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Food security sparks heated debate: Experts warn of hidden concerns after twelve consecutive years of growth
China's grain production has enjoyed a bumper harvest for twelve consecutive years, with annual output reaching about 120 billion jin, but hidden concerns about food security will not be completely eliminated because of this, and one should think of danger in times of peace. Wang Julu, president of the China Well-off Society Construction Research Association, said at the event. At the China
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Agricultural input waste is worsening farmland pollution, and vigilance should be raised
"Major grain-producing counties discard over 10 million seedling trays every year, along with several million pesticide bottles and bags, most of which are thrown in the fields and at field edges, becoming pollution 'bombs' - a shocking sight." This is what many grassroots cadres and ordinary people reported during a recent interview by Banyuetan reporters in Hunan, a major agricultural province.
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Vigilance Needed Against "Non-Grain" and "Non-Agricultural" Trends in Land Transfer
On the 28th, the 16th session of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress held group deliberations on the report by Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu on stabilizing and improving rural land contracting relations. Members of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress held that land transfer is conducive to appropriately scaled agricultural operations
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The situation for geological disaster prevention and control remains severe, and vigilance must be strengthened this year
"Although last year's geological disaster situation was not serious, this year's prevention and control situation is not optimistic." A relevant official from the Ministry of Land and Resources said recently. It is understood that in 2014, the number of deaths and missing persons and direct economic losses caused by geological disasters in China decreased significantly year on year. Nationwide last
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The phenomenon of young people being unwilling to return to their hometowns to farm should arouse vigilance
What is preventing young people who go out to work from being willing to return to their hometowns to farm? Today, this is not a topic that is deliberately made to sound profound. When rural young people prepare for their careers, they seldom take becoming a professional farmer as a future goal. Apart from those born in the 1950s and some born in the 1960s, among the village people who consciously choose to be a professional farmer, those born in the 1970s are unwilling, those born in the 1980s do not know how, and those born in the 1990s do not even discuss it.
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A bumper corn harvest is a foregone conclusion, but market risks warrant vigilance
Golden October is exactly the harvest season in Heilongjiang, and as far as the eye can see there are endless stretches of corn and soybeans. The vast black soil has upheld this region's status as China's largest grain-producing area through its bounty. A reporter recently followed an inspection team from Harbin to Suihua, through Bei'an, past Wudalianchi, as far north as Heihe, then back through Nenjiang, Nehe and Mo Banner in Inner Mongolia, and finally returning to Harbin via Qiqihar, Longjiang and Daqing, a journey of 2,500 kilometers. Through on-site surveys, visits to farming households, seed dealers and grain purchasers, and in-depth discussions with large-scale grain growers, planting associations, state-owned grain depots and processing enterprises, it was learned that the Northern Granary will again welcome a bumper year.
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The Fate and Vigilance of Villages in the Process of Urbanization
Mencius said: "In death or removal, none should leave the village; the fields of the village share the same well. Going out and coming in, they are companions; in watching and guarding, they help one another; in sickness, they support one another; then the common people are affectionate and harmonious." This is an accurate portrayal of the production and lifestyle of rural China over thousands of years. And villages can be said to be the comprehensive carrier that bears, records and perpetuates this traditional
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Warning Signs of a Hidden Rebound in Farmers' Burdens Need Attention
The fundamental solution to lightening farmers' burdens is to continue deepening comprehensive rural reform and eliminate the institutional and systemic factors that cause the problem of farmers' burdens. Statistical information consultation fee 2000 yuan, work safety training fee 200 yuan, librarian training fee 500 yuan, public security joint defense sponsorship fee 2000 yuan to
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The vigilance to ease the burden on farmers must never be relaxed at any time
The "Notice of the Ministry of Agriculture on the 2013 Inspection of Farmers' Burdens" reported the main problems found in the inspection of farmers' burdens in the 3 provinces of Heilongjiang, Anhui and Shandong by the 6 departments of the State Council joint conference on burden reduction. Publicly reporting these problems is meant to give play to the supervisory role of society
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A Major Grain-Producing County Stays Vigilant in Times of Peace to Safeguard Food Security
Nanbu County, situated in the hilly area of the northeastern Sichuan Basin, has a total population of over 1.3 million, of which 1.06 million are agricultural population, and a cultivated land area of over 800,000 mu. It has always been a major agricultural county in Sichuan Province. Since 2003, Nanbu County has not only kept pace with the nation's "ten consecutive years of grain increase,"
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