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Natural disaster situation for various types in July this year: crop affected area 86
The website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs recently published the national disaster situation for July 2014, issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the National Disaster Reduction Office. Data show that in July, various natural disasters caused a total of 80.125 million person-times to be affected nationwide, 302 deaths, 64 missing, and 2.045 million person-times to be urgently relocated
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Typhoon Kalmaegi Strikes: CATAS Actively Fights Back and Deploys Post-Disaster Self-Rescue
Web News This year's No. 15 super typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall at 9:40 on September 16 in Wengtian Town, Wenchang, coinciding with Hainan's astronomical high tide, bringing severe disasters to the cities and counties in northern and western Hainan Province, with many areas flooded due to seawater intrusion. The Danzhou campus of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences
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Flooding in parts of the Huang-Huai region leaves some farmland submerged
From September 26 to 28, heavy rainfall occurred in parts of the Huang-Huai region, with 50-150 mm of rain in northwestern Hubei, southern and northern Henan, and northern Anhui, among other places; in parts of Shennongjia and Zaoyang in Hubei, southeastern Henan, and northern Anhui, rainfall reached 160-220 mm
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Domestic cotton production falls short of demand; a new purchase-and-sale system is being built at a faster pace
At the national cotton work teleconference held recently, Lian Weiliang, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that domestic cotton demand will recover somewhat in the new year, and the domestic production-demand gap is expected to be about 2 million tons, but the domestic cotton market still has favorable conditions for maintaining stable operation.
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What keeps agriculture from losing production when disaster strikes? Technical support and institutional safeguards
Hua County is the top grain-producing county in Henan Province and the top wheat county in China, long known as the "granary of northern Henan." Hua County has always kept firmly in mind its political responsibility to safeguard national food security, taking stabilizing grain production and increasing income as its core task and vigorously advancing modern agricultural development. In 2014, Hua County's summer grain production
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Autumn agricultural production pushed forward with full effort, financial support policies for agriculture implemented at a faster pace
On October 13-14, Vice Minister of Agriculture Zhang Taolin conducted field research in Suihua, Qiqihar and other places in Heilongjiang Province on autumn harvest and autumn land preparation, agricultural machinery cooperatives, and financial support for the development of modern agriculture. Zhang Taolin stressed that it is necessary to continue to intensify efforts to advance autumn harvest production and give full play to all
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Ministry of Agriculture Strengthens Work on Responding to Cold Wave and Snow-Ice Disasters in Grassland Animal Husbandry
Tianshan Net News (Reporters Pan Linqing, Wang Yu) In response to the large-scale strong wind and temperature drop weather expected in the near future, the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture recently issued a notice requiring relevant departments in Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang and other places to effectively carry out grass
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Large-scale grain farming calls for faster policy implementation
Grain production is a major matter concerning "the national economy and people's livelihood." The introduction of the "Opinions" is of great significance to the vast number of farmers in our province, especially large grain growers. Many large grain growers told reporters that they not only welcome the introduction of the "Opinions," but also look forward to the relevant policies
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China's soybean industry suffers an irreparable disaster
It is not an easy thing for China to feed itself: because China has 21% of the world's population but only 9% of the world's arable land. China's most fertile land depends on irrigation and is therefore vulnerable to water pollution, floods or drought. China's water resources are quite scarce
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Pest and disease prevention and control reduce disasters and losses, boosting the eleventh consecutive increase in grain output
Drought breeds insects, damp breeds disease; the climate is unpredictable, and pests and diseases occur every year. This year's climate changes have caused biological disasters such as pests and diseases to occur frequently and severely. Agricultural departments at all levels, with a high degree of self-awareness and firm confidence, have never relaxed their grip on pest and disease prevention and control, snatching grain from the mouths of insects to ensure a bumper harvest
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