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Science and Technology Ministry Actively Advances Commercial Breeding of Crops
In order to implement the spirit of the document of the General Office of the State Council on deepening the reform of the seed industry system and improving innovation capacity [Guobanfa (2013) No. 109], and to advance the construction of a new type of seed industry science and technology innovation system, the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2014 established and implemented the 12th Five-Year Plan National Science and Technology Support Program major
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Can You Grow Good Crops on Concrete? Farmers Say It's a Joke
"If crops could be grown well this way, it would be a joke." A villager hoeing weeds in Zhengyang Development Zone, Qianjiang District, Chongqing, told a 21st Century Business Herald reporter on September 25. Near him was a patch of flat land of about 1,500 sq m, with 1-cm-high
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Three Major Crop Varieties Reveal Their Assets, Development Trends at a Glance
Wheat: Completion of a New Round of Variety Replacement with Companion + Dominant Combinations In the past 20 years, main promoted wheat varieties have shown a pattern where companion varieties are updated faster than dominant varieties, main production areas undergo variety replacement faster than secondary production areas, and each major wheat-producing region has basically completed a new round of variety replacement, with the leading
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Ministry of Agriculture Issues 2014 Autumn and Winter Guidance on Scientific Fertilization for Major Crops
In order to strengthen guidance on scientific fertilization for major crops in autumn and winter, improve fertilizer use efficiency, and promote increased crop yields, higher farmer incomes and sustainable agricultural development, the Department of Crop Production Management of the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Agricultural Technology Extension and Service Center organized experts to formulate and issue the "
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In 2014, the central government has allocated 21.4 billion yuan in subsidies for improved crop varieties
Recently, the central government allocated 700 million yuan in 2014 subsidy funds for improved crop varieties, mainly for peanut improved-variety subsidies in 12 provinces (regions, municipalities) including Hebei, Shandong and Henan, and for potato improved-variety subsidies in 14 provinces (regions, municipalities) including Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Chongqing, Sichuan and Gansu, as well as the Heilongjiang reclamation area
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China's agricultural insurance covers more than 1.1 billion mu of crops
At the agricultural insurance seminar held on September 10, the "China Agricultural Insurance Market Demand Survey Report" was officially released. The report shows that from 2007 to 2013, the area of major crops covered by China's agricultural insurance increased from 230 million mu to 1.106 billion mu, providing cumulative risk protection
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Central government financial support for unified prevention and control of major crop pests and diseases
To support localities across the country in carrying out unified prevention and control of crop pests and diseases, and to prevent and control the adverse effects of crop pests and diseases on agricultural production, the central government recently allocated 650 million yuan in agricultural production disaster relief funds to provide appropriate
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In the first half of 2014, the national usage of formula fertilizer for major grain crops reached 5.3 million tons
In the first half of this year, the national usage of formula fertilizer for major grain crops reached 5.3 million tons (in terms of pure nutrients), with an application area of 360 million mu-times, up 17.8% and 20% respectively compared with the same period last year; formula fertilizer already accounted for about 40% of the total fertilizer applied to major grain crops. This was learned by the reporter at the meeting to evaluate the results of the demonstration county creation for promoting formula fertilizer through agricultural enterprise cooperation.
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Nationwide drought-affected crop area shrinks by nearly 20 million mu in 4 days
From August 23 to 26, the drought-stricken areas in Northeast China and the Huang-Huai region received significant rainfall. A reporter learned from the Office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on the 27th that this rainfall process was very favorable for alleviating the current drought, and the nationwide drought-affected crop area decreased by nearly 20 million mu. State Flood Control Office
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Cotton farmers earn only just over 1,200 yuan per mu of land: cash crops are no longer "economic"
From input to output, cotton farmers feel that growing cotton is no longer economic, and they have reduced the planting area. The difficulties facing cotton production serve as a warning to us that grain production must guard against the emergence of this kind of "uneconomic" situation. Next month, the new cotton year will begin. Continuously implemented
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