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China's agriculture faces three major risks; deeper understanding needed of "two antis and one safeguard" trade remedy measures
In response to the current severe situation in which net imports of bulk agricultural products are rapidly expanding and causing serious damage or threat to relevant domestic industries, and in order to discuss countermeasures and deepen the industry's understanding of trade remedy measures such as "two antis and one safeguard," the Trade Promotion Center of the Ministry of Agriculture organized a seminar on agricultural industry security and trade remedies on October
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Agriculture boosts ecotourism, one part investment yields three parts harvest
Having just graduated from university last year, Xiao Liu came alone to work in Zhongshan. New to the place with few friends, she often stayed at home and did not know much about the city where she worked, not even what local specialties it had. This spring, Xiao Liu joined a one-day tour organized by her workplace, visiting the Zhan Garden in the South District and also going to the nearby Xujing Agricultural Science and Technology Park to pick fruit and have a barbecue. Only then did she discover that so many delicious fruits are produced in Zhongshan's orchards, and that this place not only has a beautiful urban environment but also has countryside with an even more distinctive charm. Her colleague Sister Mei told her that this orchard in the South District is not far from the city center, and that she also often invites friends and brings her children here to play, where they can eat delicious, pollution-free fruit and let the children get close to nature.
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Autumn grain harvest is now a foregone conclusion, with Shandong, Henan and other provinces reporting a steady stream of good news
A large corn field in the ten-thousand-mu demonstration area of Chengxinzhuang Village, Liugu Town, Hua County, Henan Province, where late-harvest technology is being promoted. Experts explain that for corn that is peeled, sun-dried and harvested late, each day's delay in harvest can increase corn yield by 10 kg per mu. Autumn is at its fullest, and across ten thousand miles of farmland, a picture of autumn grain harvest is spread everywhere
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A bumper corn harvest is a foregone conclusion, but market risks warrant vigilance
Golden October is exactly the harvest season in Heilongjiang, and as far as the eye can see there are endless stretches of corn and soybeans. The vast black soil has upheld this region's status as China's largest grain-producing area through its bounty. A reporter recently followed an inspection team from Harbin to Suihua, through Bei'an, past Wudalianchi, as far north as Heihe, then back through Nenjiang, Nehe and Mo Banner in Inner Mongolia, and finally returning to Harbin via Qiqihar, Longjiang and Daqing, a journey of 2,500 kilometers. Through on-site surveys, visits to farming households, seed dealers and grain purchasers, and in-depth discussions with large-scale grain growers, planting associations, state-owned grain depots and processing enterprises, it was learned that the Northern Granary will again welcome a bumper year.
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Animal welfare implementation must also take economic benefits into account
One is a pig that has been free-range on the mountain for more than a year, and the other is a pig confined in a narrow space and rapidly fattened. As a consumer, which one would you choose? When the price difference is not very large, probably not many people would choose the latter. The reason is simple, because
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Ministry of Agriculture Suspends Import of a Foreign Genetically Modified Soybean Citing Public Opinion
A certain genetically modified soybean undergoing import approval has had its approval suspended by the Ministry of Agriculture, due to low public acceptance of genetically modified foods. Foreign media previously reported that China's Ministry of Agriculture recently rejected the approval of an imported genetically modified soybean citing public opinion. On October 17, the Ministry of Agriculture
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Growing japonica rice with more confidence, where does our confidence come from?
"Old Li, for the one-season late japonica Yongyou 12, the 1000-grain weight is more than 23 grams, right?" At the "Hunan Province New Japonica Rice Variety Field Observation Meeting" held on October 14, Liu Nianxi, member of the Party Leadership Group of the Hunan Provincial Agricultural Commission and chief agronomist, casually pulled up a rice ear, weighed the grains in his hand, and shouted to
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Backbone farmers are a new force supporting rural development
Reform and opening up, especially after Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour talks, the export-oriented development strategy and the practice of the socialist market economy brought enormous changes to China's social structure. In general agricultural areas across the country, the biggest change in rural areas is that a large number of young and middle-aged farmers have moved to the cities
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Land transfer trusts reach nearly 300,000 mu in one year
CITIC Trust leads the pack, with Beijing Trust and China Construction Investment Trust close behind; Anxin, Huabao, COFCO and several other trust companies are also preparing ■ Our reporter Xia Qing For the villagers of Zhumiao Village, Yongqiao District, Suzhou City, Anhui Province, this autumn's harvest is more bountiful than in previous years
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Carbon sink trading gives farmers their first monetary returns from forest management ecological services
On the morning of the 14th, the Zhejiang Provincial Branch of China Construction Bank purchased in Lin'an the first batch of carbon sink emission reductions generated by the forest management of 42 local farmers. This is the first order of farmer forest management carbon sink trading, and also the first time farmers have obtained monetary returns from forest ecological services since the forest tenure reform
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