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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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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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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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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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China bred new varieties of grain and cash crops during the 12th Five-Year Plan period
In recent years, China has made important breakthroughs in independent innovation in crop varieties and in tackling key production technologies. During the 12th Five-Year Plan period, more than 370 new varieties of grain and cash crops were bred, forming a number of major original achievements and laying the foundation for the "ten consecutive increases" in grain output. This was learned by reporters
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Strong Measures to Advance the Industrialization of Genetically Modified Crops
At an academic seminar on genetically modified technology and sustainable development held in Beijing a few days ago, researcher Huang Dafang, former director of the Biotechnology Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, revealed that at present the number of researchers in China engaged in genetically modified research has reached more than 10,000, and the transgenic innovation capacity of crops such as cotton, rice and corn
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Currently, the only genetically modified crops approved in China are cotton and papaya.
At a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on December 5, Bi Meijia, Chief Economist and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Agriculture, and Zeng Yande, Director of the Planting Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, answered questions on hot topics of social concern such as grain production increases and arable land quality. Rations absolutely
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Organic crop cultivation area accounts for nearly 1% of the national arable land
Reporters learned from the 2014 4th China (Chengdu) Organic Agriculture Forum held recently: China's organic industry has shown a trend of rapid and steady development in recent years. As of the end of 2013, the area of organic plant products produced in accordance with China's "Organic Products" national standard
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China's comprehensive mechanization rate for crop cultivation, planting and harvesting exceeds 60%
The reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture that in 2014, reform and innovation in the implementation of the agricultural machinery purchase subsidy policy were intensified, and various key tasks such as the integration of agricultural machinery and agronomy, socialized agricultural machinery services, technology promotion, education and training, and supervision and management were steadily advanced. In 2014, nationwide crop cultivation
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Non-staple crops should be gradually liberalized, with subsidies and state purchasing and storage moderately reduced
Recently, the Central Economic Work Conference was held, calling for an accurate grasp of the new normal in economic development. When deploying the main tasks for next year's economic work, it called for accelerating the transformation of the agricultural development model. Against the backdrop of advancing new urbanization, the development of agricultural modernization has become a key link.
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