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Ministry of Agriculture conducts collective talks, using cases as warnings to continuously rectify the four forms of decadence
Recently, the Discipline Inspection Group stationed at the Ministry of Agriculture convened more than 60 principal responsible officials from all departments, bureaus and directly affiliated units of the Ministry of Agriculture, briefed them on 6 cases of disciplinary violations recently investigated and handled, and conducted collective talks. Song Jianchao, head of the Discipline Inspection Group stationed at the Ministry of Agriculture, emphasized during the talks that all units must take the cases as
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Focusing on "one control, two reductions, three basics" to win the battle against agricultural non-point source pollution
Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Xinrong emphasized at the first meeting of the Agricultural Non-point Source Pollution Prevention and Control Promotion Working Group: Focusing on "one control, two reductions, three basics" to win the battle against agricultural non-point source pollution. This network news, July 29, the Ministry of Agriculture convened the first
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Wheat Quality Fails to Meet Standards, Causing Grain Selling Difficulties in Central and Southern Henan
In the granary, over 1 million jin of wheat is piled into a heaping mountain. The grain harvest was bumper, but Peng Zhihe, a large-scale grain farmer in Runan County, Henan Province, has his brows knitted into a knot. Having been a farmer all his life, he has hoped for a full granary year after year, but this year the harvest was good yet the grain cannot be sold, which is deeply frustrating.
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What are the four major chaotic phenomena of illegal occupation of arable land?
Using the form of "renting instead of expropriation" to enclose land, and then rapidly building factories and houses on arable land; under the pretext of developing ecological agriculture and high-efficiency agriculture, leasing arable land but actually using it to build factory buildings and factories; a small number of village officials even help do the villagers' work and become accomplices in illegal occupation of arable land
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Farmer in Guangzhou Approved for Arrest for Using Highly Toxic Pesticide on Green Beans
Reporters recently learned that the Zengcheng District Procuratorate of Guangzhou recently approved the arrest of a vegetable farmer surnamed Huang Mouguang, who used the highly toxic pesticide isocarbophos while growing vegetables, on charges of producing and selling toxic and harmful food. Following a procuratorial review, it was ascertained that in November 2015, grower Huang Mouguang
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Garlic Prices Surge Sharply Again Before Spring Festival
On the day of the Laba Festival, Ms. Yu had a sudden urge to make some Laba garlic, but when she asked at the market, the price of 7.5 yuan per jin really startled her. Ms. Yu said that in her hometown of Henan, there is a custom of eating vinegar-soaked garlic on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month - it tastes good and can kill bacteria. She just remembered
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Exploring China's Food Security Issue and Its Solutions
China's housing area is less than half that of the United States and 2/3 that of Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany; when per capita housing area reaches 35 sq m, it equals that of the United Kingdom and France. The green coverage rate is not high because there are many high-rise and super-high-rise buildings; China's per capita residential land area of 5 sq m ranks at the bottom worldwide, less than the land area for cattle and horse pens - truly worse off than cattle and horses, living in overcrowded houses without natural wind or natural light, and the sports areas in residential compounds cannot accommodate 1% of the residents for outdoor fitness and exercise. According to estimates by relevant experts, without exercise, or with 3 hours of exercise a day or running 5 km, one would need to eat 30% less grain.
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How can big data lead agricultural development? Zhang Xingwang shares his views
The photo shows Zhang Xingwang, director of the Information Center of the Ministry of Agriculture. (Image source: Sina Finance, photo by Liang Bin) Sina Finance News - The 2015 4th China International Agribusiness Summit Forum was held in Beijing on May 17. Zhang Xingwang, director of the Information Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, suggested using big data to lead China's
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Strawberries unsold amid cancer-causing acetochlor exceedance scare; prices fall in many places
Although the claim that strawberries had excessive acetochlor residues was later refuted by authoritative test results and industry experts, the earlier reports that "strawberry acetochlor residues exceeding the limit cause cancer" spread widely and quickly led to unsold strawberries in several major strawberry-producing areas, with prices falling sharply and growers and traders suffering serious losses.
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How can the reform of farmers' housing property rights be advanced steadily? Chen Wensheng and others offer suggestions
Since the reform and opening up, rural China has undergone earth-shaking changes, but the urban-rural dual structure has not been fundamentally changed, and the trend of the widening urban-rural development gap, especially the income gap, has not been fundamentally reversed. The Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee proposed to give farmers more property rights
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