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How the South-to-North Water Diversion Project Helps the Central Plains Granary Safeguard China's Food Security
In 2014, Henan, the granary of the Central Plains, once again celebrated a bumper summer grain harvest, achieving twelve consecutive years of increase. However, behind the consecutive years of bumper harvests, the hidden worries about agricultural water resources have become increasingly prominent, with North China, the Central Plains and other regions suffering severe droughts for many consecutive years. Professionals point out that the South-to-North
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Emergency deployment by the Ministry of Agriculture for recent work on safety in fishery water production
In order to curb the recent frequent and repeated occurrence of fishing vessel safety accidents and illegal fishing activities in coastal waters, the Ministry of Agriculture issued an emergency notice, requiring fishery authorities at all levels and fishery and fishing port supervision and management agencies to further raise their awareness, strengthen organizational leadership, strictly enforce accountability
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Farmers busy building granaries to store grain, safeguarding every single grain
The reporter recently went to the rural areas of Pingdu County, Shandong, for an interview, and everywhere could see farmers drying grain on the roads, with vehicles coming and going driving over the roads covered with grain, leaving clouds of dust in their wake. Local farmers told the reporter that there is now a lack of drying grounds in rural areas, so they have no choice
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Protecting Traditional Villages Also Means Safeguarding Our Spiritual Homeland
The protection of China's traditional villages is drawing great attention from the state. A reporter recently learned from the Ministry of Finance that the central government will invest more than 10 billion yuan over a period of 3 years to advance the protection of traditional villages. The diversity of our Chinese nation's culture lies in the countryside, and the roots of that culture lie in
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China's agriculture faces three major risks; deeper understanding needed of "two antis and one safeguard" trade remedy measures
In response to the current severe situation in which net imports of bulk agricultural products are rapidly expanding and causing serious damage or threat to relevant domestic industries, and in order to discuss countermeasures and deepen the industry's understanding of trade remedy measures such as "two antis and one safeguard," the Trade Promotion Center of the Ministry of Agriculture organized a seminar on agricultural industry security and trade remedies on October
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How can grain be kept fresh in storage while safeguarding quantity, quality and ecological security?
At present, China's grain reserves have developed from the single-minded pursuit of quantity security to taking into account both quality security and ecological security. The greatest potential for safeguarding stored grain security lies in science and technology, and the fundamental path also lies in science and technology. The National Food Administration recently held the National Grain Science and Technology Innovation Conference and released
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Strengthen livestock and poultry slaughter supervision to safeguard safety on the tip of the tongue
National Livestock and Poultry Slaughter Supervision and Pig Slaughter Special Rectification Work Conference stresses strengthening livestock and poultry slaughter supervision to safeguard safety on the tip of the tongue. Web News, November 28 - The National Livestock and Poultry Slaughter Supervision and Pig Slaughter Special Rectification Work Conference was held in Beijing on November 28. Minister of Agriculture Han
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Unified tea safety standards benefit small-scale tea farmers
Tea did not originally come in decorated canisters or neat tea bags. It comes from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant, and more than 50 countries currently grow tea, but there are four main growing regions: China, India, Kenya and Sri Lanka. In these regions
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Soil Heavy Metal Levels Exceeding Standards Endanger Agricultural Product Safety, Situation Severe in Some Local Areas of China
Reporters learned from the recently held Fourth China Environmental Remediation Forum that the current soil pollution situation in our country is severe, with prominent soil pollution hazards in local and partial areas, already posing a threat to agricultural product safety. Soil pollution remediation is urgent, and it is imperative to strengthen
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Preventing and Controlling Agricultural Risks to Ensure Safety and Achieve the Two Ensures Goals
In 2014, veterinary departments at all levels closely focused on the goal and task put forward by the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Agriculture of "striving to ensure that no regional major animal epidemic occurs and no major animal product quality and safety incident occurs," actively prevented and controlled the risk of animal diseases, and strictly supervised the safety of food of animal origin.
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