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The modern logistics system for traditional Chinese medicinal materials will be initially established by the Ministry of Commerce by 2020
Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce issued the "Notice on Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of the Modern Logistics System for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials" (Shang Ban Zhi Han [2014] No. 809, hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"). The "Notice" requires local commerce authorities to promote the establishment of a modern logistics system for traditional Chinese medicinal materials
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How is food safety guaranteed? Agriculture Minister Han Changfu: The agricultural sector must step up
As China's economy enters a new normal, reform enters deep water, and economic and social development enters a new stage, the internal and external environment for agricultural development is undergoing profound changes, and the need to accelerate the building of modern agriculture has become more urgent. To advance the development of modern agriculture, the most urgent
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Turning Potatoes into a Staple Food Is No Small Matter: Five Questions About Potato Staple-ization
The Ministry of Agriculture says it will promote potatoes as China's fourth-largest staple food; experts say the ultimate goal is to win public acceptance in terms of varieties, nutrition and other aspects. On the 6th, a seminar on the development strategy for potato staple-ization, hosted by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and other institutions, with the participation of a vice minister of agriculture, was held, and the meeting
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A Public Perspective on Farmers' Property Rights over Cultivated Land
To grant farmers more property rights, land is the core. At present, some views hold that cultivated land can become property that generates income and can become an important means of increasing property income. In reality, many places are keen to promote land transfer, on the one hand creating conditions for agricultural scale operations and modernization, and on the other hand consciously or unconsciously driving up land prices during transfer, with some places even setting minimum protective prices for land transfer. However, under relatively high land transfer prices, pure grain operations are difficult to sustain, thus planting hidden dangers for non-agriculturalization and non-grainization. This prompts us to reflect on such questions: What exactly are the functions of agricultural land? Where do property rights over cultivated land come from? What exactly is the relationship between farmers and cultivated land?
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Ministry of Agriculture: Making the potato a staple food is not because we are short of grain
A few days ago, the Ministry of Agriculture revealed that it plans to use technological innovation to lead the development of potato (commonly known as "potato") as a staple food. Once the news came out, it attracted widespread attention. On January 15, relevant officials and experts from the Ministry of Agriculture were interviewed by reporters, publicly responding for the first time to society's concerns about making the potato a staple food.
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Huimin policies must not be distorted or watered down: how does the Ministry of Agriculture implement its services for farmers?
On the evening of January 15, in the Ministry of Agriculture office building on the east side of Changhong Bridge on the East Third Ring Road in Beijing, lights were still on in quite a few offices, and many staff members were still busily working at computers and beside printers. With only about ten days left before the launch of the science and technology service cloud platform, everyone was busy
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Reexamining the Coordinated Development of Urban and Rural Areas from the Perspective of a Two-Oriented Society
Building a resource-conserving and environment-friendly society and establishing a new type of urban-rural relationship require coordinated urban and rural economic and social development. The report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized that resolving the issues of agriculture, rural areas and farmers is the top priority of the whole Party's work, and the integration of urban and rural development is the fundamental way to resolve
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Seed anti-counterfeiting efforts continue: Ministry of Agriculture and two other ministries join forces to ensure agricultural production
Website news, January 21: At the video conference held in Beijing by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Public Security, and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce on the special action against infringement of variety rights and the production and sale of counterfeit and inferior seeds, reporters learned that this year the three ministries will continue to carry out the special seed anti-counterfeiting action. Agri
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The Ministry of Agriculture Officially Establishes the National Leisure Agriculture Expert Committee
Website News Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture established the National Leisure Agriculture Expert Committee and issued the "Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture on the Establishment of the First National Leisure Agriculture Expert Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture." The committee is composed of 27 academicians and experts from the fields of agriculture, economics, tourism, planning and design.
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Severe Crackdown by the Ministry of Agriculture This Year on Misuse of Veterinary Antibiotics
Recently, it was learned from the Ministry of Agriculture that in 2014 the Ministry of Agriculture organized and carried out 4 routine monitoring exercises for agricultural product quality and safety, monitoring a total of 117 varieties and 94 indicators across 5 major categories of products in 151 large and medium-sized cities in 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) nationwide, with 43,924 samples inspected and an overall pass rate of 96.
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