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 | An elderly woman walks past a stack of harvested corn on a farm on the outskirts of Beijing October 14, 2007. China will provide more aid to farmers planting oilseeds or raising milk cows as part of an effort to control rising food prices, which have driven consumer price inflation to a decade high. click to open  |  | A farmer carries cabbages in a basket from his field on the outskirts of Beijing October 14, 2007. China will provide more aid to farmers planting oilseeds or raising milk cows as part of an effort to control rising food prices, which have driven consumer price inflation to a decade high. click to open |  | A woman lays out corn for drying on a street on the outskirts of Beijing October 14, 2007. China will provide more aid to farmers planting oilseeds or raising milk cows as part of an effort to control rising food prices, which has driven consumer price inflation to a decade high. click to open |  | A farmer dries the corn grains in Shenyang, Northeast of China's Liaoning province, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. China is tightening controls on the use of corn for industrial purposes, including biofuel processing. The move to restrict industrial use of corn comes amid a broader effort by the authorities to control surging food prices that have pushed inflation to an 11-year high, the government said last Thursday. click to open |  | A worker cleans slaughtered pigs at a pork workshop of Chunyuan Food Co. Ltd. in Qionglai in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, July 24 2007. Nearly 90,000 pigs have died or been slaughtered because of blue pig disease, an Ministry of Agriculture official said Wednesday, part of the cause of a spike in pork prices. The epidemic has now spread to 25 provinces or regions, said Li Jinxiang, a veterinarian with the ministry. click to open |  | Workers arrange pork meat at a pork workshop of Chunyuan Food Co. Ltd. in Qionglai in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, July 24 2007. Nearly 90,000 pigs have died or been slaughtered because of blue pig disease, an Ministry of Agriculture official said Wednesday, part of the cause of a spike in pork prices. The epidemic has now spread to 25 provinces or regions, said Li Jinxiang, a veterinarian with the ministry. click to open |
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