-
Prices of the three major staple grains fall together, agricultural product price reform may accelerate
A bumper harvest without a bumper income: this autumn, farmers may not have much to celebrate. Since the third quarter, prices of the three major domestic staple grains have fallen steadily. According to statistics, corn saw the largest drop, with the purchase price falling from the year's high of 2279 yuan/ton to 1980 yuan/ton, a decline of 13.1%; the wheat purchase price fell from the year's high of
-
Against the backdrop of a large population and limited land, why does China's grain sector show the coexistence of "three highs"?
According to data recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the total national summer grain output in 2015 was 141.066 million tons, an increase of 3.3% over 2014. With this, China's summer grain achieved twelve consecutive years of bumper harvests. While total grain output keeps climbing, China's grain imports have also been growing rapidly.
-
Three Major Staple Grains See Rare Simultaneous Decline: How Can Derivatives Solve the Agricultural Puzzle?
If you control oil, you control all nations; if you control food, you control all people. As former U.S. Secretary of State Kissinger said, food security is crucial to a country. At the recently held 4th
-
Global food prices rose 4% month-on-month in October, the biggest increase in three years
According to overseas media reports, the strongest El Nino in a century has finally begun to show its power in the market, with sugar, vegetable oils and dairy products leading the way, as global food prices posted their biggest increase in three years in October. According to the latest data released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, this year
-
Resisting Food Waste Through the Three Oppositions Campaign in the 13th Five-Year Plan
Deeply carry out campaigns against excessive packaging, against food waste, and against excessive consumption. The "Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the 13th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development" issued a few days ago put forward the "Three Oppositions Campaign," firmly saying "no" to waste and other such behavior. Plan recommendations
-
Global food prices post the biggest month-on-month rise in three years
The strongest El Nino in a century has finally begun to show its power in the market, with global food prices in October posting their biggest rise in three years. According to the latest data released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the global food price index rose 4% month-on-month in October. In this index
-
Agricultural Fair Showcases Development Achievements: "Three Pillars" Drive Modern Agriculture to Speed Up
At the 13th China International Agricultural Trade Fair, which concluded on the 10th, novel, exotic, premium and specialty agricultural products drew numerous visitors, with crowds thronging the specialized exhibition areas for national modern agriculture demonstration zones, famous and premium fruits, and China State Farms. A reporter from Economic Daily found during a visit that informatization
-
Rural development faces challenges in three aspects; what exactly are these problems?
On November 2, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Comprehensive Implementation Plan for Deepening Rural Reform," and public opinion generally holds that the publication of this document means the top-level design for rural reform has officially been released. In my view, the document is a major step by rural work toward
-
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
-
China's three major grains have been net imported for 4 consecutive years
Although China's grain production has achieved 11 consecutive years of growth since 2004, agricultural trade has correspondingly shown a "dual normality" phenomenon of normalized trade deficit and normalized price inversion. This was learned by reporters at the 2015 (Third) China Grain and Food Security Strategy Summit held here
条件筛选