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Nationwide year-on-year price increases for beef and mutton have narrowed noticeably since the start of this year
The reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture on the 3rd that since the start of this year, nationwide beef and mutton prices have not continued the upward trend of previous years, and the year-on-year price increases have narrowed noticeably. In the first three quarters, the average year-on-year price increases for beef and mutton were only 7.5% and 6%. In pastoral provinces such as Inner Mongolia, however, beef and mutton
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Organic fertilizer utilization up 20%, Ministry of Agriculture releases national data
On October 29, the Ministry of Agriculture held a national on-site meeting on farmland quality construction in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It was learned at the meeting that next year the Ministry of Agriculture will vigorously advance the protection and improvement of farmland quality, with soil fertility enhancement, soil improvement, nutrient balance, and quality restoration as the main contents, and with high-standard farmland project completion areas, cultivated land requisition-compensation balance project areas, and areas with prominent farmland quality problems as the implementation priorities, focusing on improving the intrinsic quality of farmland to lay a solid long-term foundation for grain and agricultural production.
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Vegetable Supply Increases in October, Prices Fall Year-on-Year
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture's Vegetable Production Information Network, vegetable supply in October increased both year-on-year and month-on-month. Farm-gate wholesale prices of vegetables fell year-on-year but rose month-on-month. November marks the beginning of the off-season for vegetable production, and vegetable supply is expected to remain basically stable, with prices rising steadily. In October, vegetable
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2014 Central Rural Work Conference Releases Major News
Recently, the Agricultural Cooperation Forum learned from an authoritative channel in Beijing that the 2014 Central Rural Work Conference is about to convene. According to a person familiar with the matter, the level of this rural work conference will still be higher than usual; the 2015 Central Document No. 1 may still focus on the "three rural issues" (agriculture, rural areas and farmers), and may involve reform of the agricultural reclamation system and the collective economy. Since the new central government took office, the 2013 and 2014 Central Document No. 1 documents began to shift from point-to-surface and from focusing on key areas to a comprehensive approach.
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Financial leasing eases farmers' difficulty in buying machinery, agricultural mechanization rate develops unevenly
In recent years, the role of mechanization in China's agricultural modernization has become increasingly obvious. However, in some fields, due to a shortage of funds, there still exists the phenomenon that farmers cannot afford to buy machinery. How to cultivate the rural financial market and innovate financial methods to support the development of agricultural mechanization has become very
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One graphic to understand how agricultural reform releases dividends
Chart: Agricultural reform releases dividends. Compiled by Xinhua News Agency reporter Qu Zhendong
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Grain output increases for the eleventh consecutive year, and the sound situation in agriculture and rural areas strongly supports the new normal
Economic Daily, Beijing, December 23 (Qiao Jinliang) - The reporter learned from the National Agricultural Work Conference held today that this year China's agricultural and rural economy achieved steady progress, steady quality improvement, and steady efficiency gains from a high starting point. After grain output achieved an "eleventh consecutive increase" and exceeded the 1.2 trillion jin mark for 2 consecutive years,
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The coverage rate of unified pest and disease control for major crops reaches 30%
The Ministry of Agriculture has learned that the coverage rate of specialized unified pest and disease control for major crops such as wheat, rice and corn in China has reached 30%, an increase of 5 percentage points over the previous year. In recent years, the Ministry of Agriculture has organized agricultural departments in various regions to carry out in-depth specialized unified pest and disease control for crops
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Why Promote the Staple-ization of Potatoes After Eleven Consecutive Years of Grain Increases
Recently, some media interviewed a scholar who has long paid attention to food security regarding the staple-ization of potatoes, which is a matter of public concern, and the scholar believes: this indicates that our country's grain reserves must have encountered problems. It is just that the central government does not say so explicitly and covers up the problem. Such a major issue concerning the national economy and people's livelihood
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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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