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FAO calls for continued reduction of global hunger
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development recently jointly released a new report, affirming the positive trend of continuously declining global hunger numbers, but at the same time emphasizing that the global hunger population still exceeds 800 million,
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No Letup in Late Rice Pest and Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture Calls for Continued Battle
At present, autumn grain crops in most parts of the country have gradually entered the harvest period, but the double-cropping late rice in South China and Jiangnan and the single-cropping late rice in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are at the heading and grain-filling stage, which is a critical period for yield formation and also an important period for the occurrence and damage of pests and diseases at the ear stage. In particular,
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Steady progress in the battle against late rice pests and diseases, going all out to snatch grain from the jaws of insects
At present, autumn grain crops in most parts of the country have gradually entered the harvest period, but the double-cropping late rice in South China and Jiangnan and the single-cropping late rice in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are at the heading and grain-filling stage, which is a critical period for yield formation and also an important period for the occurrence and damage of pests and diseases at the ear stage. In particular, in some areas this autumn a "late autumn without cool weather" climate has appeared, which may lead to an increase in the number of generations of the "two migrations" pests in late rice, an extended period of damage, and a tendency to break out suddenly into disaster. Pest and disease prevention and control in the later period still cannot be relaxed.
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The battle to prevent and control pests and diseases in late rice continues, striving to win grain from insects
Currently, autumn grain crops in most parts of the country have gradually entered the harvest period, but the double-season late rice in South China and Jiangnan, and the single-season late rice in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, are at the heading and grain-filling stage, a critical period for yield formation and also an important period for the occurrence and damage of pests and diseases at the ear stage. In particular
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Land reform shelved, collective ownership faces challenges
Continuing to shelve reform of collective ownership and merely tinkering with the separation of the three rights makes it difficult to resolve the institutional predicament facing China's rural development. At a forum recently held by China Agricultural University, Liu Shouying, deputy director of the Rural Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council, put forward this argument
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In 2015, the minimum purchase price policy for wheat continues to be implemented in the main producing areas
The reporter learned from the National Development and Reform Commission on the 16th that in 2015 the state will continue to implement the minimum purchase price policy in the main wheat-producing areas. The minimum purchase price for wheat produced in 2015 (third grade) is 118 yuan per 50 kg, unchanged from the 2014 level. A relevant official of the Development and Reform Commission
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Difficulty selling grain after a bumper harvest is a stubborn problem that must be solved by continuing to deepen reform
It is suggested that the state, according to the different conditions of major grain-producing provinces, promptly launch the minimum purchase price policy when domestic market circulation is sluggish, especially in major grain ration-producing areas, to ensure that farmers can sell their grain in a timely manner and that grain quality does not decline, so that after a bumper harvest farmers can enjoy the state's preferential policies
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Wheat prices are still bottoming out, and traders are eager to unload their inventories
Affected by sluggish demand for food wheat, the disappearance of feed demand, large-scale auction sales of state-reserved wheat, and the rotation and release of local reserves of wheat from warehouses, domestic wheat futures and spot prices have continued to decline since October. Traders are eager to unload their wheat inventories, and in some regions there are phenomena of competing price cuts to sell
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Sorghum prices keep falling: how should growers respond in 2014?
Since the start of 2014, sorghum prices have failed to match last year's highs and have kept falling. As of December 9, the purchase price of new-crop sorghum held at 1.00 yuan/jin, down another 11% compared with September, while the ex-factory price of old-crop cleaned grain fell by as much as 22%. 2014 sorghum prices
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Asia-Pacific feed output expected to keep growing
The latest survey by the Miels organization points out that in 2013 the average annual growth rate of global compound feed was 1.1% (963 million tons), while in 2009 and 2011 the average annual growth rates of global compound feed were 1.1% and 1.5% respectively.
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