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The current state of the aquaculture industry is worrying, and these problems cannot be ignored
I am not a pessimist or a conspiracy theorist, but while everyone is enjoying the feast brought by the industry's chaotic times, I have a vague concern that stakeholders may not mind letting the chaos last longer. Although market conditions dictate the mood of practitioners, the aquaculture industry is still thriving
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Sinograin cuts nearly 9,000 entrusted storage depots: can a radical self-reform cure the root problem?
The audit results recently released by the National Audit Office are a heavy blow for China Grain Reserves Corporation (Sinograin). The audit report disclosed that in 2013, Sinograin exposed many management loopholes and caused huge losses. After the release of the National Audit Office report
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How can the challenge of preventing and controlling agricultural and rural water pollution be solved?
Recently, a concentrated outbreak of blue-green algae in Dianchi Lake in Yunnan has become a hot topic of social concern during the peak summer tourism season. In recent years, concentrated outbreaks of blue-green algae in rivers and lakes have been common, highlighting the severe situation of the water environment in many rural areas of our country. Not long ago, the State Council issued the "Water
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What are the real problems in the agricultural inputs market? An in-depth interpretation from the internet perspective
E-commerce represents a challenge of conceptual innovation for traditional agricultural input enterprises, a challenge of market transformation, and an unprecedented opportunity. In particular, the mobile internet is rapidly changing the life and production methods in China's rural areas at a speed we cannot imagine
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The phenomenon of premature harvesting of Chinese medicinal herbs is alarming, with the problem of early picking particularly prominent in mountainous areas
Recently, the author learned during interviews that due to the rising purchase price of the Chinese medicinal herb Forsythia suspensa (weeping forsythia) over consecutive years, many villagers in the remote mountainous areas of Huguan County, Shanxi Province have been rushing up the mountains to pick immature Forsythia suspensa, causing serious waste and destruction of wild medicinal herb resources. It is understood that since
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Why is the unsalable produce problem related to government overreach?
Since the start of summer this year, reports about unsalable agricultural products have once again appeared frequently. From nectarines in a certain northern province to lychees in some southern regions, this should have been a season of bumper harvests, yet farmers are feeling either joy or worry. Unsalable agricultural products, apart from being related to severe weather
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An agricultural problem or a farmer problem? Looking at China's current stage of development
I. China's Current Stage of Development and the Choice of Development Strategy After more than 30 years of rapid development since reform and opening up, China has successfully moved from the ranks of low-income countries into the ranks of middle-income countries. It is currently in a critical period of transition from economic growth to economic development, from low-end processing and manufacturing
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What three major problems can Internet Plus Agriculture solve?
On July 25, the 2015 Agricultural Products and Agricultural Industry Development Summit Forum was held in Beijing. Chen Xiaohua, Vice Minister of Agriculture, who attended the event, said that how to use advanced information technology to transform traditional agriculture, enable agriculture to achieve leapfrog development and rapid growth, thereby bridging the urban-rural
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Northeast China's black soil long overburdened, degradation and loss problems growing increasingly serious
In the past, a chopstick stuck in the ground would sprout; now, how come fertilizer is applied but grain still won't grow? In Zihe Village, Erjing Town, Bei'an City, Heilongjiang Province, village party branch secretary Yan Zhongjie dug less than 30 cm with a shovel and exposed yellow earth. The black soil layer has dropped from an average of 60 to 70 cm in the 1950s to
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China's grain output, imports and stocks all rising at once: what new problems does this pose?
In 2014, China's annual grain output achieved an 11th consecutive increase, basically remaining above 600 million tons, and at the same time, China's grain imports also grew rapidly. The reporter learned that over the whole of last year, China's grain imports exceeded 100 million tons for the first time, while according to data released by the General Administration of Customs on the 8th
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