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Increased grain imports have little to do with the current drought
At present, some of China's major grain-producing areas are suffering from severe drought, which has affected the growth of autumn grain in some localities. Data recently released by the General Administration of Customs show that in the first seven months of this year, China imported a cumulative 11.34 million tons of cereals and cereal flour, an increase of 80.7% over the same period last year. Some people have raised the question,
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Why does opening up household registration in small cities mean so little?
In order to help farmers obtain equal rights, it is necessary to abolish the identity discrimination aimed specifically at farmers; this is progress. And in order to support agricultural development more effectively, it is necessary to identify farmers' status; this is even greater progress. Reform of the household registration system is meant to establish an operational...
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In 3 years, 13,261 billion yuan was invested in fiscal water conservancy, with government investment leveraging a little to accomplish a lot
Report of the State Council on the Investment and Use of National Fiscal Water Conservancy Funds Delivered at the 12th Session of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress on December 23, 2014 Minister of Finance Lou Jiwei Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Entrusted by the State
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Why should the potato become the fourth major staple crop?
China is strongly promoting the strategy of making the potato a staple crop. Why let the little potato become the fourth major staple crop? Is the potato a vegetable or a grain? At the potato staple-crop development strategy seminar held on the 6th, a rich variety of potato-based staple foods was an eye-opener. The proportion of whole potato flour
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Mostly sunny, little rain in Northeast China favors rice transplanting and the final stage of spring sowing
At present, most of Northeast China's rice has entered the suitable transplanting period. In Jilin, 21% of rice has been transplanted, and in Heilongjiang, 30% has been transplanted. Sowing of dryland crops such as spring corn and spring wheat in most of Northeast China is basically complete. In Heilongjiang, due to frequent low-temperature and rainy weather since May, with precipitation from the 10th to the 18th being 1 to 4 times more than usual, some farmland has become waterlogged, soybean sowing has just passed 50%, and paddy field preparation and rice transplanting have also been slightly affected.
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Limited boost from favorable factors for japonica rice, little room for price movement up or down
In 2014, China's japonica rice output hit a new record high, estimated at more than 70 million tons, further increasing supply pressure, especially in major producing areas such as Heilongjiang, where the pressure was even greater, and market prices once weakened continuously. As various regions successively launched their japonica rice market-support purchase plans,
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Potatoes as a Staple Food: An Emerging Trend - How the Humble Potato Conquered the World
The pastries and snacks made with potato as the main ingredient are delicious and tempting. The potato, scientifically known as Solanum tuberosum, is the world's fourth-largest food crop. According to statistics from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the world's total potato output in 2013 was 376 million tons. With the establishment in recent years of China's strategy to make potatoes a staple food, China's potato planting area reached 5.57 million hectares in 2014, with fresh potato output of more than 95 million tons; both the area and the output account for about one quarter of the world's total, and China has become the world's largest producer and consumer of potatoes.
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Summer harvest little affected by El Nino heavy rainfall
Right now, China has entered its main flood season, with heavy rainfall striking frequently. Reporters learned from meteorological, water conservancy and other departments that this rainfall influenced by the El Nino phenomenon may continue to develop, and the flood situation is complex and changeable. However, the rainfall in some areas at present will not have a major impact on the summer harvest
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Wheat Market Lukewarm, Little Hope for Price Rises Later
Last week the domestic flour market showed little overall change, and in terms of buying and selling the overall impression was one of ample supply and flat demand. Prices therefore did not change much either, and the flour market suffered sustained cold treatment during the hot summer season. Off-season wheat...
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Asking migrant workers to "show a little appreciation" - is that really okay?
Recently, some media reported that the principal of a public primary school in Nanjing asked some parents of children of migrant workers attending the school for gift money, saying, "Sorry, you need to show us a little appreciation." After a complaint was filed, the principal was dismissed on the spot by the local education bureau. From students
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