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Grain production must increase both output and quality
This year China's grain production has achieved an eleventh consecutive increase, a remarkable achievement secured against the backdrop of China's slowing economic growth, and one worth celebrating. Yet amid the rejoicing, we must also recognize that although output keeps rising, compared with developed countries China's grain production still cannot shake off
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Grain imports will not increase substantially; the "China grain threat" theory does not exist
Bi Meijia, Chief Economist and Press Spokesperson of the Ministry of Agriculture, recently responded to the "China grain threat" theory, pointing out that imports of the three major grains - rice, wheat and corn - currently account for only 2.4% of domestic production, which is relatively low. In the future, it may be appropriate to import some varieties that are in short supply domestically
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Why are GM soybeans imported in such large quantities? The shortfall would require 400 million more mu of farmland
Recently, the Science Popularization Department of the China Association for Science and Technology and the Office of the Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference on the Safety Management of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms jointly organized experts to compile a booklet titled "Scientific Interpretation of Hot Topics of Public Concern," which provides detailed answers on hot topics of public concern such as GM organisms, PX projects, food safety, and nuclear
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China's corn import restrictions may only be the beginning
After restricting US corn imports, Chinese government officials may turn their attention to corn supplies from other regions, and may also restrict the growing imports of sorghum. The US agricultural attaché has lowered its forecast for China's corn imports in 2014/15 to a four-year
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Increased rapeseed imports: uncertainty over rapeseed meal price rebound
Increased rapeseed imports put pressure on rapeseed meal. Statistics show that in October, China's rapeseed imports arriving at port totaled 187,000 tonnes, down 164% from 495,000 tonnes the previous month, but up 153.9% year on year from 737,000 tonnes in October last year. Current port inventory stands at 352,000 tonnes, up 40% month on month and up 89% year on year.
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2015 Grain Import Quota Volume Officially Announced
According to the "Interim Measures for the Administration of Import Tariff Quotas for Agricultural Products" (Order No. 4 of 2003 of the Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission), the 2015 grain import tariff quota volume, application conditions and allocation principles are hereby announced as follows: I. Quota Volume 2015 Grain
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Rural Work Conference Says Prices of Major Domestic Agricultural Products Exceed Import Prices
The Central Rural Work Conference was held, and currently the prices of major domestic agricultural products exceed import prices; agriculture has become a prominent weak link in the four modernizations, and the consumption potential of farmers, the largest group, must be tapped. According to Xinhua News Agency, the Central Rural Work Conference was held in Beijing from the 22nd to the 23rd. The conference
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Construction begins on China's first inland designated port for imported meat
Recently, construction began on the first inland designated port for imported meat in China -- the designated port for imported meat in the Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone of Henan Province, approved for establishment by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. The total investment in the designated port for imported meat project in the experimental zone is 150 million yuan, and the construction content includes
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Adjusting structure and capacity is a key task for the livestock industry
Adjusting the production structure and adjusting overall capacity is the most important task for the livestock industry in 2015. Said Li Xirong, executive vice president of the China Animal Agriculture Association. Over more than 30 years of reform and opening up, China's livestock product production and sales have grown rapidly, and in the process of rapid consumption growth, livestock products
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Agricultural modernization cannot be achieved without the important support of informatization.
China's agricultural development faces the dual constraints of resources and the market, and there is an urgent need to transform the development mode. The report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed promoting the synchronized development of industrialization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization. Correctly understanding and scientifically judging the impact of informatization on modern
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