insufficiency in near future.
 In India Maximum of landholders are fall under the category of Small farmers, so they are not able to meet out the increasing input cost and not able to introduce any new technological machineries in their farms, due to this reason our “farmers are born in debt, live in debt and died in debt”.
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 Infrastructure is also a significant factor in the process of development but country like our rural India has not posses the infrastructure such as roads, electricity, fertilizer and pesticides availability which caused the vulnerable damage to the growth of agriculture. While India has a wide network of rural finance institutions, many of the rural poor remain excluded, due to inefficiencies in the formal finance institutions, the weak regulatory framework, high transaction costs, and risks associated with lending to agriculture.
Farmers’ access to markets is hampered by poor roads, rudimentary market infrastructure, excessive regulation and middlemen intervention in selling the products is very big problem in marketing the products. Hence the Indian farmers need easily accessible and highly structured markets with out middleman interventions.Â
Indian agriculture policy allow some foreign companies to introduce Dangerous genetic engineering technologies in seeds (GMS) and shift towards food grains to cash crops it may helpful to the farmers in one way in initial periods but using this type of GMS and shift our production system from food grains to cash crops in future we will loose our traditional seeds. Now we are seriously talking about fuel and its importance hereafter there is serious arguments and problem will come for “food or fuel“. Â An estimated 100 million tonnes of grain per year are being redirected from food to fuel. (Total worldwide grain production for 2007 was just over 2000 million tonnes. As farmers devoted larger parts of their crops to fuel production than in previous years, land and resources available for food production were reduced correspondingly. This has resulted in less food available for human consumption,
Irrigation is key to agricultural production. Irrigation facilities are inadequate, as revealed by the fact that only 52.6% of the land was irrigated in 2003-04, which result in farmers still being dependent on rainfall, specifically the monsoon season. A good monsoon results in a robust growth for the economy as a whole, while a poor monsoon leads to a sluggish growth. The government must allocate funds to start the new irrigation projects to increase the cultivation.Â
 Agricultural reforms and increased private investment is must, especially small farmers. Create a viable model of public-private partnership that allows private investors to invest in agriculture infrastructure in partnership with banks and financial institutions. This will help the farmers to access the high quality technologies and increase the output with international standards to meet the global market requirements.
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The policy makers in India have a high responsibility on reducing poverty by raising agricultural productivity and developing the rural population economic status from deprived condition. However, bold action from policymakers will be required to shift away from the existing subsidy-based regime that is no longer sustainable, to build a solid foundation for a highly productive, internationally competitive, and diversified agricultural sector.
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The government should instruct to the all universities, colleges, private and Government offices and manufacturing industry canteens to sell agricultural products like tender coconut, cucumber, watermelon, fruits etc, to enhance and promote the agricultural products in these areas it will help the formers to get good demand and price for their products. Â
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We need more number of Agriculture universities and agriculture colleges in India to promote research and development in this area because majority of the population depending this sector for their live hood. So the government should concentrate and give more importance to the research and developments in rural and agricultural sector.
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           Total population of India as well as total population of the world has rabidly increasing There is no question that improving standards of living for the current poor of the world, plus providing for the billions still to come, will increase global demand for food and levels of per capita consumption are so high. But the rate of food grain growth is substantially slower than the average population growth rate. Worldwide about two billion people are lack food security and 825 million people are chronically malnourished, according to a recent estimate by UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Hence the very urgent need is the policy makers and government should take responsible steps to improve the agricultural sector and eradicate poverty and food starvation in the world.
                                “If we seed the agriculture, it will feed the Nation”. Â
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Over the years, Beijing Reclamation with their own advantages, clearly stated, “hold high the banner of agricultural character,” to create improved varieties of livestock and poultry industries of China’s first brand, the implementation of the “three docking” development strategy, Beijing Reclamation varieties of livestock and poultry industry has expanded rapidly and levels have been increasing rapidly, has become a highlight of the national land reclamation and aquaculture seeds across the country in the production, promotion and demonstration bases.
Currently, Beijing Reclamation has grown into the size of the country’s largest single outstanding production of Holstein cows and bull breeding base, with the country’s only state-level dairy cow embryos Engineering Research Center, Beijing has the country’s only duck species resources protection and improved varieties to promote breeding base, the Ministry of Agriculture has identified national pig breeding center and SPF pig production technology system.
According to China’s modern animal husbandry to promote the demand for high-quality kinds of livestock and poultry, Beijing reclamation of resources with their own characteristics and quality advantages of improved varieties, clearly stated that in the industrialization of livestock and poultry varieties development strategy. First, in order to kinds of industry as the core, which is the fundamental advantages of Beijing Reclamation. The good seed animals as the main line, a firm grip on, and constantly develop and access to the national seed market. The second is the implementation of “introducing and innovation, by extension of the connotation and extension of” two simultaneously making full use of the technology and the introduction of genes, combined with the advantages of existing resources, depth of primary innovation and practical innovation, and gradually establish an independent knowledge of property rights and proprietary technology, improved varieties of livestock and poultry breeding system; adhere to increase and expand the extension of meaning simultaneously, increasing the content of seed industry in the additional content based on the conduct industry outreach. The third is to seize the “three docking”, the first closely with universities and research institutes docking to promote the variety and technological innovation, stability and occupation of science and technology high ground; followed intensify the industrialization of agriculture and the suburbs of Beijing and the National Agricultural Industrialization docking to promote the kinds of industry, market, industrial expansion and seed industry outreach; and finally grasp kinds of industry, production and international practice docking with the international advanced level to produce improved varieties of livestock and genetic material, to enhance the competitiveness of seeds to maximize the satisfaction of building a modern China seeds for high-quality animal husbandry needs.
Improved varieties of livestock and poultry industries, as Beijing advantages of Reclamation, the improved varieties of livestock and poultry production enterprises to use technology, management, human resources and market advantages, vigorously implement the “going global” development strategy, achieved significant results. According to Beijing metropolitan characteristics of modern agriculture, as well as Beijing and Tianjin BoHai Sea economic circle of regional economic integration, development trends, Beijing.
Reclamation active industrial layout adjustment, expanding development space, the implementation of a series of “going global” development initiatives. In the “Tenth Five-Year” period, Zhangjiakou City, HeBei Province and Beijing Reclamation, ChengDe City, Qian’an city, Tianjin, Heilongjiang BaoQuanLing areas and, Tai’An, Shandong and other regions to carry out a wide range of economic and technical cooperation. Reclamation and the city of ChengDe Beijing actively approached to discuss about development in the dairy industry, pig industry, the beef industry and related industries to cooperate fully, so that Beijing reclamation seed production base of high-quality livestock and poultry to be strengthened and consolidated; and Heilongjiang Land Reclamation BaoQuanLing Council to the building of the original pig farm, feeding the basis of 600 sows, more than 5,000 years to promote high-quality pig head. Thus Beijing reclamation achievements of modern animal breeding techniques and radiation to the vast areas outside the suburbs of Beijing. These important initiatives, changes in the mode of growth for the Beijing Reclamation and expand space for development to achieve sustainable development laid a solid foundation.
The development of modern animal husbandry with the actual needs of the future, Beijing will continue to livestock varieties reclamation projects to the core and the main direction, and comprehensively promote and accelerate the upgrading of China’s seed industry, the level of livestock and poultry. Build a number of characteristics consistent with modern requirements for the development of modern livestock breeding base, the formation of self-breeding dairy cattle, pigs, Beijing duck-quality varieties (complete system) and the genetic material’s ability to meet our high quality of modern animal husbandry development seed needs, get rid of the long-term reliance on foreign imports of livestock and poultry varieties of the status quo. To further improve the livestock and poultry breeding, breeding technology innovation and high-quality livestock products, integrated system, extend the industrial chain, integrate resources and enhance the ability to withstand market risks, improve livestock and poultry varieties size of enterprise and industrial operations. The application of modern information and network technology, give full play to Beijing reclamation technology, human resources, management advantages, the establishment of a nationwide promotion of livestock and poultry breeding and technical service network to enhance the efficiency of improved varieties and technology to promote the quality of services to achieve the rapid expansion of coverage and improvement of seeds China’s animal genetic quality purposes.
I am coordinating a film project in collaboration with a top notch production company. I want to save money by hiring a cheap cameraman from a company who makes wedding videos (I’m in China and theres plenty of those kind of cheap local outfits) to do the filming and turning that film over to the production company to do the editing and post production. The alternative is to have that company do the filming as well as the editing and post production. The filming content includes shots of a school and student life at the school as well as individual interviews. I expect some sacrifice in quality by hiring a less qualified local, but I am assuming it will still be good enough to make a good project, especially with professional editing and post production. Is that a fair assumption? Any advice?
