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New onion variety reaches international advanced level in Handan
According to the Handan City Vegetable Research Institute in Hebei Province, the breeding achievement of "Zijiao No. 2", a first-generation hybrid purple-skinned onion variety with stress resistance and storability, developed under the Hebei Provincial Science and Technology Support Program undertaken by the institute, has been appraised by the provincial expert panel as having reached the international advanced level. This variety
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Yunnan's Vegetables and Its Green Mountains and Clear Waters Together Paint a Beautiful Picture
At present, the whole prefecture has a total of 6 vegetable bases certified as green food, with an area of 35,000 mu; 68 pollution-free vegetable bases, with an area of 314,000 mu; and 6 famous vegetable trademarks of Yunnan Province have been created. Data show that in 2014, the total vegetable planting area of the whole prefecture reached more than 1.5
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Yaoshan ginger in Jinxiu County, Guangxi enjoys a bumper harvest, with busy harvesting in the fields
It is now the final season for harvesting ginger. In the fields of Liuxiang Township, Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi Province, people come and go as ginger farmers busily harvest ginger in the fields. This year, the 3,100 mu of ginger planted by the people of Liuxiang Township enjoyed a bumper harvest, with total output reaching more than 9.3 million kg. At present,
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Busy winter potato planting in Yilong Town, Shiping County, Yunnan
On the eve of the winter solstice, the villagers' committees of Doudiwan, Gaojiawan and Xiaoshui in Yilong Town by Yilong Lake in Shiping County seized the farming season to rush-plant winter potatoes. In recent days, the weather at Yilong Lake has been clear and sunny, making it an advantageous time to sow winter potatoes. Located by the shores of Yilong Lake, Doudiwan and Gaojiawan
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Busy winter potato planting in Yilong Town, Shiping, Yunnan
On the eve of the Winter Solstice, the villagers' committees of Doudiwan, Gaojiawan, and Xiaoshui in Yilong Town by Yilong Lake in Shiping County seized the farming season to rush-plant winter potatoes. In recent days, the weather at Yilong Lake has been clear and sunny, making it an ideal time to sow winter potatoes. Located by the shores of Yilong Lake, Doudiwan, Gaojiawan
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How Comprehensive Utilization of Straw Can Recover the Other Half of Agriculture
The photo shows agricultural machinery being used to bale straw directly in the field for removal. Photo by Liang Baozhong. Editor's note: The autumn grain harvest season has arrived once again, and the issue of banning straw burning has once again drawn attention from all sectors of society. In agriculture's spring blossoming and autumn fruiting, half of the product lies in the grain and half in the straw. Ex
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Rural Reform Paints a New Picture of Hope on the Farmland
The latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture shows that China's policy direction for building a new type of agricultural operation system is clear and explicit, with intensifying efforts, and new types of agricultural operation entities are enjoying good development momentum. At present, family farms reported by localities number 870,000, and leading enterprises in agricultural industrialization number more than 120,000. According to statistics from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, as of the end of May, farmers' professional cooperatives registered in accordance with the law nationwide totaled 1.393 million, with total capital contributions of 3 trillion yuan, up 22.6% and 32% year on year respectively.
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Winter melons move into new greenhouse homes, young seedlings move into tents
The arrival of the strongest cold wave has not only brought much inconvenience to citizens' daily lives, but has also had a considerable impact on the growth of crops. Recently, reporters visiting Huiyang District, Huidong County, and Boluo County saw villagers taking anti-freeze measures to protect crops from the cold. In Lianghua Town, Huidong County, vegetable
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Guangdong Boluo Songshugang Cultivates Taiwan Jade Maiden Tomatoes (Photos)
In people's impressions, tomatoes are a low-growing herbaceous plant on the ground, generally no more than half a meter tall. However, in Songshugang Village, Changning Town, Boluo County, local farmers have recently cultivated a new variety called Jade Maiden tomato. This Jade Maiden tomato not only has thin skin and is juicy, but
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Han Jun: China's dairy industry has reached a life-or-death moment
Pictured: Han Jun, deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs. (Image source: Sina Finance, photo by Liang Bin) Sina Finance News - The 2015 Fourth China International Agribusiness Summit Forum was held in Beijing on May 17. Han Jun, deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs, said in his speech
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