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China's high-efficiency water-saving irrigation area will increase by more than 20 million mu this year
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 24 (Reporters Yu Wenjing, Chen Mengyang) - To consolidate the foundation of food security and make scientific use of precious water resources, China will speed up the construction of farmland water conservancy this year, adding more than 20 million mu of high-efficiency water-saving irrigation area. This was learned by the reporters on the 24th from the Ministry of Water Resources.
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More paddy fields in southwest China converted from water to dry land, undermining disaster resilience and the ecological environment
Paddy fields seen everywhere in southwest China are facing a crisis: more and more are being converted from water to dry land, more are being left abandoned, and their number keeps shrinking. This not only directly affects agricultural production but, more importantly, paddy fields in the southwest also serve as a huge water conservation area, and their destruction poses no small hidden risk to agriculture
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After more than three years of deep cultivation, the peanut industry has increased yield per mu by nearly half
Last October, a foreigner came to my family's field to look at the peanuts. Seeing how well the peanuts were growing, he picked up a bunch of peanuts and started studying them. The foreigner mentioned by Yu Minggang, a farmer from Liangcun Town, Gaotang County, Shandong Province, is the chief expert of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. Chief
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China's soybean imports in January up 17% year-on-year
Monthly statistics released by the General Administration of Customs of China show that in January 2015 China's soybean imports rose to 6.9 million tonnes, higher than 5.9 million tonnes in the same period last year, a year-on-year increase of about 17%. The report shows that in January China imported 28,000 tonnes of soybeans from Brazil, lower than the previous year
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National Bureau of Statistics: 2014 grain output up 0.9% year on year
The annual grain planting area was 112.74 million hectares, an increase of 780,000 hectares over the previous year. The cotton planting area was 4.22 million hectares, a decrease of 130,000 hectares. The oil-bearing crops planting area was 14.08 million hectares, an increase of 60,000 hectares. The sugar crops planting area was 1.91 million hectares, a decrease of 90,000 hectares. Another bumper grain harvest
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Why has the "eleventh consecutive increase" in grain output sparked debate?
China's grain output has increased for eleven consecutive years, resulting in a relative oversupply. This year's government work report proposed that grain output should be stabilized at over 1.1 trillion jin, a reduction from last year's actual output, which is a rare opportunity for adjusting the agricultural structure, carrying out farmland improvement and letting the land rest and recuperate.
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Spring disease prevention work must be deployed early and carried out solidly
On March 6, the Ministry of Agriculture held a national video conference on spring major animal disease prevention and control, to deeply analyze the current prevention and control situation and arrange and deploy spring major animal disease prevention and control work. Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Kangzhen emphasized at the meeting that it is necessary to highlight key points and solidly carry out
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Supply of GM agricultural products will increase, says Vice Minister of Agriculture
On March 5, before the opening of the third session of the 12th National People's Congress, Niu Dun, Vice Minister of Agriculture, said in an exclusive interview with China Daily that China will increase the variety and quantity of GM agricultural products brought to market, and that GM foods approved for sale and consumption are safe and will not cause disease or cancer in humans.
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Extending the industrial chain is the only way to increase farmers' income
This year's "Government Work Report" proposed guiding farmers to adjust their planting and breeding structure with an eye on the market, and supporting agricultural product processing, especially the local conversion of grain in main producing areas. A National People's Congress deputy who has spent decades working in the breeding industry, Jin Lanying, chairman of the Jinlan Dairy Farming Professional Cooperative in Daiyue District, Tai'an, Shandong
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China no longer pursues consecutive grain output increases, accelerates agricultural transformation and upgrading
On March 9, the second plenary meeting of the third session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was held in the Great Hall of the People. Qian Keming, a member of the CPPCC and Chief Economist of the Ministry of Agriculture, delivered a speech titled "Transforming the Mode and Adjusting the Structure to Accelerate the Development of Modern Agriculture in the 13th Five-Year Plan." Qian Keming said that due to policy
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