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Modern agriculture development showcases China's confidence
From facing the yellow earth with back to the sky to farming easily with a click of the mouse; from wearing masks and carrying sprayer tanks to calling on a mobile phone and letting "dragonflies" do the spraying; from peddling through streets and alleys to building a sales empire on WeChat Moments; from crowdfunding to enlighten poor villages to PPP for soil improvement... On the vast fields, wonderful stories of modern agriculture keep emerging.
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December Marks the Off-Season for Vegetable Supply, Affected by Rain, Snow and Low Light
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture's Vegetable Production Information Network, vegetable supply in November was basically flat year-on-year, while farm-gate wholesale prices rose both month-on-month and year-on-year. In December, as the off-season for supply begins, North China, Northeast China and other areas are affected by prolonged haze, overcast skies and snowy weather, which is unfavorable for vegetable growth and development.
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What are the reasons for the low efficiency of fiscal support for agriculture?
[Too-long allocation channels, fragmented distribution mechanisms, mismatch between fiscal authority and administrative responsibility, imperfect official assessment and oversight mechanisms, and unscientific decision-making mechanisms are the main factors behind the low efficiency in the use of fiscal funds for supporting agriculture.] Since the beginning of the 21st century, the central government, on the basis of fully realizing the reduction and exemption of agricultural taxes and fees,
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Edible agricultural product prices rose more slowly last week, Ministry of Commerce data shows
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Commerce, last week (December 7-13) the rate of price increases for edible agricultural products in 36 large and medium-sized cities nationwide slowed. Last week, the average price of 18 kinds of vegetables rose 0.7% from the previous week, with the increase narrowing by 4.7 percentage points from the previous week, among which the prices of lettuce, onions and tomatoes rose 5.3%, 3.7% and 2.7% respectively.
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China's flower sea construction is developing at a spurt; sound development requires a differentiated path
In recent years, although flower sea construction has only just started in China, it has shown a momentum of spurt-style rapid development. Although it has played an important role in promoting the transformation and upgrading of the flower industry as well as the development of leisure agriculture and flower tourism, industry insiders point out: blind
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How is the pilot program for the cropland rotation and fallow system being explored? The Minister of Land and Resources responds
Jiang Daming, Minister and Party Secretary of the Ministry of Land and Resources, published a signed article in the People's Daily on December 8, pointing out that the Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, adopted at the Fifth Plenary Session of the Eighteenth Central Committee of the Party, made a strategic deployment for the comprehensive conservation and efficient use of resources.
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Apples fed to chickens, fruit growers cut down trees: agricultural products in many places sell at low prices and are hard to sell
Agricultural products in many places are mired in the predicament of low prices and difficulty selling. This year, Chinese cabbage is only two or three mao per jin, not only three or four tenths cheaper than the same period last year, but also not selling at all well. I have been here for a long time, and surprisingly I have not sold a single head of cabbage. Li Chundong said. Shouguang, Shandong agricultural
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State Cut to Corn Temporary Storage Price Triggers Market Fluctuations
Recently, Hua Shujun, a large-scale corn grower in Gaojia Village, Songyuan City, Jilin Province, often goes to the state reserve warehouse near the village to inquire about corn purchase prices and intake conditions. Besides farming, Hua Shujun also runs a planting cooperative. This year, all of the more than 60 member households planted
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China's corn temporary storage price may continue to be lowered in 2016/17
According to industry sources, the Chinese government plans to lower the domestic corn purchase price for a second consecutive year, aiming to boost stagnant demand from the crisis-hit processing industry and draw down massive corn stockpiles. China's corn prices are the highest in the world, making it difficult for the domestic processing industry to stay afloat.
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Pilot Crop Rotation and Fallow Programs Should Focus on Storing Grain in the Land
In the explanatory notes on the recommendations of the 13th Five-Year Plan, exploring the implementation of a pilot system of cultivated land rotation and fallow was listed among several issues requiring key explanation, and it was explicitly pointed out that after long-term development, China's cultivated land has been developed and utilized too intensively, the soil fertility in some places has been seriously overdrawn, and water
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