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Food security sparks heated debate: Experts warn of hidden concerns after twelve consecutive years of growth
China's grain production has enjoyed a bumper harvest for twelve consecutive years, with annual output reaching about 120 billion jin, but hidden concerns about food security will not be completely eliminated because of this, and one should think of danger in times of peace. Wang Julu, president of the China Well-off Society Construction Research Association, said at the event. At the China
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Meat consumption has risen by one step every ten years, and the shortfall will reach 10 million tons in 2020
Li Shuilong, executive president of the China Meat Association, clearly pointed out that it is expected that by 2020 China's annual meat output will be 90 million tons, and there will be a supply-demand gap of about 10 million tons that must be made up through imports. At the China-Spain meat enterprise business meeting, Li Shuilong, executive president of the China Meat Association, particularly made clear
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Breeding seedlings on demand: farmers can grow whatever they want to plant
In recent years, the state has strongly supported the development of the national seed industry, issuing multiple documents and formulating multiple policies to push the national seed industry toward takeoff, and the dominant position of enterprises has gradually been clarified and strengthened. Yet since the founding of our country, a very large portion of scientific research investment has been placed in research institutes
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China Lifts 42,000 Villages Out of Travel Difficulties in 5 Years
LANZHOU, Dec. 4 (China News Service) -- Yang Chuantang, Minister of Transport of China, revealed in Lanzhou on Dec. 4 that over the past 5 years, China has solved the travel difficulties of 654 townships and 42,000 administrative villages in contiguous poverty-stricken areas, with 95% of townships and 81% of administrative villages having bus
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China's domestic grain demand will reach 1.4 trillion jin in five years
Data: 2014 grain imports exceeded 100 million tons for the first time. From the perspective of the domestic production situation, this year marks the 12th consecutive year of grain output growth, with production expected to reach about 1.23 trillion jin. Chen Xiwen, deputy head and director of the office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group and deputy director of the office of the Central Financial and Economic Leading Group
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China's Corn Stocks May Fall Next Year for the First Time in Six Years
Although Chinese farmers are still keen to plant corn, the growth momentum of China's corn stocks may come to an end. According to the latest attaché report released by the Foreign Agricultural Service of the US Department of Agriculture, China's ending corn stocks in 2016/17 may remain flat or begin to gradually decline.
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Fighting the Critical Battle of Poverty Alleviation: Storming the Fortifications, Resolutely Winning the Final Decisive Battle
In less than six years, lifting more than 70 million people out of poverty means reducing the poor population by more than 10 million each year, and by 1 million each month. In the Recommendations for the 13th Five-Year Plan, lifting the rural poor out of poverty was called "the most arduous task." Whether this task can be completed on schedule, and how the critical battle of poverty alleviation can be won,
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Ten-year development goals for agricultural equipment set: total output value of industry and agriculture to reach 800 billion
A reporter from Economic Information Daily recently learned from the National Strategic Advisory Committee for Building a Manufacturing Power that China's roadmap for agricultural equipment development over the next ten years has been drawn up. The technology roadmap for key areas of Made in China 2025 shows that by 2025, the total output value of the agricultural industry
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Why won't the water boil even though there's firewood?
In recent years, there have been more and more pro-farmer policies, and farmers have gained real benefits. But recently, when going to the countryside and entering villages for interviews, I heard some people report: there are more projects, but they always feel that something is lacking. Why? Funds for pro-farmer and poverty alleviation projects are scattered across county development and reform, agriculture, poverty alleviation and other departments.
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Ministry of Finance Supports Agricultural Industrialization: 100 Distinctive Industry Clusters to Take Shape in Three Years
On November 17, the Ministry of Finance issued the "Guiding Opinions on Supporting Agriculture's Advantageous and Distinctive Industries through Comprehensive Agricultural Development to Promote Agricultural Industrialization." According to the guiding opinions, for advantageous and distinctive industries included in the priority support scope of comprehensive agricultural development, through key support and continuous
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