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Grain Output Rises for Eleven Consecutive Years: Implementing the Spirit of the 52nd Executive Meeting of the State Council
Implementing the Spirit of the 52nd Executive Meeting of the State Council: Grain Output Rises for Eleven Consecutive Years, Storage Expansion and Warehouse Construction Accelerate. China's summer grain harvest increased substantially this year, achieving an eleven-year streak of consecutive increases. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on July 14, the total national summer grain output in 2014 was 273.19 billion jin. In response to relatively sluggish markets for some varieties
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Steady progress in innovation in financial services for agriculture, rural areas and farmers
Along with the accelerating pace of agricultural marketization and modernization, the demand of agriculture, rural areas and farmers for financial services has become increasingly urgent. In recent years, the role of China's traditional rural financial service institutions has been somewhat strengthened, and new-type rural financial institutions such as village and township banks and microcredit companies have flourished, meeting part of the financial service needs of agriculture, rural areas and farmers.
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Central bank adds 20 billion yuan in relending quota for agriculture
The People's Bank of China announced on the 27th that it will increase the relending quota for agriculture support by 20 billion yuan for some of its branches, guiding rural financial institutions to expand credit lending related to agriculture. A relevant official of the central bank said the move is aimed at implementing the requirement put forward at the State Council executive meeting on July 23 to "step up relending and rediscounting for agriculture and small businesses," and to improve the capacity of financial services to support "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" and other weak links in the national economy.
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Returning Farmland to Forest: The State Launches a New Round of Project Construction
On August 19, a reporter learned from the Provincial Forestry Department that recently, with the approval of the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the State Forestry Administration, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Land and Resources jointly issued the "Overall Plan for a New Round of Returning Farmland to Forest and Grassland," marking the official launch of the state's new round of returning farmland to forest
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Measures for the Redistribution of Tariff-Rate Quotas for Agricultural Imports Officially Announced
Beijing, August 27 (Reporter Lin Huocan): The National Development and Reform Commission today announced matters relating to the 2014 redistribution of tariff-rate quotas for agricultural imports. The announcement stated that holders of 2014 import tariff-rate quotas for wheat, corn, rice and paddy rice, sugar, and cotton
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How much more room is there for urea prices to rise?
Currently, driven by exports, the domestic urea market is gradually turning favorable, with prices in some regions rising sharply. In Shandong, because export conditions have remained good, local industrial fertilizer consumption is gradually increasing, and in addition some manufacturers are shipping products to Jiangsu, Anhui and other places, last
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How can the fertilizer industry accelerate its transformation and upgrading? Understanding the situation and finding the right position are key
The current macroeconomic situation is very severe. A considerable portion of China's industries suffer from overcapacity, and the growth rate of the national economy is slowing. The impact on the fertilizer industry has already become apparent: coal prices are falling, product prices are declining, and the market is sluggish. At present, the situation of Anhui's fertilizer industry is mixed,
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How can the reform of the household registration system protect farmers' rights and interests?
A relative's child in my hometown village was admitted to university and faced the dilemma of whether to transfer his household registration, so he called to ask me. When I asked him why he was unwilling to transfer his household registration, his answer was simple: after the household registration is transferred, the original contracted land will be gone, and university students these days have a hard time
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How the national seed industry is breaking new ground in a new round of reform
Editor's note: Grain security underpins the world, and seeds cast the cornerstone. Seeds are an irreplaceable means of agricultural production and an important vehicle for advances in agricultural science and technology. At the end of last year, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Seed Industry System and Improving Innovation Capacity," and central leaders have repeatedly
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Agricultural science and technology films go to the countryside, farmers look forward to more
In recent years, in order to help farmer brothers shake off poverty and become prosperous as early as possible, governments at all levels have increased investment in intellectual resources, regularly organizing "science and technology caravans," "science and technology film festivals," "agricultural science think tanks" and "science popularization teams" to travel to the old revolutionary base areas, ethnic minority areas, border areas and poverty-stricken areas to carry out mobile science and technology poverty alleviation, and have achieved remarkable results.
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