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Intermittent Irrigation Method for Rice Saves Water and Increases Yield: Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute Trials Succeed
Agricultural Research Institute's Intermittent Irrigation Method: Success in Saving Water and Boosting Rice Yields. With water conditions severe, the rice farming industry, which relies heavily on water resources, is hit first. An organic smallholder farmer in Hualien uses the intermittent irrigation farming method, an alternating wet-and-dry irrigation model for rice that saves 30% of cultivation water and also increases the rice
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Cost-saving and efficiency-boosting techniques for wheat cultivation help farmers cut costs and increase income
Among China's three major grain crops, wheat is the crop with the largest consumption as a staple food, the largest trade volume, and the highest growth rate in per-unit yield. To achieve stable grain output and increased income, and to improve quality and efficiency, in 2016 we will continue to carry out research focused on high wheat yields, cost savings and efficiency gains, and water control and reduced use of pesticides and fertilizers.
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Meteorological Services Protect the World's Granary: Precise Forecasts Save Farmers Money
Henan has preliminarily established a wide-coverage, direct-through rural meteorological information service system. Meteorological services protect the world's granary. 66.776 billion jin! This year, Henan Province's total summer grain output hit a historic high again, continuing to rank first in the country. In Henan, where drought occurs nine years out of ten, being able to create consecutive
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Hybrid rice development is stalled: how can it be saved?
Data show that in recent years the downward trend in hybrid rice varieties has been very pronounced. The number of varieties with an annual promotion area of more than 1 million mu rose from 46 in 2002 to a peak of 59 in 2004, then declined year by year to 29 in 2012; the number of varieties with an annual promotion area of more than 5 million mu fell from about 9 in the early period to 1 per year at present; since 2007, no variety with more than 10 million mu has appeared. The average annual promotion area of a single main hybrid rice variety fell sharply from 2.133 million mu in 1993 to 374,000 mu in 2012, a drop of 82.5%.
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People's Daily reports: Following the association saves worry and makes money
Professional services save effort and worry. In the past I had to worry about everything, big and small. After joining the association, raising pigs has become easier and less worrisome. After raising pigs for more than 20 years, Li Meisheng says he has only now really found the knack. Zhangshu City in Jiangxi Province is a major national pig-producing county, with more than 1 million pigs sent to market annually
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National Food Administration calls for saving grain and eliminating waste during harvest season
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 15 (Xinhua reporter Liu Yangyang) Food is the first necessity of the people, and grain is the source of food. In recent years, China's grain output has increased year after year, yet post-harvest grain loss and waste threaten food security. How much waste is there exactly? How much room is there for saving grain and reducing loss?
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Save a grain of food: four ministries and commissions including the Ministry of Agriculture and the State Administration of Grain issue a joint initiative
Food is the foundation of human survival and the basis of economic and social development. Since the reform and opening up, China's grain output has increased substantially, and the capacity to ensure food security has steadily strengthened. However, the contradiction between a large population and limited arable land has become increasingly prominent, and problems such as the shortage of freshwater resources and the decline in the quality of arable land
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Full mechanization of cotton could save 70% of labor costs in the future
In recent years, the Cotton Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, together with the Nanjing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, has intensified research and development of full mechanization in the cotton regions of the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin, achieving the integration of agronomy and agricultural machinery. The whole process has basically achieved mechanization, which can save about 70% of the labor cost of cotton planting
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Bringing pre-cleaned vegetables into the city can cut household waste by 20 percent and save 160 million yuan in spending
Half a watermelon rind, cabbage outer leaves, celtuce leaves - five or six kinds of fruit and vegetable waste filled a single garbage bag in the hands of Guo Caifeng, a resident born in the 1950s. At 5 pm yesterday, Ms. Guo, who lives in Caishikou, saw the garbage truck arrive at her door on time as usual, and working both hands at once, she
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Water rights trading gives farmers a taste of sweet success
The water saved can be sold for money, and after deducting the water fee there is still a surplus. Water rights reform is truly good. At the scene of cashing out the annual water rights trading fees at the Water Rights Trading Center in Manas County, Xinjiang, farmer Ma Guijie, who received his trading fee, spoke from the bottom of his heart. Ma Guijie is a Manas
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