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Greenhouse tunnel cultivation of Jade Girl cherry tomatoes doubles yields while saving labor
Young farmer Chen Mingxiong took over the family business eight years ago. Under the guidance of the farmers' association and the production and marketing group, he adopted the greenhouse tunnel cultivation method to grow Jade Girl tomatoes, which not only doubled the yield but also made harvesting easier. Inside the tunnel, clusters of plump, luscious Jade Girl tomatoes hang all over the trellis, while the unripe green cherry tomatoes dangle in midair.
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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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Global insect numbers continue to decline, and many insects are beyond saving from extinction
Global insect numbers are falling rapidly, did you know? A group of international scholars recently published a large-scale study indicating that insect numbers worldwide are declining fast, and if the situation continues, they could become extinct within 100 years, further affecting the food chain and causing a "catastrophic collapse" of natural ecosystems
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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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Water-saving irrigation network helps arid regions of northwest China achieve efficient agricultural production
In the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China, it is summer, and crops planted this year such as vegetables and goji berries are growing vigorously, no longer crying out for water. This is thanks to a technology China has tried to promote in recent years - highly efficient water-saving irrigation, which has now "encompassed" part of the
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Water-saving irrigation proves effective, calmly resolving the challenge of severe drought
In the face of a severe drought rarely seen in decades, crops in some areas of Henan and Liaoning provinces suffered serious damage, highlighting shortcomings in water conservancy facilities (see "In a Year of Severe Drought, a Test for Farmland Water Conservancy" in this section, August 19), but must a severe drought inevitably bring agricultural disaster? Not necessarily. On the road to modern ag
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Medium-sized irrigation districts receive 1.55 billion yuan in central government support for water-saving upgrading and renovation
In 2014, the central government allocated 1,550,470,000 yuan in agricultural comprehensive development funds to support the construction of water-saving supporting renovation projects in key medium-sized irrigation districts, mainly used for dredging and lining seepage prevention of canals (ditches), improvement and renovation of branch and main canal (ditch) system structures, and the construction of modern irrigation
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Water-saving irrigation companies receive over 1.5 billion yuan in support, ushering in a good opportunity for development
According to the website of the Ministry of Finance, in 2014, the central government allocated 1.55 billion yuan in comprehensive agricultural development funds to support the construction of water-saving supporting renovation projects in key medium-sized irrigation districts, improving the comprehensive agricultural production capacity, especially for grain. Since July, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning and many other places
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Ministry of Agriculture and Postal Savings Bank sign agreement to improve rural financial service coverage
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 10 (Reporter Wang Yu) The Ministry of Agriculture signed an agreement with the Postal Savings Bank of China on the 10th. According to the agreement, the two sides will focus on tasks such as the effective supply of grain and other important agricultural products and the sustained and rapid growth of farmers' incomes to improve the coverage of rural financial services
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China's water-saving irrigation project area reaches 407 million mu
Economic Daily, Beijing, September 29 dispatch (Reporter Zhang Xue) With the central and local governments introducing a series of policy measures and continuously increasing investment, China's water-saving irrigation development has entered an unprecedented fast track. As of the end of 2013, the national effective irrigation area reached 9.
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