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Initial success for China's overseas aided oil palm introduction and trial planting
Recently, good news came from the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu to the Rubber Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences: China's first overseas aided oil palm introduction and trial planting project has achieved initial success. The oil palm trees are growing well with uniform stands, and have a high fruiting rate, large fruit bunches, and plump fruit,
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Reclamation and occupation of lake wetlands? The State Forestry Administration explicitly prohibits it
The State Forestry Administration recently issued a notice requiring that reclamation and occupation of lake wetlands be strictly prohibited. The notice states that reclamation and occupation are important factors causing the rapid shrinkage of China's lake wetland area. At present, the phenomenon of reclamation and occupation of lake wetlands in some places is still repeated despite repeated prohibitions, seriously threatening the ecological security of China's wetlands.
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Small-scale, low-efficiency agriculture: how to make up for the shortcomings
The Ministry of Finance recently issued guidance to advance appropriately scaled agricultural operations, accelerate the building of a new type of agricultural operating system, and drive the transformation of agricultural development methods and the process of agricultural modernization. To advance appropriately scaled agricultural operations, how can the advantages of comprehensive agricultural development be brought into play? How
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Quality management and traceability system for Chinese medicinal materials officially launched
Recently, China's first quality management and traceability system for Chinese medicinal materials, developed with the introduction of modern information technologies such as the Internet, big data and cloud computing, was officially launched in Beijing after appraisal by authoritative experts. As a major producer and supplier of Chinese medicinal materials in the world, China has long lacked
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After the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement was signed, the agricultural sector became a hot spot for capital
According to the preliminary agreement reached in the negotiations on the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the China-Australia Free Trade Area agreement will reduce each side's market access barriers. Australia's greatest concern in the free trade agreement is the access of its agricultural products to the Chinese market. China's
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College-graduate village officials are becoming a new force in rural entrepreneurship in China
"After 5 years in the countryside, I feel there is a lot to be done." Sun Qinglin, a 28-year-old college-graduate village official in Fuxian County, Shaanxi, said recently at the 9th National College-Graduate Village Officials Forum held in Hufang Village, Qingshanhu District, Nanchang City, that he wants to sell his hometown's apples online to more
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Why should the market-oriented reform of chemical fertilizers be accelerated? Multiple factors jointly decide
The market-oriented reform of chemical fertilizers is an irresistible trend. In July 2005, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the "Plan for Reforming and Improving the Chemical Fertilizer Price Regulation Mechanism (Draft)", which explicitly proposed adhering to the orientation of market-oriented reform. However, due to the influence of multiple factors, the current market-oriented progress of chemical fertilizers
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Agricultural water crisis remains unsolved, and a comprehensive plan is still lacking
Groundwater over-extracted for many years has left the North China Plain, one of China's main grain-producing regions, facing a water shortage crisis. On one hand, there is an increasingly scarce and precious water source; on the other hand, there is the real pressure of safeguarding the Chinese people's "grain bag" security. As a major water consumer, how should agriculture
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The pilot project for potato staple food products and industrial development is being promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture
This website news July 8, the Ministry of Agriculture's meeting on advancing and implementing the pilot project for potato staple food products and industrial development was held at the Institute of Food Science and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The meeting reported on the relevant content and requirements of the pilot project for potato staple food products and industrial development, introduced the project's background,
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How can our country's protected agriculture industry develop? Experts offer diagnosis and suggestions
From July 7 to 9, the Planning and Design Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Protected Agriculture Branch of the China Agricultural Mechanization Association held in Beijing the 2015 Protected Agriculture Technology and Equipment Training Course and Joint Conference on Protected Agriculture. Experts at the meeting believed that in recent years our country's protected agriculture industry has achieved
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