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Community-supported agriculture must develop at a moderate scale to be sustainable
In recent years, the development of agriculture in the United States has taken two completely different directions: one is traditional industrialized agriculture, which is currently the mainstream of American agriculture; the other is sustainable community-supported agriculture, which emphasizes small scale, organic methods and a community-supported model, and has now
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Returning Farmland to Forest: The State Launches a New Round of Project Construction
On August 19, a reporter learned from the Provincial Forestry Department that recently, with the approval of the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the State Forestry Administration, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Land and Resources jointly issued the "Overall Plan for a New Round of Returning Farmland to Forest and Grassland," marking the official launch of the state's new round of returning farmland to forest
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Grain Output Rises for Eleven Consecutive Years: Implementing the Spirit of the 52nd Executive Meeting of the State Council
Implementing the Spirit of the 52nd Executive Meeting of the State Council: Grain Output Rises for Eleven Consecutive Years, Storage Expansion and Warehouse Construction Accelerate. China's summer grain harvest increased substantially this year, achieving an eleven-year streak of consecutive increases. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on July 14, the total national summer grain output in 2014 was 273.19 billion jin. In response to relatively sluggish markets for some varieties
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Follow-up review of the implementation of the State Council's opinions on supporting leading enterprises
This website reports that on September 3, the Agricultural Industrialization Office of the Ministry of Agriculture held in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, a follow-up exchange activity on implementing the "Opinions of the State Council on Supporting the Development of Leading Enterprises in Agricultural Industrialization." Colleagues from the agricultural industrialization competent departments of all provinces (regions and municipalities)
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State-owned forest farm reform closely tied to ecological forestry and livelihood forestry
This year is the first year of China's comprehensive deepening of reform. Forestry reform involves every aspect, but state-owned forest farm reform is clearly the top priority. At the national forestry directors' meeting held at the beginning of the year, Zhao Shucong, Director of the State Forestry Administration, stressed that this year efforts must be concentrated on drafting and completing the state-owned forest farm reform plan, and striving to fully launch state-owned forest farm reform.
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China's rice prices will run at a high level this year
Peng Chao, a senior market analyst at the Rural Economy Research Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, said recently in Harbin that, affected by the national minimum purchase price policy for rice, China's paddy rice market has generally shown a steady slight increase since the beginning of the year, and it is expected that rice prices this year will overall be higher than
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State Reserve Cotton Sales Suspended for the New Year: Latest National Policy Arrives
The state will suspend the release of reserve cotton in the next cotton year to guide enterprises to actively purchase, process and sell new cotton. In 2015, cotton imports will be properly arranged according to the domestic supply and demand situation. In addition to the 894,000-ton tariff quota committed upon WTO accession, in principle no additional import quota will be issued
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Save a grain of food: four ministries and commissions including the Ministry of Agriculture and the State Administration of Grain issue a joint initiative
Food is the foundation of human survival and the basis of economic and social development. Since the reform and opening up, China's grain output has increased substantially, and the capacity to ensure food security has steadily strengthened. However, the contradiction between a large population and limited arable land has become increasingly prominent, and problems such as the shortage of freshwater resources and the decline in the quality of arable land
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Upgrading agricultural cooperatives requires joint efforts from both inside and outside
The state introduced this policy very timely; agricultural cooperatives really need to be regulated. At present there are many kinds of cooperatives, but those with high operating quality are exceedingly rare. On the 8th, after hearing the reporter describe the "Opinions on Guiding and Promoting the Standardized Development of Farmers' Cooperatives" recently jointly issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and nine other ministries and commissions,
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Transfer payments should focus on increasing farmers' participation
Currently, the state's annual transfer payments to rural areas have reached a scale of one trillion yuan. Starting from the abolition of the agricultural tax in 2006, in less than ten years, not only are farmers no longer required to pay taxes and fees, but there are also large-scale transfer payments. The magnitude of the change is unbelievable. Before the abolition of the agricultural tax,
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