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China Becomes the World's Largest Producer and Consumer of Potatoes, Pushing Forward the Industrialization of Potatoes as a Staple Food
Nowadays, various agricultural resource factors are stretched tight, and residents' demands for improving the nutritional structure of staple foods are growing ever higher. China's push to develop the potato industry comes at just the right time - the potato is a major food that is nutritious and convenient to eat, and has become the world's fourth-largest food crop after rice, wheat, and
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The potato's rise has nothing to do with a food crisis
We eat far fewer potatoes than developed countries. In "Interstellar" there is a scene: in a certain year in the future, Earth's ecological environment suffers severe damage. Frequent sandstorms and other harsh weather trigger a food crisis, and staple crops such as wheat and rice are on the verge of extinction in the swirling yellow sand
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Dingxi Potatoes: Fragrance Spreads Ten Thousand Miles, True Kindness Connects Hebei and Gansu
"Thank you, Aunt Zhang! We will definitely study hard." A few days ago, two primary school students from Sanwan Primary School in Shixiawan Township, Anding District, said this excitedly when they received a loving donation from Aunt Zhang Li, who is far away in Hebei Province. In 2014, Anding District began preparations to build a demonstration zone for the creation of a nationally known potato industry brand.
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Potato growers in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang grow golden nuggets of wealth
In the past two years, potato market prices have been high and farmers' returns good, which has spurred farmers in Qiqihar City to grow potatoes. So how much are farmers earning from growing potatoes now? With this question in mind, recently this writer followed the Qiqihar City Price Bureau to investigate
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Can Potatoes Be Grown on Mars? NASA Will Conduct an Experiment
In the Hollywood film "Mission to Mars," the botanist played by leading man Matt Damon tries to grow potatoes on Mars, and this approach may soon become reality. According to a December 23 report by Hong Kong, China's Wen Wei Po, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), together with Peru's International Potato Center (CIP), will
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Small potatoes make a big splash, small vermicelli becomes a big industry
Since the beginning of winter, vermicelli processing has entered its peak season, and potato vermicelli processing plants in Xishan, Caijiabao, Taizi, Weiyuan Town, Tangchuan Town, Wufeng Township, Wushi and other areas, the main potato-producing areas of Huzhu County, Qinghai, have been bustling one after another. In recent years, Huzhu County has relied on its abundant potato harvest to
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Southern Potato Conference Held: More Than 50% of Potatoes in China Will Be Consumed as a Staple Food by 2025
From December 17 to 18, the 2015 Southern Potato Conference was held in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei Province, with more than 400 academic and industry professionals from home and abroad in attendance. According to statistics from the Potato Professional Committee of the Crop Science Society of China, from 2010 to 2014, China's potato
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