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Five major bottlenecks facing the development of water-soluble fertilizers: how can China's industry break through?
On December 21, the "2014 China Water-Soluble Fertilizer Development Symposium," hosted by the China Nitrogen Fertilizer Industry Association, was held in Guangzhou, with more than 100 representatives from water-soluble fertilizer production and operation enterprises, universities, research institutions and government competent departments across the country attending the meeting
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A Detailed Explanation of the 7 Major Challenges Facing the Development of Animal Husbandry
At the recently held Third Session of the Sixth Council of the China Animal Agriculture Association, Wang Zongli, Deputy Director of the Department of Animal Husbandry of the Ministry of Agriculture, delivered a report on the review and outlook of China's animal husbandry development in 2014. Wang Zongli pointed out that China's animal husbandry is currently at a critical stage of transformation and upgrading.
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What are the main problems currently facing agricultural development?
First, agricultural costs are rising ever higher, and the security crisis over grain and other major agricultural products is becoming increasingly evident. Both the national agricultural department and the statistical department say: China's grain and other major agricultural products have achieved "ten consecutive increases," with total output exceeding 120 billion jin. Per capita availability of staple grains has reached 900 jin, setting a record high.
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Why are southern japonica rice prices facing downward pressure?
Southern japonica rice prices face downward pressure. Starting in March, the volume of indica rice from reserves at all levels entering the market in southern provinces gradually increased, but the price gap between new and old rice continued to remain at a relatively high level. Since April, the volume of policy rice and reserve rice at all levels being released from warehouses in the main southern japonica rice producing areas has increased significantly, and market supply has risen; however, as temperatures rise, market demand for rice tends to become sluggish. Recently, japonica rice prices in southern producing areas have stopped rising, and it is expected that southern japonica rice prices will face downward pressure in the short term.
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Four Major Challenges Facing the Pilot Program for Homestead Transfer
As more farmers leave their villages to work in cities, more and more homesteads and homes are left vacant, causing enormous waste of resources. Moreover, since homesteads and homes cannot be transferred, migrant workers who have moved to cities lose this transferable asset and cannot cash it in to buy the housing they urgently need in the city.
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What are the six severe challenges facing food supply security?
Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission, the State Administration of Grain and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued the "Food Collection, Storage and Supply Security Guarantee Project Construction Plan (2015-2020)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"). This is the first national-level special plan for the construction of grain circulation infrastructure.
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Challenges Facing the New Model of Rural Governance and Ways to Overcome Them
With the rapid advancement of industrialization and urbanization and the continuous deepening of rural reform, new types of rural communities have emerged in China's rural areas under "village consolidation and resettlement" and "centralized residence" of farmers, along with "hollow villages" caused by the migration of rural labor to cities and towns, and "super villages" that are villages in name but towns in reality,
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Four Major Changes Facing Chinese Agricultural Enterprises, Explained by Agriculture Ministry Official
BEIJING, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Hongyu, Director of the Department of Rural Economic System and Operation Management of China's Ministry of Agriculture, said that new features have emerged in the development situation of Chinese agricultural enterprises, which face four major changes. Zhang Hongyu spoke on Sept. 19 at the 2015 International Agricultural Business Brand Development
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National grain stocks hit a record high, with sales, transport and storage facing difficulties
Grain stocks hit a record high; experts urge reflection on price signals. China's grain stocks are climbing toward a record peak. Taking corn as an example, according to estimates by the China Grain Network, China's temporary reserve corn surplus has now reached as high as 150 million tons, while this year China's new-season corn
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