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Land reform requires both bold exploration and adherence to bottom lines
On December 1, a research symposium on the reform of the rural collective property rights system, hosted by the Development Research Center of the State Council, was held in Beijing. Participants at the meeting proposed that in advancing the reform of the rural collective property rights system, especially the reform of the rural land system, it is necessary to emancipate the mind
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Grain production must increase both output and quality
This year China's grain production has achieved an eleventh consecutive increase, a remarkable achievement secured against the backdrop of China's slowing economic growth, and one worth celebrating. Yet amid the rejoicing, we must also recognize that although output keeps rising, compared with developed countries China's grain production still cannot shake off
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Food safety of agricultural products requires both good production and good regulation
After this newspaper published a long-form report on the agricultural product quality and safety work of Zhejiang Province (see the front page of this newspaper dated November 20, 2014, "Opening a New Era of 'Tongue-Tip Safety'"), multiple leaders from the Ministry of Agriculture and Zhejiang Province issued important written instructions. To implement the spirit of these instructions, recently Zhejiang
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Stabilizing Grain Output and Increasing Income Are the Twin Bottom Lines of Food Security
It is another bumper harvest year. According to statistics, in 2014 China's grain production achieved an "eleventh consecutive increase," reaching 1.2 trillion jin for two consecutive years. Although the situation is encouraging, the recently released Central No. 1 Document still, as always, puts food security in first place, clearly proposing "stabilizing grain output and increasing income"
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Agriculture going global must both reach out and stay steady
The "Government Work Report" proposed accelerating the implementation of the going global strategy, enabling Chinese enterprises to reach out and stay steady, to strengthen their sinews and bones in international competition and grow stronger. At the Central Rural Work Conference and the National Agricultural Work Conference held at the end of last year, as well as in the No. 1 Central Document issued earlier this year, it was also stated that we should make full use of both international and domestic markets and both types of resources, develop our modern agriculture, and advance agricultural modernization. I think agriculture going global is very necessary.
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City residents go to the countryside for spring plowing: how can happy farms achieve a win-win for both urban and rural areas?
The online version of Happy Farm was once all the rage, and now a real-life version of Happy Farm is quietly emerging on the outskirts of Beijing. As city residents yearn to return to rural life, many people on the Beijing outskirts have spotted this market and are rolling out leisure agriculture projects that let city dwellers go to the countryside and cultivate a "one-fen plot." However, the real
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How to eliminate cadmium in rice? Treating both internal and external factors is key
With the launch of the collaborative innovation action for comprehensive prevention and control of heavy metal pollution in rice in southern China, the cadmium rice issue has once again become a hot topic. The public's understanding of cadmium rice mostly stays at the harm cadmium does to the human body, while regarding
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Both grow more grain and earn more money, increasing income through farming without neglecting either
The modern agricultural machinery cooperative in Anquan Village, Changsheng Township, Kedong County, Heilongjiang, has more than 32,000 mu of arable land. "In 2012, the grain-growing profit rate reached 30%, and in 2014 it fell to 19%." said He Yongdong, head of the cooperative. "Rising land rent is one of the important factors pushing up the cost of growing grain.
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What is different about eating potatoes as a staple food?
There are staple food products such as potato steamed buns, noodles, bread, and pancakes, as well as mind-blowing snacks and treats like milk tea, French fries, ice cream, and freshly squeezed purple potato juice; there are potato tubers of different colors and sizes such as white, pink, and purple,
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Lean meat powder control requires addressing both root causes and symptoms, and cracking down hard on illegal addition
In recent years, in order to strictly investigate the illegal act of adding "lean meat powder" to pigs, beef cattle, sheep and their products, agriculture and animal husbandry departments at all levels as well as management departments such as health, food and drug administration, and industry and commerce have increased sampling and inspection efforts and strictly investigated illegal acts. Within a certain period, the quality of livestock products improved markedly
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