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Grain production becomes a highlight, and national food security is more solidly guaranteed
In recent days, from the black soil of Northeast China to the fish-and-rice townships south of the Yangtze and the great granaries of the Central Plains, good news about grain production has been pouring in from all over the country: this year's autumn grain area has increased and crops are generally growing well, with a bumper harvest in sight. Looking at the year as a whole, China's grain production has overcome difficulties and is once again set to deliver a
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The potato's rise has nothing to do with a food crisis
We eat far fewer potatoes than developed countries. In "Interstellar" there is a scene: in a certain year in the future, Earth's ecological environment suffers severe damage. Frequent sandstorms and other harsh weather trigger a food crisis, and staple crops such as wheat and rice are on the verge of extinction in the swirling yellow sand
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How are autumn grain purchases and grain storage safety guaranteed? The National Food Administration carries out inspections
In order to effectively carry out the 2015 autumn grain purchase and autumn safe grain storage work, the National Food Administration issued on September 30 the "Notice of the Office of the National Food Administration on Effectively Carrying Out the 2015 Autumn Grain Purchase and Autumn Safe Grain Storage Work and Conducting Special Inspections" (Guoliangdian [2
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Food waste is not only on the dining table; waste outside the dining table also cannot be ignored
When it comes to food waste, people's attention tends to focus on the visible waste at the dining table, yet they rarely pay attention to losses in the various stages after the harvest. Grain missed and not picked up by harvesters, fire and mold during storage, spillage during circulation and handling, excessive polishing during processing... According to statistics, in the post-production stages alone,
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Chinese agricultural technology spreads in Africa, boosting food and nutrition security
Xinhua News Agency, Rome, October 24 (Reporter Wang Xingqiao) - On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, Kim Jong-jin, the official in charge of South-South cooperation at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, said that after years of development, South-South cooperation is showing a trend of playing a greater role, especially as in recent years China has
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Future food may come from high-tech agriculture
To feed the 7 billion people on Earth, we have already cultivated 40% of the planet's land, and by 2050 the world population is expected to reach 9.6 billion. Data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization shows that to avoid widespread malnutrition, food production needs to increase by 70%. But there is now little
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Excessive Grain Imports Threaten National Food Security
The Central Economic Work Conference previously proposed a national food security strategy under the new circumstances of "taking self-reliance as the mainstay, basing ourselves on domestic production, ensuring production capacity, importing appropriately, and relying on technological support," requiring that the rice bowls of the Chinese people must always be firmly held in our own hands and that our rice bowls should
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Agricultural Reform on the Eve of the 13th Five-Year Plan: Food Production Puts "Stability" First
Recently, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee was held in Beijing. For nearly 20 years, the fifth plenary session of each Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has focused on the next five-year plan, and this year's 13th Five-Year Plan has attracted much attention because of its special historical background. This is the first five-year plan since China's economic development entered the "new normal," and its final year is precisely the year China completes the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects.
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Five ministries tackle rural food safety: zero growth in pesticide use by 2020
Image source: CFP Recently, in order to vigorously address and solve prominent rural food safety problems and safeguard the safety of the food on the tables of the rural masses, the Food Safety Office of the State Council, together with the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the State Food and Drug Administration, issued the "Opinions on Strengthening Rural Food
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The strategy of storing grain in the land and storing grain in technology opens a new path for food security
The 13th Five-Year Plan proposal states that we must adhere to the strictest farmland protection system, hold firm to the farmland red line, implement the strategy of storing grain in the land and storing grain in technology, increase grain production capacity, and ensure basic self-sufficiency in grains and absolute security of staple food rations. Experts believe that storing grain in the land and storing grain in technology
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