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The Deep-Seated Reasons Why Urbanization Should Not Continue to Be Accelerated
Original editor's note: After a gap of 37 years, the Central Urban Work Conference was convened again, marking a new stage in China's urban development, and "urbanization" has become a focus of public attention. At present, China's urbanization rate of permanent residents is already close to 55%, which means that China's urban development is in a stage of rapid growth.
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What are the reasons for the low efficiency of fiscal support for agriculture?
[Too-long allocation channels, fragmented distribution mechanisms, mismatch between fiscal authority and administrative responsibility, imperfect official assessment and oversight mechanisms, and unscientific decision-making mechanisms are the main factors behind the low efficiency in the use of fiscal funds for supporting agriculture.] Since the beginning of the 21st century, the central government, on the basis of fully realizing the reduction and exemption of agricultural taxes and fees,
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National Forum of Major Grain-Producing Counties: Let grain farmers benefit and let major producing areas not lose out
Among the 800 major grain-producing counties that account for nearly three-quarters of the country's total grain output, more than 100 are national-level poverty-stricken counties, with 36 million poor people. This shows that the phenomenon of "grain-finance inversion" between China's grain output and county-level fiscal capacity is already very obvious, and may bring hidden dangers to food security.
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Breeding work for niche crops should not be neglected
How long does it take to breed a new crop variety? Older-generation breeders often tell me: ten years to breed one variety. This is no exaggeration. Even with off-season propagation in the south to add generations, traditional biological breeding techniques still require breeders to spend eight to ten years to select and breed a satisfactory
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Garlic yields a net profit of 1500 yuan per mu, higher than corn
Recently, the Price Bureau of Lanling County conducted a survey on the 2015 autumn grain production, procurement and returns. The survey shows that over the past three years, garlic planting returns in Lanling County: each mu produces 2000 jin of garlic and 1200 jin of garlic scapes. The planting cost is 5100 yuan (including family labor and the imputed rent of self-owned land).
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Technology Gives Wings to Agriculture, Helping Modern Agriculture Soar
Editor's Note: As the primary driving factor safeguarding our country's food security and sustained agricultural growth, science and technology's contribution rate to agricultural growth has reached 55.2%. How can the role of science and technology be better leveraged to give agriculture wings? In 2013, the Ministry of Agriculture launched and implemented the "National Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Capacity Conditions Construction Plan (2012-2016)". With strong support from the National Development and Reform Commission, during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, the central government allocated a cumulative investment of 3.43 billion yuan, supporting the construction of 14 national agricultural science and technology innovation platforms and the Ministry of Agriculture key laboratories (stations) of 28 disciplinary groups. Proceeding from the actual needs of agricultural research institutions at the central, provincial, and municipal levels, a coordinated design and systematic deployment were carried out for the layout, construction content, project management, and operating mechanisms of our country's agricultural science and technology innovation capacity conditions construction, promoting collaborative research, co-construction and sharing among research institutions, and forming a virtuous operating mechanism with functional linkage and mutual support.
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Big data explains the seed production and supply-demand situation for the new season
Editor's note: This year, major seed production bases in Gansu, Xinjiang and other areas suffered high temperatures and drought, and seed production output declined. Will next year's seed production be able to meet demand? Autumn grain prices fell and selling difficulties were widespread, so how will next year's planting structure be adjusted? In short, how much was harvested this year
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Rumors that harm farmers must be investigated to the very end and must not become unsolved cases
A single irresponsible rumor can very likely cause farmers' hard work of more than half a year to be wasted, and can even cause an agricultural industry that a place has painstakingly cultivated for many years to collapse in an instant. How to respond to and eliminate rumors that harm farmers is a topic that needs to attract public attention and discussion
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Central government funding supports farmland water conservancy facility construction, two departments issue notice
Notice on Issuing the Guidelines for Project Approval of the 2012 Central Government Special Subsidy Funds for the Construction of Small-scale On-farm Water Conservancy Facilities and on Allocating the Fund Subsidy Indicators. Cai Nong Bian [2012] No. 342. To the finance departments (bureaus) and water conservancy (affairs) departments (bureaus) of all provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and cities under separate state planning):
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Pensions for Enterprise Retirees Raised by Another 10%, Wen Jiabao Makes Arrangements
Core tip: Speaking while delivering the government work report at the Third Session of the Eleventh National People's Congress on March 5, Wen Jiabao said that the basic pensions for enterprise retirees will be raised by another 10% this year. It is necessary to accelerate the building of a more complete social security safety net so that the people have basic guarantees and no worries.
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