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Industrial and commercial capital going to the countryside must rely on mechanisms to avoid risks
Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group, the Ministry of Land and Resources, and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce jointly issued the "Opinions on Strengthening Supervision and Risk Prevention of Industrial and Commercial Capital Leasing Rural Land" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), on strengthening the standardized management of
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Poor rice sales drag paddy prices lower
Recently, prices in some indica rice-producing areas in southern China have been steady to lower under the influence of many factors. Among them, poor rice sales are one of the important reasons for the decline in paddy prices. Entering the second quarter, sales in the domestic rice market were lower than in the first quarter, and the southern market was also squeezed by imported rice, so enthusiasm for purchasing paddy for processing and trading was relatively low. The indica rice market is expected to remain weak in the later period.
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How can traditional agricultural areas innovate and develop rural e-commerce?
In recent years, China's e-commerce has developed rapidly, not only creating new consumer demand, triggering a new investment boom, opening up new channels for employment and income growth, and providing new space for mass entrepreneurship and innovation, but e-commerce is also accelerating its integration with manufacturing, driving
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How to Build the Livestock Industry into a Pillar Industry in Rural Areas
In recent years, the livestock industry in Ezhou City, Hubei Province has developed rapidly. In 2014, 1.2014 million head of live pigs were marketed and 18.841 million head of poultry were raised; total meat output and poultry egg output reached 126,700 tons and 109,000 tons respectively, and the output value of the livestock industry reached 3.51 billion yuan. The livestock industry has become Ezhou City's most dynamic
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Why Are Urea Prices So High in China?
In recent years, China's urea price has basically been the lowest in the world, especially last year. Under normal circumstances, China's urea FOB price per ton is 20~30 USD lower than the international price, sometimes even 50 USD lower. Moreover, many people have become accustomed to China's low urea prices, as if
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Targeted poverty alleviation requires precise efforts, and identifying the right people to help is key
The things seen during two recent grassroots research visits are unforgettable: one was to a mountain village in an economically strong county, where the houses of about a hundred households were dilapidated, the most presentable street in the village was still a narrow road of rough stones, and the annual per capita income of most families was no more than 1500 yuan; the other was
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Agriculture will become the next big opportunity for the industrial internet
Recently the State Council issued the "Opinions on Vigorously Developing E-commerce and Accelerating the Cultivation of New Economic Momentum," emphasizing the need to actively develop rural e-commerce and encouraging agricultural means of production enterprises to develop e-commerce. At the same time, the Ministry of Commerce recently researched and formulated
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What are the reasons young grassroots cadres cannot be retained
Recently, while talking with a friend who works at the grassroots level, I learned that of the three young cadres who started their jobs together with him, two had already left after passing examinations in just a few short years, and he too was eager to make a move. When asked why, the answer was: on the one hand, it does not feel very good; on the other hand,
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Let farmers truly enjoy the benefits of national policies
Recently, while researching ecological protection in a certain area of northwest China, the author saw that several villages had been combating desertification and planting trees for more than 20 years, building a solid green windbreak and sandbreak barrier on the edge of the Tengger Desert, yet many farmers had never received the national special subsidy for afforestation. One
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Should the entry threshold for farmers be raised?
Recently, Shaanxi Province issued "new-type senior professional farmer" certification qualification certificates to the second batch of 182 people, which aroused widespread public attention. There were those who praised it, believing it to be an effective measure to raise farmers' social status; there were also critics, who believed that farmers should not be given
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