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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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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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How Can Traditional Agriculture Be Saved? An Analysis of the Way Forward and Countermeasures
The State Council executive meeting on July 22, 2015 arranged to accelerate the transformation of the agricultural development model and take the path of safe, efficient and green development. Li Keqiang pointed out that, looking across the development paths of agricultural modernization in developed countries, they generally develop agriculture in an industrial way. If agriculture does not move toward
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