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A bumper summer grain harvest is now assured, with the area expected to reach 415 million mu
Over 80 percent of the national summer grain harvest is now complete, with total output hitting a new record. This website reports: At present, over 80 percent of the national summer grain harvest has been completed, and a bumper harvest is now assured. According to agricultural situation monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture and actual harvest results in various localities, summer grain is expected to see another bumper harvest this year, with total output reaching a new record.
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A new round of rural reform sees three arrows released at once, with three major measures advanced in tandem
For hundreds of millions of farmers, 2015 will be an extraordinary year. From deepening the reform of the rural land system, with a focus on land transfer and the registration and certification of rights, to expanding the pilot rural reform test zones, and then to reforming the rural circulation system with the reform of supply and marketing cooperatives at its core
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On August 28, 2015, the "National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index" compared with yesterday
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on August 28 the National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index was 215.62, up 0.98 points from yesterday, of which the Vegetable Basket Products Wholesale Price Index was 219.20, up 1.41 points from yesterday. As of 14:00 today, the national agricultural products wholesale market pork
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Improving Farmers' Quality and Building a New Force of Farmers with All Efforts
Transforming the agricultural development model makes talent the key, as this is the endogenous driving force and fundamental guarantee for the transformation. To upgrade traditional agriculture and modernize agriculture, it is necessary to increase investment in human capital and substantially improve farmers' comprehensive abilities in production, operation and management. This is a matter of paramount importance.
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In August 2015, overall grassland vegetation growth nationwide was on par with the previous year
Website news The Grassland Monitoring Center of the Ministry of Agriculture used satellite remote sensing and ground observation methods, combined with meteorological monitoring information from the National Meteorological Center, to monitor and analyze the national grassland vegetation growth conditions in August of this year. The results showed that: in August, precipitation in grassland areas nationwide was unevenly distributed in space.
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Potatoes as a Staple Food: An Emerging Trend - How the Humble Potato Conquered the World
The pastries and snacks made with potato as the main ingredient are delicious and tempting. The potato, scientifically known as Solanum tuberosum, is the world's fourth-largest food crop. According to statistics from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the world's total potato output in 2013 was 376 million tons. With the establishment in recent years of China's strategy to make potatoes a staple food, China's potato planting area reached 5.57 million hectares in 2014, with fresh potato output of more than 95 million tons; both the area and the output account for about one quarter of the world's total, and China has become the world's largest producer and consumer of potatoes.
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Major agricultural products achieve sustained and effective supply, with equal emphasis on quantity and efficiency
In a country with such a large population as ours, the issue of food is a matter of paramount importance. At present, economic and social development has entered a new historical period. Especially at a time when world economic growth has slowed markedly and the negative impact on our economy is deepening, agriculture and rural
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October 10, 2015 "National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index" compared with yesterday
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on October 10 the National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index was 197.81, down 0.30 points from yesterday, among which the "Vegetable Basket" Products Wholesale Price Index was 198.21, down 0.21 points from yesterday. As of 14:00 today, at the national agricultural products wholesale market, pig
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On October 26, 2015, the "National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index" compared with last week
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on October 26 the National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index was 190.56, down 1.05 points from last Friday, of which the "Vegetable Basket" Products Wholesale Price Index was 189.49, down 1.09 points from last Friday. As of 14:00 today, the national agricultural products wholesale market
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With grain harvests abundant for years running, Ding Shengjun stresses the need to maintain strategic resolve
As China's grain harvests have been abundant for many years in a row, the pattern of grain production and marketing has undergone major changes, with phenomena such as high grain output, high procurement volumes and high inventory levels becoming prominent, and problems such as difficulties in operating grain enterprises and difficulties for farmers in selling grain emerging in some places. Domestic food security is facing new
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