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Why is it hard to keep college graduates in agriculture despite free tuition?
To attract and cultivate agricultural talent, since 2006 Zhejiang has funded a free-tuition policy each year for students from the province enrolled in university agriculture-related majors in crop cultivation and livestock breeding. But a recent survey by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture showed that between 2011 and 2013, among those benefiting from the policy,
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Sinograin Proposes Three Red Lines for Grain Reserves for the First Time, Mulls Overseas Grain Purchasing and Storage
Mulling Overseas Grain Purchasing and Storage: Sinograin Proposes Three Red Lines for Grain Reserves for the First Time. By our reporter Zhang Xu, Beijing Report. Sinograin is undergoing transformation. In early September, China Grain Reserves Corporation issued an official statement saying that the grain security reserve system should establish three reserve guarantee lines: total grain reserves, grain reserves, and oil and oilseed reserves.
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Put drought-resistance efforts into practice during normal times, and you won't panic when drought hits; the follow-up investment challenge remains to be solved
Zhang Chunhai, a villager from Sanxing Village in Kailu County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, clearly remembers the rain in early May, when pattering raindrops merged into lines, flowing into the just-sown corn fields and also into his heart. Zhang Chunhai figured: at this rate, this year will be worry-free, and the corn harvest will certainly be
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FAO and OECD Predict the Future of Agriculture
On July 11, 2014, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) jointly released the "OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2014-2023" in Rome, Italy. The following is an interpretation of the important information in the report concerning the development trends of China's major agricultural products.
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Medium-sized irrigation districts receive 1.55 billion yuan in central government support for water-saving upgrading and renovation
In 2014, the central government allocated 1,550,470,000 yuan in agricultural comprehensive development funds to support the construction of water-saving supporting renovation projects in key medium-sized irrigation districts, mainly used for dredging and lining seepage prevention of canals (ditches), improvement and renovation of branch and main canal (ditch) system structures, and the construction of modern irrigation
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Central government financial support for unified prevention and control of major crop pests and diseases
To support localities across the country in carrying out unified prevention and control of crop pests and diseases, and to prevent and control the adverse effects of crop pests and diseases on agricultural production, the central government recently allocated 650 million yuan in agricultural production disaster relief funds to provide appropriate
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Why is creative agriculture worth developing vigorously?
Transforming the low-yield nature of traditional agriculture. Traditional agricultural production in rural China was mainly low-efficiency, extensive and low-price, with low output value per unit of agricultural production. The introduction of creative agriculture has given rise to a large number of new industrial forms such as specialty agriculture, landscape agriculture, science and technology agriculture, and urban agriculture.
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Water-saving irrigation companies receive over 1.5 billion yuan in support, ushering in a good opportunity for development
According to the website of the Ministry of Finance, in 2014, the central government allocated 1.55 billion yuan in comprehensive agricultural development funds to support the construction of water-saving supporting renovation projects in key medium-sized irrigation districts, improving the comprehensive agricultural production capacity, especially for grain. Since July, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning and many other places
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The curtain rises on agricultural reclamation reform, central ministries and commissions conduct intensive research
Since July of this year, a research group on major issues in agricultural reclamation reform and development, composed of central institutions such as the Research Office of the State Council, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Finance, has traveled to reclamation areas across the country to conduct research, accumulating materials and paving the way for the next step of agricultural reclamation system reform. This research is
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Domestically grown kiwifruit passed off as imported, the most expensive sells for over a hundred yuan per jin
Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, kiwifruit comes fresh onto the market. Reporters recently visited the market and found that the prices of kiwifruit vary greatly, with the cheapest costing only about 3 yuan per jin, while the most expensive reaches over a hundred yuan per jin. Where does such a big price gap come from? Kiwi
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