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WTO members commit for the first time to eliminating agricultural export subsidies
From December 15 to 19, the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference was held in Nairobi, Kenya. Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng led the Chinese delegation composed of the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture, the General Administration of Customs and the delegation to the WTO
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How high is the utilization rate of chemical fertilizers and pesticides? The Ministry of Agriculture releases data for the first time
On December 2, the Ministry of Agriculture released data on the utilization rates of chemical fertilizers and pesticides for the first time: in 2015, the fertilizer utilization rate for China's three major grain crops - rice, corn and wheat - was 35.2%, 2.2 percentage points higher than in 2013; the pesticide utilization rate was 36.6%, 1.6 percentage points higher than in 2013. This
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Meat imports use sea-land intermodal transport for the first time
Recently, 24 tonnes of frozen pork from the UK landed directly in the inland province of Henan. The Henan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau revealed that this is the first batch of sea-land intermodal imported meat to arrive after the launch of Henan's designated port for meat imports, and also the first time China has used sea-land intermodal transport to ship
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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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Farmer training gets its first local regulation
Recently, the "Tianjin Municipal Farmer Education and Training Regulations" was adopted at the 17th session of the Standing Committee of the 15th Tianjin Municipal People's Congress and will take effect on August 1 this year. It is understood that this is China's first local regulation specifically formulated for farmer education and training
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Fruit Tree Disease Strikes ASEAN Countries, Guangxi Sends Agricultural Experts for Aid for the First Time
China News Service, Nanning, April 21 (Reporter Meng Mingming) The Guangxi Department of Agriculture revealed on April 21 that at the request of Cambodia's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Guangxi will dispatch agricultural experts to Cambodia for technical assistance to help local efforts to prevent and control increasingly severe fruit tree pests and diseases. It is reported that this is Guang
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Corn temporary storage price cut for the first time in 7 years, many farmers holding onto their grain and waiting
In 2014, the state launched a pilot program of target price subsidies for soybeans in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia and for cotton in Xinjiang, abolishing the original temporary storage policy and letting the market determine the prices of these two types of agricultural products. Just one year after this policy was piloted, the
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Market conditions force first cut in corn temporary storage price in 7 years
The temporary corn purchase and storage policy, once rumored to be ending this year, has taken the stage again. Last Friday evening, the long-awaited 2015 temporary corn storage policy was finally announced. Liu Dong, a corn analyst at Zhuochuang Information, told the Daily Economic News that this year's temporary storage policy
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Grassland Ecological Compensation and Award Policy Introduces Third-Party Assessment Mechanism for the First Time
This year marks the final year of the first implementation cycle of the grassland compensation and award policy. Does the design of this policy actually fit the realities of grassland pastoral areas? How well has it been implemented? What results have been achieved, and what problems remain? Recently, the grassland compensation and award policy assessment symposium
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Forest tourism exceeds 20% of domestic tourism revenue for the first time
The reporter learned from the press conference for the 2015 China Forest Tourism Festival held by the State Forestry Administration on August 26 that in 2014, the comprehensive social output value created by forest tourism nationwide reached 650 billion yuan, exceeding 20% of domestic tourism revenue for the first time, and forest tourism has become an important green
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