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Preliminary research for the 13th Five-Year Plan begins to yield results
On April 1, the Ministry of Agriculture held in Beijing a briefing on the results of major preliminary research projects for the 13th Five-Year Plan for agricultural and rural development, reviewing and evaluating the research results, which also marked that the major preliminary research projects for the plan had entered the "yielding results" stage. On that day, from the Chinese Academy of
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Rapeseed planting area shrinks, output may fall by around 10%
Entering April, rapeseed is nearing the market across China. Because wheat prices were ideal in the summer and autumn of last year, planting returns were clearly higher than those for rapeseed, causing China's rapeseed sown area to shrink further. In addition, poor weather during the rapeseed growing period caused some areas to suffer
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Isatis root planting area shrinks, prices begin to rise, prospects look good
Isatis root is a plant of the cruciferous family (Brassicaceae); its roots and leaves are used medicinally. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, and cooling the blood, and has a certain curative effect on influenza, epidemic hepatitis B, hepatitis A, pneumonia, erysipelas, heat-toxin macules, sore and swollen throat, and sudden red eyes. Market demand
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How the 13th Five-Year Plan Draws the Blueprint for Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects
The 13th Five-Year Plan period is an important window of opportunity for China's economic transformation and upgrading. The key to achieving the goal of a moderately prosperous society in all respects lies in the 13th Five-Year Plan, and the key to building an innovative country also lies in the 13th Five-Year Plan. At this year's National Two Sessions, Yu Zhengsheng, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said in his work report that 20
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Moderate reduction of farmland written into the National Agricultural Sustainable Development Plan
On the morning of the 20th, Vice Minister of Agriculture Chen Xiaohua introduced and interpreted the relevant details of the National Agricultural Sustainable Development Plan (2015-2030) (hereinafter referred to as the Plan) at a regular policy briefing of the State Council. Regarding the stabilization of farmland area proposed in the Plan
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Carrot sales difficulties come to the fore, traditional planting model takes a hit
What to do, what to do? Impoverished household Zhong Wei scratched his head as he looked at the carrots piled up in his cellar. When the reporter went down into the cellar, they saw that many of the tens of thousands of kilograms of carrots had begun to sprout, and if they could not be sold soon they would have to be thrown away. Xinnong Village, Yinjia Township, Shenbei New District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province is widely known
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Do saplings planted after Arbor Day have a high survival rate?
On March 10, at Tuohou Wetland in Xuecheng District, more than 300 cadres and workers from the Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Administrative Law Enforcement, Municipal Landscape and Gardening, Planning and other units swung their shovels to dig the soil, water and add seedlings. In the course of one morning, they planted black pine, deodar cedar, tall glossy privet, evergreen tree species and flowering shrubs and other
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China's Agricultural Sustainable Development Plan Officially Released
Chen Xiaohua, Vice Minister of Agriculture of China, said in Beijing on the 20th that China will implement red-line management of water resources. By 2020, the national agricultural irrigation water consumption will remain at 372 billion cubic meters, the effective utilization coefficient of agricultural irrigation water will reach 0.55, and the area under efficient water-saving irrigation will be developed to 2
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Farmland remediation cannot keep up with pollution; the Soil Ten Plan may create an annual market worth 100 billion yuan
Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining emphasized on March 16 that the compilation of the Soil Ten Plan will be accelerated, and the risk control and remediation of soil pollution will be gradually promoted. Faced with the current situation in which China's farmland remediation projects fall far short of the number of polluted sites, industry insiders say that the domestic soil remediation market scale may reach nearly 700 billion yuan in the next few years.
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Zero-Growth Action Plan for Fertilizer and Pesticide Use Officially Launched
On March 17, the Ministry of Agriculture stated that it will launch a nationwide zero-growth action plan for fertilizer and pesticide use, striving to achieve a fertilizer utilization rate and pesticide utilization rate for major crops of both over 40% by 2020, an increase of 7 percentage points and 5 percentage points respectively compared with 2013
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