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Conditions for Making Potatoes a Staple Food Are Ripe, but Concerns Over Price Fluctuations Remain
At a seminar recently held by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, advancing potatoes to become China's fourth-largest staple food crop was publicly proposed from a national strategic perspective for the first time, and it has also become a focus of heated public discussion in recent days. As of January 10, on Sina Weibo alone, views of the topic "potatoes become a staple food" had
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Ministry of Agriculture: Making the potato a staple food is not because we are short of grain
A few days ago, the Ministry of Agriculture revealed that it plans to use technological innovation to lead the development of potato (commonly known as "potato") as a staple food. Once the news came out, it attracted widespread attention. On January 15, relevant officials and experts from the Ministry of Agriculture were interviewed by reporters, publicly responding for the first time to society's concerns about making the potato a staple food.
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Millet Grown in the Desert: Saving Water and Making Money
On January 13, Lin Xinghui, Party secretary of Menggentala Gacha in Barunbieli Town, Alxa Left Banner, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia, made a special trip to Beijing. He wanted to see with his own eyes his own desert millet launched on the e-commerce platform COFCO Womai. With a sales channel, this year's millet harvest
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The road to making potatoes a staple grain is not smooth; no new subsidies for now
The proposal to make potatoes a staple grain is currently only a departmental opinion of the Ministry of Agriculture, and has not been elevated to the national level or become a joint initiative of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration and other departments; many people have expressed confusion over the Ministry of Agriculture's hasty rewriting of the definition of staple grain. The road to making potatoes a staple grain
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No need to agonize over making potatoes a staple grain; just look at it rationally
China's grain output has increased for many consecutive years, grain can be dispatched and dispatched well at any time, and food security is guaranteed. Therefore, there is no need, and it is impossible, to resort to "melon-and-vegetable substitutes." Making potatoes a staple grain is a matter of things falling into place and going with the trend, not something that a certain competent department or association can simply announce
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Report on the 2014 Winter Agricultural Products Online Purchase and Sales Matchmaking Fair
The 2014 Winter Agricultural Products Online Purchase and Sales Matchmaking Fair concluded successfully on January 29, 2015. With the close cooperation and meticulous organization of commerce authorities at all levels and the distance education offices of the organization departments of Party committees, over the course of one month, a total of 586 counties
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How can we get off to a good start in transforming the agricultural development model?
It is once again the time of the Spring Equinox. Spring is the first of the seasons, and farming comes first. Right now, from south to north, we are gradually entering the critical stage of spring plowing and preparation. Doing a good job in spring agricultural production is of vital significance to stable grain output for the whole year, agricultural development, and the steady operation of the economy and society.
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Vegetable Village Opens Field-Side Market, Making It Easier for Growers to Sell Their Produce
Pick on the way back, sell on return. A few minutes at the market is enough to learn prices and purchasing standards, without delaying farm work, and it also saves on transport costs. In early spring, Bao Qunyan, a vegetable grower from Gaogongzhuang Township, Wei County, Hebei, pulled a cartload of freshly harvested tomatoes to the field-side market at the entrance of his village.
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Eating old grain is making a contribution to food security
Recently the media have been hyping the case of a state grain depot in Jilin passing off old grain as new grain for storage in order to fraudulently obtain state subsidies. In China, the grain issue is a matter of great importance, and playing tricks with grain very easily stirs public anger. So as soon as the report came out, public resentment boiled over, and it was like a rat running across the street with everyone shouting "kill it."
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Breeding R&D Will Be the Breakthrough for Making Potatoes a Staple Food
In the mid-16th century, the potato was brought from South America to Europe by Spanish colonists. By the 17th century, because of its higher yield than other grains and its ease of management, the potato had already become an important food crop in Europe and was introduced into China. Today, China
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