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Declining Net Returns from Grain Farming: Who Will Grow the Grain Concerns National Food Security
For a long time, "who will grow the grain" has been an extremely important topic, since it concerns national food security. But it also seems not to be a problem, because as long as grain farming is worthwhile, someone will naturally grow it. So "who will grow the grain" ultimately comes down to how to ensure that grain farming is profitable, yet the grim reality is truly worrying.
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National food security ultimately depends on farmers
In 2015, China's grain production achieved twelve consecutive increases, yet grain prices kept falling steadily. Rising grain output and falling farmer incomes together formed a complex picture of China's agricultural development. In this harvest season, which stirs mixed feelings, people increasingly recognize one truth:
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Excessive Grain Imports Threaten National Food Security
The Central Economic Work Conference previously proposed a national food security strategy under the new circumstances of "taking self-reliance as the mainstay, basing ourselves on domestic production, ensuring production capacity, importing appropriately, and relying on technological support," requiring that the rice bowls of the Chinese people must always be firmly held in our own hands and that our rice bowls should
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Grain production becomes a highlight, and national food security is more solidly guaranteed
In recent days, from the black soil of Northeast China to the fish-and-rice townships south of the Yangtze and the great granaries of the Central Plains, good news about grain production has been pouring in from all over the country: this year's autumn grain area has increased and crops are generally growing well, with a bumper harvest in sight. Looking at the year as a whole, China's grain production has overcome difficulties and is once again set to deliver a
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Strengthen Grain Production Capacity and Build a Solid Barrier for National Food Security
Our country is a large developing country with a population of more than 1 billion, and the grain issue has always been the top priority in the national economy and people's livelihood. Since 2004, China's grain output has increased for eleven consecutive years, and the comprehensive production capacity has reached a new level of 600 million tonnes, making a huge contribution to
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Improve the Farmland Protection System to Safeguard National Food Security
The quantity and quality of farmland are directly related to national food security. Although China's grain output has achieved eleven consecutive years of growth, we must still remain vigilant in times of peace and, in particular, curb the current trend of land non-agriculturalization emerging in the process of land transfer, and improve the strictest farmland protection system.
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Over 90 percent of the national summer grain harvest is complete, and stable grain supplies carry profound significance for national security
Another season of bumper grain harvest! At present, over 90 percent of the national summer grain harvest is complete, and a bumper harvest is a foregone conclusion. According to agricultural situation monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture and actual harvest results from various regions, this year's summer grain is expected to achieve another bumper harvest, with total output hitting a new high. Grain output has increased year after year, and the pressure grows greater each year
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Solving the problem of pigs' rations to safeguard national food security
With the growth of the total population, the rising share of urban residents, higher household income levels, and the expansion of industrial and energy uses of agricultural products, China's grain consumption has shown a clear year-on-year upward trend in recent years. Even with ten consecutive years of grain output growth, the grain self-sufficiency
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How does super hybrid rice safeguard national food security?
China currently has a population of more than 1.3 billion, and it will soon reach 1.4 billion. At the same time, China's cultivated land is decreasing year by year. Faced with this severe situation of a growing population and shrinking land, the only way to solve the problem of feeding the entire nation is to greatly increase the yield per unit area of food crops through scientific and technological progress.
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How does farmland protection shore up the foundation of national food security
Farmland is a non-renewable resource and extremely precious. At the same time, land is also the foundation for all kinds of human activities. In particular, China is currently advancing urbanization rapidly, which inevitably requires converting agricultural land into construction land. Each year, newly added urban construction land amounts to millions of
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