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Construction begins on China's first inland designated port for imported meat
Recently, construction began on the first inland designated port for imported meat in China -- the designated port for imported meat in the Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone of Henan Province, approved for establishment by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. The total investment in the designated port for imported meat project in the experimental zone is 150 million yuan, and the construction content includes
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Winter pig prices hard to revive, shift in meat consumption is one of the main reasons
After the New Year's Day period, over the weekend many slaughtering enterprises raised their purchasing prices, while breeding enterprises adjusted their receiving prices accordingly. Among them, Jiangxi Wens pig farming company adjusted its receiving price three times, raising the pig price to 6.25-6.4 yuan/jin; while Guangxi-Guangdong Wens pig farming company lowered its pig price by 0.1 yuan, over the weekend
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The problem of land consolidation destroying forest land is serious and requires stronger crackdown efforts
Land consolidation is seriously destroying forest land, and some places are giving the green light to industrial parks illegally occupying forest land. It is necessary to increase the weight of ecological protection in the performance assessment of officials, and establish an accountability system involving ecological issues. In recent times, in some places, illegal occupation of forest land and destruction of forest
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Chinese agriculture faces dual squeezes and dual constraints
The Central Economic Work Conference and the Central Rural Work Conference held not long ago made some new arrangements for deepening rural reform and accelerating the modernization of agriculture, and in particular put forward some new requirements for accelerating the transformation of the agricultural development model. Today I am very pleased to be able to
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Paying for soil remediation is difficult, and the cost of pollution control on farmland is even more considerable
High pollution exceedance rate, a trillion-yuan-scale market, a complex systemic project, an emerging industry in its early stage of development - China's soil pollution prevention and control is entering the United Nations' first International Year of Soils bearing these labels. According to the National Soil Pollution Survey Bulletin released last year, our
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Rice imports multiply as Chinese consumers worry about food contamination
After infant formula and New Zealand milk, Japanese rice has begun to become one of the items that Chinese consumers buy in large quantities from abroad at high prices, and reports say this is mainly driven by Chinese consumers' worries about contamination in domestic rice. China's rice imports have multiplied
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How is livestock product safety guaranteed? Strengthening supervision and consolidating the foundation
In order to implement the overall deployment of the Central Rural Work Conference, the National Agricultural Work Conference, and the No. 1 document of the Ministry of Agriculture in 2015 regarding agricultural product quality and safety work, the Ministry of Agriculture recently issued the "Key Work Points for the Livestock Industry in 2015," clearly requiring effective fulfillment of feed quality and safety
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Why Promote the Staple-ization of Potatoes After Eleven Consecutive Years of Grain Increases
Recently, some media interviewed a scholar who has long paid attention to food security regarding the staple-ization of potatoes, which is a matter of public concern, and the scholar believes: this indicates that our country's grain reserves must have encountered problems. It is just that the central government does not say so explicitly and covers up the problem. Such a major issue concerning the national economy and people's livelihood
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No-till farming yields are low, and the conservation strategy faces a crisis
Compared with conventional tillage systems, no-till often leads to lower output. However, no-till has still shown yield gains in dry regions. No-till farming, a key strategy based on conservation agriculture, can prevent conventional tillage from damaging the soil, yet it may not offer hope for boosting crop yields in most parts of the world.
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Strengthen Feed Quality Supervision to Build a Solid Foundation for Livestock Product Safety
Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture issued the "Key Points for Animal Husbandry Work in 2015," explicitly requiring the effective fulfillment of supervisory duties for feed quality and safety, illegal addition of clenbuterol, and raw milk quality and safety, so as to safeguard the quality and safety of livestock products. The newly revised "Regulations on the Administration of Feed and Feed Additives
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