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Meteorological Services Protect the World's Granary: Precise Forecasts Save Farmers Money
Henan has preliminarily established a wide-coverage, direct-through rural meteorological information service system. Meteorological services protect the world's granary. 66.776 billion jin! This year, Henan Province's total summer grain output hit a historic high again, continuing to rank first in the country. In Henan, where drought occurs nine years out of ten, being able to create consecutive
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Policy support for grain drying should be increased
Machine drying costs more than half less than manual sun-drying of grain. It is currently the summer grain harvest and storage season, and farmers in many places are suffering from rainy weather as they dry their grain. But Deng Shengwen, a large-scale grain grower in Jingkou Township, Nanchang County, Jiangxi Province, is not worried at all, because he bought a grain dryer. Taking
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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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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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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 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 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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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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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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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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