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Risks of Two Rights mortgage loans clarified: Central bank stresses red line on arable land must not be breached
A relevant official of the People's Bank of China answers reporters' questions on issues related to the pilot program for rural Two Rights mortgage loans. Recently, the State Council issued the "Guiding Opinions on Carrying Out the Pilot Program for Mortgage Loans on Rural Contracted Land Management Rights and Farmers' Housing Property Rights," and decided that the People's Bank
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Vegetable planting area slightly decreased at the end of July, supply guaranteed in August
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture's Vegetable Production Information Network, vegetable supply in July decreased both year-on-year and month-on-month, while farm-gate wholesale prices rose year-on-year and remained flat month-on-month. In August, the overall vegetable supply is expected to be guaranteed, with farm-gate wholesale prices trending upward steadily. In July, vegetable supply entered the summer slack season
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When will domestic milk be safe to drink?
The latest data from the Dairy Association of China is embarrassing: China's milk production currently ranks third in the world, yet imported dairy products account for nearly one third of China's total dairy consumption. Why do consumers keep carrying milk back from overseas? When will domestic milk be safe to drink? Chinese people
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Finding a Stable Home for Farm Machinery Is Hard; Money and Land Shortages Remain Unsolved
Fujian, which has the least arable land per capita in the country, has about 500 farm machinery professional cooperatives, with 14,000 cooperative members, an annual operational service area of 2.65 million mu, and serving 2.1 million farming households. In recent years, farm machinery cooperatives have developed rapidly and now own 25,000 units (sets) of farm machinery.
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Can you eat off-season fruits and vegetables? Read this and you will understand
Today, many people who pursue an organic lifestyle strongly emphasize one phrase: eat only what is in season. For example, eat loquats in spring, watermelon in summer, apples in autumn, and radishes in winter. They believe that off-season fruits and vegetables are very likely grown using some kind of chemical method
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Critical period for autumn grain crop control: pesticide market generally stable
According to the July monitoring by the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals under the Ministry of Agriculture, the national pesticide market was generally stable, insecticides remained basically stable, the fungicide wholesale market tended to be active, herbicides became sluggish in both wholesale and retail, and prices of all types of pesticides continued to remain stable. In the wholesale segment, total sales volume
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Agricultural industrialization must not breach the boundaries of sustainable development
Exactly what approach should be used to develop agriculture, and what kind of agriculture should China develop. Different understandings, when reflected in agricultural development practice, produce different results. The approaches to agricultural development can be diverse, and the paths to achieving agricultural modernization are not
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Northeast corn holds steady, imports rise markedly
This month, Northeast corn was basically stable. According to market information, by the end of the month the ex-warehouse price of standard-grade corn was mostly 2150-2200 yuan/tonne in Heilongjiang, mostly 2250-2280 yuan/tonne in Jilin, and 2280-2300 yuan/tonne in Liaoning. Analysis shows that in July, corn in the Northeast region
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Potato as a staple food: industrialization draws ever nearer, but how far is it from the ordinary dinner table?
Nowadays, various agricultural resource factors are stretched tight, and residents' demands for improving the nutritional structure of staple foods are growing higher and higher. China's push to develop the potato industry comes at just the right time. The potato is a major food that is rich in nutrients and convenient to eat, and has become the world's fourth-largest food crop after rice, wheat and
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Fertilizer application rates for fruit trees and vegetables in China have exceeded safe levels
The State Council Information Office held a press conference this morning, at which Vice Minister of Agriculture Zhang Taolin briefed on the work related to the prevention and control of agricultural non-point source pollution. When answering a reporter's question about farmers frequently and widely using agricultural film, pesticides and chemical fertilizers in large amounts, causing serious pollution
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