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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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How to Grow Lilies So They Fill the Pot? Seed Saving Methods and Sowing Time Explained
Have you ever grown lilies? Do you know how lily seeds are obtained? Actually, once the lily flowers fade and the leaves dry up, you can simply shake out the seeds. But under normal circumstances, people do not grow lilies from seed, because the germination rate from seed is extremely low. So how do you grow
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Sweet potato mechanical harvesting is highly efficient, making vine removal, digging and harvesting simple and labor-saving
Traditional sweet potato harvesting is extremely labor-intensive, and imported sweet potato harvesters have many drawbacks. The Taoyuan District Agricultural Improvement Station developed the "vine removal and harvesting combined operation machine." The model is smaller than imported sweet potato harvesters, costs less than half as much, and is 60 to 80 times faster than manual harvesting.
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Can Soybeans Be Saved for Seed Yourself? Seed-Saving Practices During Cultivation and After Harvest
Soybean cultivation and management techniques, among which the soybean seed-saving method is a task every farmer must do. As soybeans are being harvested one after another recently, Agri-Media invited Zhou Guolong, associate researcher and branch station chief of the Qinan Branch Station of the Kaohsiung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station of the Council of Agriculture, who is known as the "Edamame Prince" and has long studied edamame and promoted domestically grown soybeans, to share the points to note when saving seed.
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