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Experts from the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences carry out science and technology services in Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi
Website news In recent days, expert service teams from the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences have been active in Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi, carrying out science and technology disaster relief. After Typhoon Rammasun, the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, in accordance with the emergency deployment of the Ministry of Agriculture, launched the "Hundred Experts Science and Technology Disaster Relief Action", sending out a
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Severe Drought Hits Multiple Regions, Rising Agricultural Prices May Benefit Grain Companies
It was learned from the consultation meeting recently held by the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters that since the beginning of summer, precipitation has been below normal in the northwest, north China, the Huang-Huai region, the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and parts of the southwest, with severe drought occurring in some provinces and autonomous regions. Specifically, on July 28, Henan and Shaanxi provinces both activated a Level III drought relief emergency response, with Henan Province experiencing its most severe drought in 63 years. In addition, severe drought has also occurred in the Huaibei area of Anhui Province, which has already mobilized more than 300,000 people for drought relief.
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August 5, 2014 National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index Changes from the Previous Period
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on August 5 the national agricultural products wholesale price index was 205.18, down 0.04 points from yesterday, among which the "shopping basket" products wholesale price index was 206.98, down 0.11 points from yesterday. As of 14:00 today, the average price of pork at national agricultural products wholesale markets
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Overseas Experience in Environment-conserving Agriculture Is Worth Learning From
After the end of World War II, along with Japan's rapid economic development and the extensive development of its land, and with the pursuit of high agricultural output and high productivity as the goal, Japan's rural resources and environment also became very severe. On June 10, 1992, the Japanese government, in the "New Directions for Food, Agri
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Granary of the World Hit by Drought: Huge Investment in Farmland Water Conservancy Yields Limited Results
"I haven't been home since the start of summer, constantly repairing wells in various places, eating and sleeping at the work sites." Xu Bingchang, the head of an engineering team who has been engaged in well-cleaning work in Henan for many years, told a reporter from the Huaxia Times wearily. Henan, hailed as the Granary of the World, is currently experiencing
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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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The land transfer fee problem must be tackled at its root
To tackle the land transfer fee problem, it is not enough to fix the ills of the moment; we must also look to the long term. If reform is carried through, the accumulated ills of land transfer fees will naturally be resolved. As the first nationwide large-scale audit of land transfer fees gets underway, the management of land transfer fees has once again drawn attention.
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Capital from All Sides Vies for China's Agricultural Industry, More Agricultural Investment Opportunities to Emerge
Crop farming and livestock breeding are the key M&A areas in Chinese agriculture. Zhangpu in Fujian is opening up a new path for the modern agricultural industry; the photo shows employees of Fujian Yonggeng Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. changing the water and washing the roots of hydroponic flowers. Photo by Xinhua News Agency. As industrial upgrading gathers momentum
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Agricultural insurance paid out 74.4 billion yuan in 7 years; a catastrophe risk diversification mechanism urgently needs to be established
Since the first pilot in 2004, agricultural insurance has now been developing for more than 10 years. Data released by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission on August 28 show that over the 7 years from 2007 to 2013, China's agricultural insurance cumulatively provided 4.07 trillion yuan in risk protection and paid 7
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When will the last mile of agricultural sci-tech achievements from the laboratory to the field be opened up?
New agricultural technologies emerge one after another, new achievements keep pouring in, and new ideas are rapidly updated, but why do the fields and the land still basically look the same as before? Some farmers and agricultural experts told reporters that although in recent years some benefits have been achieved by relying on new agricultural technologies,
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