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Favorable sunny weather across most of northern China helps autumn-harvest crops fill and mature
The reporter learned from the national agricultural meteorological bulletin released by the Central Meteorological Observatory of the China Meteorological Administration on September 6 that this week most of the southeastern part of northwest China and most of the southwest will see rainy weather, which is unfavorable for harvesting and drying mature crops. Most agricultural areas in the north will be mainly sunny
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Why do organic vegetables remain so expensive?
For higher food production standards, are you willing to buy organic vegetables that cost three to five times more than ordinary vegetables? Because food safety problems keep appearing, all kinds of "organic vegetables," "pollution-free vegetables" and "green vegetables" have emerged. As soon as these vegetables "come
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Agricultural product stock price buoyed by favorable policy
Yesterday the two markets continued their weak adjustment, but boosted by the favorable news that 19 departments jointly issued a document to support the development of rural e-commerce, agricultural products came under fund "sniper" attack near the close, the stock price fluctuated and turned positive, finally closing at 14.95 yuan/share, with a full-day gain of 3.82%. The Ministry of Commerce and 19 other departments recently
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Policy rice sales remain sluggish, japonica-indica rice price spread stable
After mid-October, policy-backed competitive bidding for japonica rice and indica rice reopened. However, as the volume of new grain coming onto the market continued to increase, the transaction rate in the old rice market declined compared with the earlier period. As of now, China's total policy rice transactions stand at 3.93 million tons. Total policy japonica rice transactions
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No Let-Up in Efforts to Secure Autumn Grain Production: Ministry of Agriculture Goes All Out to Ensure Stable Grain Output and Increased Yields
As the saying goes, the 15th day of the seventh month determines drought or flood, and the 15th day of the eighth month determines the harvest. At present, we are in the critical period for autumn grain yield formation and the decisive stage of field management. The Ministry of Agriculture convened a meeting to make special arrangements for late-stage autumn grain management. Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Xinrong emphasized that all localities
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Why is low-cost urbanisation unsustainable?
In 2013 China's urbanisation rate reached 53.7%, with 730 million people included in the urbanisation process; since the start of the new century, an average of more than 20 million people have entered cities each year. This should be the largest-scale and fastest population urbanisation process within a single country in the world. Looking domestically, the urbanisation rate of the eastern region has already reached 62%, the central region 48%, and the western region 44.5%, leaving an 18-percentage-point gap between the western and eastern regions.
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Never relax in autumn grain production, go all out to achieve the goal of stable grain output and increased income
This website news: As the farming proverb says, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month determines drought or flood, and the 15th day of the eighth lunar month determines the harvest. At present, we are in the critical period for autumn grain yield formation and the tough stage of field management. The Ministry of Agriculture held a meeting to make special arrangements for late-stage management of autumn grain. Vice Minister Yu Xinrong stressed,
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Returning-home makers must not only be able to come back, but also be able to stay
Recently, under the upsurge of mass entrepreneurship and innovation, many maker groups made up of university graduates, migrant workers, and rural educated youth have returned home to start businesses. These returning-home makers have an innovative awareness and entrepreneurial enthusiasm, but in the process of starting businesses they have also encountered
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Win the battle against agricultural non-point source pollution and advance sustainable agricultural development
At present, China's agricultural and rural economic development has entered its best historical period, with grain production achieving eleven consecutive years of increases, remaining stable above 1200 billion jin for two consecutive years. While tremendous achievements have been made, tremendous costs have also been paid, the string of resource utilization is being pulled tighter and tighter,
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Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Kangzhen: Prioritize Ecology to Advance Sustainable Development of Pastoral Areas
On August 24, Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Kangzhen conducted a survey in Gonghe County and Huangyuan County of Qinghai Province on strengthening intellectual support for grassland ecological protection and construction and the transformation and development of grassland animal husbandry. He stressed that as long as we unswervingly adhere to the priority of ecology and take the path of
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