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Explaining the push to make potatoes a staple food: What impact will it have once potatoes become a staple grain?
On the 6th, Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Xinrong said at the Potato Staple Food Strategy Seminar that in the future, by advancing the move to make potatoes a staple food, and striving through several years of unremitting effort, the potato planting area, per-unit yield level, total output and the share of staple-food potato products in total potato consumption should all increase significantly, so that potatoes gradually become China's fourth-largest staple grain crop after rice, wheat and corn.
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This year, the NDRC will actively push forward the merger and reorganization of grain enterprises
At the national grain circulation work conference held a few days ago, senior officials from the NDRC and the State Administration of Grain proposed that under the new economic normal, we must accurately grasp the new trends in the development of grain circulation and win the initiative in grain circulation reform. Regarding the field of grain operations
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Two-Pronged Approach in the Poultry Industry Pushes Development to a New Level
Recently, cases of H7N9 influenza have appeared again in some provinces of China. Vice Minister of Agriculture and National Chief Veterinary Officer Yu Kangzhen said during a recent investigation of H7N9 influenza prevention and control work that animal husbandry and veterinary departments at all levels should adopt a two-pronged approach, proposing "prevention and control of disease on one hand, and industrial development on the other
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Selling Russian-Grown Grain Back Home Is the Right Way to Push Agricultural Transformation
Since land in Russia is almost as cheap as cabbage, why have fewer than 20 Chinese companies engaged in cross-border farming there to date? During the interview, the reporter found the answer to this question. In fact, some experience can be replicated, but not every company can copy other kinds of experience.
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How can agricultural machinery make a fresh push after the golden decade?
Recently, the Management Cadre College of the Ministry of Agriculture held the second national rotation training class of this year for directors of major agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery counties, with 115 participants including agricultural machinery directors from national demonstration counties for full mechanization of major crops, as well as cadres from the Ministry of Agriculture system. This rotation training organized a total of special
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Action Plan for Zero Growth in Chemical Fertilizer Use, Ministry of Agriculture Pushes Forward with Focus
On May 19, the Ministry of Agriculture held in Beijing a meeting on advancing and implementing the action plan for zero growth in chemical fertilizer use by 2020, to further implement the relevant requirements of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Agriculture, unify thinking, and clarify tasks. The meeting emphasized that agricultural departments must fulfill their duties, take the initiative, and effectively put all
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Eight ministries and commissions make a push on Internet Plus, building a new ecosystem of the Internet of Everything
Recently, a photo circulating in internet industry circles showed Cheng Wei, CEO of Didi Kuaidi, shaking hands in Shanghai with Sun Jianping, director of the Shanghai Municipal Transport Commission. One is a disruptor of the traditional urban taxi platform, the other a regulator that once stood high above, and the two have gone through a period of adjustment,
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Soybean imports slow down as yuan depreciation pushes up import costs
In recent weeks, demand from China, the number one soybean importer, has slowed, and so far orders for November shipment soybeans are only half of the same period last year, because the recent depreciation of the yuan has made overseas imports expensive. Traders say that soybean meal prices denominated in yuan
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Why Rose Prices Swing Wildly: Growers Give Up Harvesting in Despair
"Someone got so furious that they drove an excavator into the rose field." Li Zhenhai, a villager from Xiaodoushan Village, Bajie Street, Anning City, Yunnan Province, told astonished reporters. During the recent edible rose harvest season, flower growers had a bumper crop but no bumper income. Prices fell from more than 30 yuan per kilogram
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Development of Potato Staple Food Products: The Ministry of Agriculture Takes Multiple Measures to Push Forward
Recently, the Agricultural Product Processing Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture strengthened research and took multiple measures simultaneously to push forward work related to the development of potato staple food products. It is understood that the bureau first actively sought financial funding support. Through efforts on multiple fronts, subsidy funds for primary processing at agricultural product origins increased from last year's
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