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How can food waste be eliminated? Strong measures must be taken on all fronts
Recently, data released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the State Administration of Grain showed that 35% of the grain China produces each year is wasted, and every year the waste occurring only in off-table stages such as grain storage, transportation and processing is as high as 70 billion jin, close to 6% of China's total grain output
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The hollowing-out of rural areas is becoming increasingly prominent, and the reasons deserve deep reflection
The State Council Information Office recently held a press conference, where Ni Hong, spokesperson for the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and Zhao Hui, director of the Village and Town Department, presented information on the traditional dwelling survey and traditional village protection. Zhao Hui stated that the phenomenon of traditional villages disappearing does exist, and protection efforts have beg
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Why is straw burning favored by farmers? An analysis of the reasons
Recently I saw the news article "Mayors Held Accountable Upon Seeing Smoke, Inmates Given Centralized Education: Localities Roll Out Extraordinary Measures to Curb Straw Burning," and I felt quite helpless. The "battle" horn against straw burning has been sounded across various places, yet almost all of it is directed at farmers and grassroots officials. However
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National Tobacco Germplasm Resources Sub-platform Officially Inaugurated
Recently, the Tobacco Germplasm Resources Sub-platform of the National Crop Germplasm Resources Platform was officially inaugurated at the Tobacco Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The platform has collected, introduced and conserved 1,225 accessions of tobacco germplasm resources from home and abroad, bringing the total number of tobacco germplasm resources in China to 5,267.
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First batch of China's overseas self-produced soybeans successfully shipped back to China
Recently, it was learned from the Heilongjiang Province Agricultural Industry Association for Russia that, with strong support from customs, inspection and quarantine and other departments, the first batch of Russian imported soybeans from the largest China-Russia agricultural cooperation project - the China-Russia (Primorsky Krai) Modern Agricultural Industry Cooperation Zone - entered the country via the
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Farmers busy building granaries to store grain, safeguarding every single grain
The reporter recently went to the rural areas of Pingdu County, Shandong, for an interview, and everywhere could see farmers drying grain on the roads, with vehicles coming and going driving over the roads covered with grain, leaving clouds of dust in their wake. Local farmers told the reporter that there is now a lack of drying grounds in rural areas, so they have no choice
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Why is agricultural policy a political issue?
Recently I read Weber's essay from the late 19th century, "The Special Tendencies of Germany's Move Toward Capitalism," also known as The Development of Rural Labor Conditions in the Eastern Elbe Region, and found it quite illuminating, because it ultimately touches on a question concerning the reform of the land system. Weber's
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The ideas of the farming masses are worth listening to more
Recently, a certain town mayor went to mediate a dispute between two villagers in the village over their two fish ponds becoming connected due to heavy rain. The two sides fell into a deadlock because they could not reach a compensation agreement. The town mayor thought it over and over but had no suitable solution. At that moment, a villager at the scene said, take a net and cast it into the fish ponds a few times and you will know.
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What does Yuan Longping's rice yield mean?
Recently, while on a trip to the countryside for an interview, just as the rice flowers were filling the air with fragrance, I chatted with a few farmers beside a rice paddy, and the conversation turned to the new record set not long ago by Academician Yuan Longping's super rice of 1026.7 kg per mu. One farmer said, that is the yield of those scientists; for us farmers, it is
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Four Key Issues Facing the Development of Modern Agriculture
Recently, the author traveled to Rongcheng City and Rushan City in Weihai, Shandong, and to Muping District and Penglai City in Yantai, to investigate the development of modern agriculture. Overall, the current agricultural resource endowments and factor conditions are undergoing profound changes. As long as breakthroughs are identified and the situation is guided along its natural course and actively promoted, traditional agriculture will certainly be able to accelerate its transformation into modern agriculture.
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