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The hollowing-out of rural areas is becoming increasingly prominent, and the reasons deserve deep reflection
The State Council Information Office recently held a press conference, where Ni Hong, spokesperson for the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and Zhao Hui, director of the Village and Town Department, presented information on the traditional dwelling survey and traditional village protection. Zhao Hui stated that the phenomenon of traditional villages disappearing does exist, and protection efforts have beg
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Soil pollution is becoming increasingly prominent, and pollution prevention and control brook no delay
Editor's Note In recent years, the problem of soil pollution in China has become increasingly prominent, and food safety incidents caused by it have occurred from time to time, making soil pollution prevention and control brook no delay. Some readers said in letters that for soil pollution treatment, source control is the key, and at the same time related laws and regulations should be improved and perfected as soon as possible
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China's agricultural development still faces prominent structural problems
A relevant official from the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Agriculture recently stated that while China's grain output has increased for many consecutive years, structural problems in China's agricultural development remain prominent in areas such as quantity and quality, total volume and structure, cost and benefit, and production and environment. The first is resources
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Rural environmental protection will be given a more prominent position
On March 7, the Third Session of the 12th National People's Congress held a press conference, at which Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining answered reporters' questions on issues including heavy metal contamination of land and the treatment of rural environmental pollution. Chen Jining said that good soil quality is essential to safeguarding the safety of agricultural products and
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Seed market oversupply situation remains prominent
The National Agricultural Technology Center recently held the spring regular meeting for analysis of the production, supply and demand situation of major crop seeds nationwide in 2015. The meeting analyzed the dynamics of this year's seed market operations, scheduled the seed production intentions for spring and summer sown crops, and consulted on the production, supply and demand situation of major crop seeds in 2015.
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Land inspections find the problem of inflated cultivated land retention figures remains prominent
The No. 1 National Land Inspection Announcement of 2015 released on the 28th shows that in some places, illegal and irregular land use, especially the indiscriminate occupation and abuse of cultivated land, false balance of cultivated land occupation and compensation, and inflated cultivated land retention figures remain prominent. According to the announcement, in 2014, targeting the fulfillment of the target responsibility for cultivated land protection
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The phenomenon of premature harvesting of Chinese medicinal herbs is alarming, with the problem of early picking particularly prominent in mountainous areas
Recently, the author learned during interviews that due to the rising purchase price of the Chinese medicinal herb Forsythia suspensa (weeping forsythia) over consecutive years, many villagers in the remote mountainous areas of Huguan County, Shanxi Province have been rushing up the mountains to pick immature Forsythia suspensa, causing serious waste and destruction of wild medicinal herb resources. It is understood that since
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Agriculture 4.0 Emerges as Collaborative Development Becomes Key
In the process of advancing industrialization, informatization, urbanization, and agricultural modernization in tandem, agriculture, as both a supplier of raw materials for industrial production and a user of manufactured industrial goods, is being driven forward by Industry 4.0. In 2013, Germany formally proposed the concept of Industry 4.0,
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Prominent "Inverted" Grain Market Phenomenon: Agricultural Product Price Reform Needs Coordinated Advancement
The "inverted" phenomenon in China's grain market is prominent, agricultural product price subsidies are already close to the upper limit of the WTO Amber Box subsidy rules, and market-supporting procurement is becoming increasingly unsustainable. Adjusting grain procurement prices cannot simply mean reducing fiscal subsidies and directly requiring domestic bulk agricultural product prices to
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China's food security faces three prominent problems, State Council official explains
China News Service, Beijing, November 15 (Reporter Ma Haiyan) Li Wei, director of the Development Research Center of China's State Council, said in Beijing on November 15 that China's grain and food security field faces three prominent problems: resource and environmental costs, the impact of the international market, and hidden quality and safety risks. At
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