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Policy support urgently needed for the industrialization of potatoes as a staple food
At the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture announced that China would make a major push to develop potatoes as a staple food, gradually making them the fourth largest staple crop, with more than 50% of potatoes expected to be consumed as a staple food by 2020. Once this information came out, it was welcomed by the industry. Recently, reporters at the
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How should flood control and drought relief work be carried out? Wang Yang stressed the need to do it in a solid and effective way
Wang Yang stressed at the plenary meeting of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters that flood control and drought relief work must be carried out in a solid and effective way. The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters held its first plenary meeting of the year in Beijing on the 7th. Vice Premier of the State Council and Commander-in-Chief of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters Wang Yang, at the
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Behind the rice controversy, three questions urgently need answers
The "Liangyou 0293" incident that occurred in Bengbu and other places in Anhui has been going on for half a year now, and the final plan for bearing the losses is still under negotiation. No matter which party ultimately bears most of the cost, the questions raised by this lesson in disaster are worth considering by all sides: First, how should responsibility for reduced yields and total crop failure be clarified?
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Why new types of agricultural business entities should develop in groups
In recent years, as the number of new types of agricultural business entities such as farmers' cooperatives and family farms has continued to increase, agricultural production has shown a gradual trend from farmers working alone to close organizational cooperation. However, the new types of agricultural business entities that are springing up like bamboo shoots after rain generally suffer from
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Assessment of Super Rice Variety Adaptability Urgently Needs Strengthening
Vice Minister of Agriculture Zhang Taolin said at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on the 14th that the requirements for super rice are high yield, high quality, high efficiency, and also resistance. However, some super rice varieties are suitable for specific regions, and when they are introduced to other regions, their shortcomings become apparent. Regarding the recent
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A compensation mechanism for large-scale crop yield reduction and total crop failure urgently needs to be established
According to the appraisal, the important reason nearly 10,000 mu of rice in Anhui suffered yield reduction and total crop failure was extreme weather. Although all parties discussed relief plans to reduce farmers' losses, this incident reflects that China's agriculture still has the weak point of depending on the weather, and unpredictable factors leading to large-scale yield reduction
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The financial support system for contract farming urgently needs to be improved
Contract farming mainly takes the forms of agricultural product purchasing and selling, cooperation, and land leasing and subcontracting. Banking institutions have actively innovated credit products, effectively meeting the financial needs of developing contract farming. However, there are still some prominent contradictions between financial supply and demand, and further
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Old Grain Passed Off as New: Getting a Clear Picture of Grain Reserves Requires Tighter Oversight
Chaotic practices in China's grain reserve system, such as passing off old grain as new, are linked to unsmooth mechanisms and unsound institutions, and even more to the lack of management and lax oversight by the relevant departments. Straightening out the mechanisms and reforming the institutions will take time, but tightening the granaries and strictly investigating the "big rats" is
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How to eliminate cadmium in rice? Treating both internal and external factors is key
With the launch of the collaborative innovation action for comprehensive prevention and control of heavy metal pollution in rice in southern China, the cadmium rice issue has once again become a hot topic. The public's understanding of cadmium rice mostly stays at the harm cadmium does to the human body, while regarding
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These key points about land transfer you need to know
Large-scale production is the general trend, and expanding scale inevitably requires more land. So land transfer is a problem we all face... So how much should be transferred? What length of time is appropriate? Have you thought about these questions? Is the bigger the operating scale, the better? 1. Bigger is not always
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