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Potato and Dairy Cow Projects Set to Launch as Agricultural Dual-Increase Model Is Released
Recently, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences released in Beijing an integrated model for increasing agricultural production and efficiency. Chen Mengshan, Party Secretary of the academy, introduced that in 2015, research on this integrated model will also launch new plans for potato, cotton, dairy cow, sheep and others. The reporter learned that since 2013
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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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New Green Pesticide Can Increase Income and Reduce Expenditure by 4.3 Billion Yuan
In recent years, the pace of pesticide development has been continuously accelerating, with new pesticides constantly emerging. It has been learned that new green pesticides can increase income and reduce expenditure by 4.3 billion yuan. In the recently announced 2014 National Science and Technology Awards, a new green biological pesticide developed by the team of Yu Dazhao of the Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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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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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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