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Have the poor fallen into a structural poverty trap?
In a broad sense, poverty alleviation mainly refers to two aspects: the reduction of absolute poverty and the narrowing of inequality. Over the past 30-plus years, China's alleviation of absolute poverty has been very obvious. Nowadays in many places, whether a household in a poor village owns a bicycle, motorcycle, TV set, etc. can no longer serve as a standard for judging whether it is poor.
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Have the Grain Subsidies Arrived? A Clear Guide to the Payment Details
Editor's Note: For stabilizing grain and raising incomes, agricultural subsidy policy has played an indispensable role. However, as agriculture and rural areas undergo profound change, the effects and efficiency of a subsidy policy implemented for more than 10 years are diminishing, making adjustments and improvements urgently necessary. In response to current practical problems, this year the state is advancing
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Fertilizer application rates for fruit trees and vegetables in China have exceeded safe levels
The State Council Information Office held a press conference this morning, at which Vice Minister of Agriculture Zhang Taolin briefed on the work related to the prevention and control of agricultural non-point source pollution. When answering a reporter's question about farmers frequently and widely using agricultural film, pesticides and chemical fertilizers in large amounts, causing serious pollution
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In some areas, selling grain is difficult; multiple measures have been taken to ease the pressure of selling grain
Because of successive rainstorms during this year's wheat harvest, imperfect grains of wheat in parts of Anhui and other places exceeded the standard, making it difficult for the quality to meet the national purchase and storage standard. To ease the problem of farmers having difficulty selling grain, various localities and departments have successively introduced multiple measures to effectively safeguard the interests of grain-growing farmers.
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Alert! These four types of cooperatives have already degenerated
In recent years, farmers' cooperatives have developed rapidly. As of the end of February this year, the number of farmers' professional cooperatives registered with industry and commerce departments had reached 1,337,400, a year-on-year increase of 28.74%. Over the past five years, an average of 300,000 have been added each year, but among them there is no shortage of fake cooperatives, relabeled cooperatives
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What impact will a slowdown in urbanization have on the economy?
From July 31 to August 1, the 2015 (Summer) Chongli China Urban Development Forum was held in Chongli, Zhangjiakou. Cai Fang, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered a speech at the forum. The following is the transcript of the speech: China's urbanization is developing rapidly, and China's urban research is also developing very
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Why have good varieties become the common choice of farmers and citizens alike?
Right now is the peak season for harvesting and marketing fresh-eating corn in large quantities. In order to promote superior varieties and meet market demand with high-end varieties, the Fresh-Eating Corn Special Session of the 23rd Beijing Seed Conference and the 2015 Beijing Fresh-Eating Corn Circulation Summit were held recently. From all over the country, plant
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Does donkey milk have market prospects? An economic benefit analysis
When donkey products are mentioned, the first things that come to mind are donkey meat and ejiao (donkey-hide gelatin). Once the veil is lifted on the donkey industry, looking at donkey milk and its development prospects is truly eye-opening. Research by China Agricultural University and the University of Camerino in Italy has proven that the nutritional composition of donkey milk is the closest to human milk
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Chinese medicinal herb prices have remained stubbornly high for 4 consecutive years
In recent days, a reporter from Changjiang Times visited medicinal herb trading markets, where herb merchants lamented one after another that due to overall price fluctuations, the herb business has been difficult everywhere across the country this year. Will Chinese medicinal herb prices return to reason from their high levels? What trends will emerge in the future? Herb merchants lament that business
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What new plans does the nitrogen fertilizer industry have for the 13th Five-Year Plan?
During the 12th Five-Year Plan period, the average sales profit margin of China's nitrogen fertilizer industry was only 2.38%, lower than the 4.73% average of the fertilizer industry, and in 2014 the whole industry's losses reached as high as 5.66 billion yuan. The 13th Five-Year Plan for the nitrogen fertilizer industry states that by 2020, total nitrogen fertilizer production capacity will be controlled at 61 million tons, capacity utilization will rise
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