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What to do about drought relief and disaster reduction? The National Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System offers a prescription
Report from this website: In the face of the current large-scale drought in China, the National Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System, the Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratories, and the national grassroots agricultural technology extension system, in accordance with the deployment of the Department of Science and Technology Education of the Ministry of Agriculture, have actively taken action, coordinated and collaborated, and gone deep into the front lines of production,
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Domestic cotton prices face further downward pressure, with production down 14.2%
According to a survey by the China Cotton Association, this year's cotton production is expected to be around 6 million tons, a decrease of 1 million tons, or 14.2%. Facing changes in cotton production and the market situation, as the new cotton harvest approaches, the Agricultural Development Bank of China continues to play its role as the main channel for supplying cotton procurement funds.
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FAO calls for continued reduction of global hunger
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development recently jointly released a new report, affirming the positive trend of continuously declining global hunger numbers, but at the same time emphasizing that the global hunger population still exceeds 800 million,
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New mechanism for saving grain and reducing losses to be established, China strives to reduce grain loss and waste
On the occasion of the upcoming 34th World Food Day and the 24th National Grain Love and Grain Saving Publicity Week, the State Administration of Grain, at a press briefing held jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture and other departments, stated that China will vigorously promote the establishment of a new mechanism for saving grain and reducing losses featuring government leadership, demand-driven orientation, participation of all citizens, and coordinated social
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Reducing grain loss equals increasing production, and the potential for saving grain is enormous
In recent years, China has continuously raised its overall grain production capacity through various measures, achieving bumper harvests year after year. However, post-harvest grain loss and waste in China is enormous, with annual grain waste approaching 6% of total annual output, which has become a negative factor that cannot be ignored in safeguarding food security.
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Why has chemical fertilizer off-season storage decreased for the first time?
Since China established the commercial off-season storage system for chemical fertilizer in 2004, the volume of off-season chemical fertilizer storage had only increased and never decreased, rising from 800 million tons at the beginning to 1800 million tons in 2013, with an average annual growth of 125%. However, this year the volume of off-season chemical fertilizer storage fell for the first time. In this round, storage enterprises with an off-season chemical fertilizer storage volume of 50000 tons or less made no change, those with 100000 to 200000 tons reduced their contracted storage volume by 20%, and those with more than 200000 tons reduced their contracted storage volume by 25%.
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Pest and disease prevention and control reduce disasters and losses, boosting the eleventh consecutive increase in grain output
Drought breeds insects, damp breeds disease; the climate is unpredictable, and pests and diseases occur every year. This year's climate changes have caused biological disasters such as pests and diseases to occur frequently and severely. Agricultural departments at all levels, with a high degree of self-awareness and firm confidence, have never relaxed their grip on pest and disease prevention and control, snatching grain from the mouths of insects to ensure a bumper harvest
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Rising Temperatures Reduce Wheat Yields: It Is Not Too Late to Breed New Varieties
If adaptive measures are not taken, for every 1°C rise in temperature in the future, global wheat production could fall by 6%, which would cause a worldwide reduction of 42 million tonnes, equivalent to 1/4 of the current global wheat trade volume. In feeding the global population, wheat plays
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Kingenta Leads China's Movement to Reduce Fertilizer Use on Farmland
In recent years, the state has actively promoted the establishment of a long-term mechanism for farmland quality protection and set the goal of achieving zero growth in the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides by 2020. Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group Co., Ltd. has made the research and development of new-type fertilizers its foremost task, pursuing a path of sustainable development through extraordinary R&D investment and personally contributing its strength to the protection and improvement of farmland quality.
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Moderate reduction of farmland written into the National Agricultural Sustainable Development Plan
On the morning of the 20th, Vice Minister of Agriculture Chen Xiaohua introduced and interpreted the relevant details of the National Agricultural Sustainable Development Plan (2015-2030) (hereinafter referred to as the Plan) at a regular policy briefing of the State Council. Regarding the stabilization of farmland area proposed in the Plan
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