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Agricultural insurance gradually takes root in farming households: subsidies increased and a risk compensation mechanism introduced
File photo: Increase fiscal subsidy intensity, introduce a risk compensation mechanism, agricultural insurance gradually wins farmers' hearts. By He Wei, our reporter. Recently, Super Typhoon Rammasun caused major losses to agriculture in Hainan. According to statistics from the Hainan provincial government, the affected crop area reached 2.445 million mu, of which
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Ministry of Agriculture Issues Technical Guidance on Combating Summer Drought and Protecting Autumn Grain in Huang-Huai-Hai Summer Maize
Maize Expert Steering Group of the Ministry of Agriculture (July 30, 2014) Since June, precipitation in most of the Huang-Huai-Hai region has been below normal, with sustained high temperatures in July, and drought conditions developing rapidly in some areas. At present, summer maize in the Huang-Huai-Hai region is at the large trumpet stage, with some entering the tasseling and silking stage, which is the period of greatest water demand and greatest sensitivity to water shortage.
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Hidden concerns behind ten consecutive bumper summer grain harvests: increasing yields through fertilizer worsens arable land quality
Hidden concerns behind ten consecutive bumper summer grain harvests. The National Bureau of Statistics website announced on July 12 that in 2013, the national total summer grain output reached 131.89 million tons, an increase of 1.96 million tons over 2012, up 1.5%; of which winter wheat output was 115.67 million tons, an increase of 1.48 million tons over the previous year, up 1.3%. 201
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China's Agricultural Wholesale Markets Urgently Need Transformation and Upgrading
In recent years, the development of China's agricultural wholesale markets has slowed down, showing signs of fatigue. Regarding the transformation and upgrading of agricultural wholesale markets, theoretical circles have been continuously exploring, and government departments such as the Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission have also attached great importance to this. However, the pace of transformation and upgrading
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China's grassland area is nearly 400 million hectares, and the output value of the grass industry has exceeded 300 billion
Right now, it is the most beautiful season on the grasslands. Grass can nourish the increasingly fragile ecosystem, and it can also give rise to a large industry. Grass is a big undertaking, and China's grass industry has entered a new period of historical opportunity. Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Kangzhen said that the annual output value of China's grass industry has
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Why has drought appeared in many places this year? Experts say the drought may continue
In recent times, high temperatures have occurred across most of northern China, further intensifying soil moisture evaporation and causing the drought to spread rapidly across various regions. Meteorological experts believe that in summer, it is fairly common for some parts of China to experience either drought or flooding. At present, the main grain-producing areas have not formed large-scale drought, but grain output in some local areas with more severe drought has been greatly affected
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Methods and Key Points for Conducting Village-Level Financial Audits
In recent years, with the increase in various national fiscal funds supporting agriculture (such as subsidies for breeding sows, subsidies for improved seeds, and basic agricultural facility construction projects), all these funds must be implemented at the village level. The use of agricultural support funds and the integrity of village officials are directly related
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How to build a normalized brand of service for agriculture
Since 2011, Hubei Province has focused on strengthening normalized ties between officials and the public and promoting officials going down to the grassroots, with one theme each year, and has successively carried out the rich and practical "Ten Thousand Officials Enter Ten Thousand Villages and Ten Thousand Households," "Ten Thousand Officials Enter Ten Thousand Villages to Dig Ten Thousand Ponds," "Ten Thousand
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How can grain storage needs be met? Multi-channel innovation ensures every grain goes into the warehouse
The Zhengzhou Directly Affiliated Depot of the China Grain Reserves Corporation has adopted technological means such as intelligent ventilation, and uses grain logistics technology featuring bulk loading, bulk unloading, bulk storage and bulk transport, effectively reducing grain losses in the transport and storage stages. The photo shows workers sorting wheat being put into the warehouse.
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How to scientifically grasp the laws of village evolution
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the Central Rural Work Conference that as the economy and society develop, some villages will gather more people while some natural villages will gradually die out, and this conforms to the laws of village evolution. In studying this important exposition, we should work hard to grasp the laws of village evolution.
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