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Extreme weather strikes multiple regions in succession, threatening food security
El Nino continues to wreak havoc. Frequent extreme weather events in many places have already begun to affect grain production and sales. Reporters learned that due to drought or flooding, several major staple crops have been affected to varying degrees in various producing areas. In western Hunan and areas south of central Hunan
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Development of Potato Staple Food Products: The Ministry of Agriculture Takes Multiple Measures to Push Forward
Recently, the Agricultural Product Processing Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture strengthened research and took multiple measures simultaneously to push forward work related to the development of potato staple food products. It is understood that the bureau first actively sought financial funding support. Through efforts on multiple fronts, subsidy funds for primary processing at agricultural product origins increased from last year's
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Why Organic Agricultural Products Fail to Win Over Consumers
Food is the first necessity of the people, and safety at the point of consumption is of the utmost importance. Against the backdrop of society's intense focus on food safety, a kind of original-ecology organic agricultural product has emerged. However, in a recent investigation and interviews, reporters found that this kind of organic agricultural product, which goes from production to the dining table without pesticides, without chemical fertilizers and without additives, is not one that many consumers are willing to buy. Some say it is too expensive and they cannot afford it; some say it is hard to tell the genuine from the fake and they dare not buy it; and others say it is a gimmick, a marketing concept. So what exactly are organic agricultural products? How good is their quality? What are their development trends?
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Grain recall system adds another lock to food security
Although China has had bumper grain harvests year after year, quality and safety still face many challenges, and safety risks from production, circulation, processing and consumption still exist. China will implement a grain recall system. When grain operators discover that the harmful substance content of the grain they sell
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Grain-selling farmers, take note: National Food Administration issues urgent notice banning IOUs
As the summer grain purchasing peak season is currently underway, the National Food Administration recently issued an urgent notice requiring strict oversight and serious investigation and punishment of the practice of giving IOUs to grain-selling farmers. The National Food Administration stated that since the second half of 2014, a few grain trading enterprises have violated
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Diversifying Staple Foods: Technological Innovation Makes People's Diets More Nutritious and Healthier
Technological Innovation Leads the Diversification of Staple Foods, Making People's Diets More Nutritious and Healthier. International Symposium on Potato Staple Food Products and Industrial Development Held in Beijing. This website reports: On July 29, the Ministry of Agriculture held the International Symposium on Potato Staple Food Products and Industrial Development in Beijing. The meeting proposed
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China Becomes the World's Largest Producer and Consumer of Potatoes, Pushing Forward the Industrialization of Potatoes as a Staple Food
Nowadays, various agricultural resource factors are stretched tight, and residents' demands for improving the nutritional structure of staple foods are growing ever higher. China's push to develop the potato industry comes at just the right time - the potato is a major food that is nutritious and convenient to eat, and has become the world's fourth-largest food crop after rice, wheat, and
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Ecological agriculture is the way out for China's food security
I. The basic national conditions of China's grain production In recent years, after conducting on-site investigations in Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guangdong, Hainan and other places, I have become very worried, even anxious, about our country's current food security
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In the first half of 2015, a total of 4,960 tonnes of substandard imported food was handled
On July 30, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine released the "Quality and Safety Status of China's Imported Food in the First Half of 2015 (White Paper)". The white paper pointed out that in the first half of 2015, from imported food originating in 57 countries or regions, China returned or destroyed a total of 12
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China will accelerate the development of potato staple food products and industrialization
More comprehensive nutrition, reduced consumption of water and soil resources, and great potential for raising per-unit yield... The future development prospects of the humble potato should not be underestimated. At the 2015 World Potato Congress and the International Symposium on Potato Staple Food Products and Industrial Development held in Yanqing, Beijing, the potato became a hot topic of attention for government departments, industry experts and the public.
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