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How to Find New Growth Points in the Context of Food Security
At the start of the new year, the public discussion about potato becoming the fourth major staple crop has attracted much attention. Relevant leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture estimate that by 2020, more than 50% of China's potatoes may be consumed as a staple food. The potato planting area will increase from the current 80 million mu to 150 million mu. Zhejiang
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Advancing agricultural modernization with grain security and income growth as the focus
"The government work report delivered by Premier Li Keqiang is fact-based, offers thorough and penetrating analysis of the situation, and lays out work in a pragmatic and scientific manner. It conforms to reality and accords with public opinion. In particular, the report devotes a large amount of space to comprehensive arrangements and deployment for consolidating the foundational position of agriculture, and puts forward
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The food security situation is very good, and Chinese agriculture should reduce pressure and ease its burden
On the afternoon of March 6, the Third Session of the 12th National People's Congress held a press conference, at which Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Xinrong answered questions from Chinese and foreign journalists on issues related to advancing reform and innovation and accelerating the building of modern agriculture. The current food security situation is very good. Yu Xinrong said, our
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Food security: no immediate worries, but long-term challenges cannot be ignored
China's grain harvest has already been bumper for 11 consecutive years. Jiangsu's grain output last year also reached 68.9 billion jin, ranking fifth in the country, and it was also a high-yield year in recent years. Speaking about the reasons for China's consecutive bumper grain harvests, Xu
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Food security must never be relaxed at any time.
Recently, at a group discussion of the agriculture sector of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Ren Zhengxiao, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Director of the National Food Administration, proposed that China's food security situation should be assessed scientifically and calmly, that the hard-won sound momentum in food production should be consolidated, and that the quality and safety of food should be continuously improved.
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Sharp increase in grain imports heightens food security concerns
On one hand, grain production has increased for eleven consecutive years; on the other, grain imports have hit a record high. Yesterday, Zhang Hongyu, director of the Department of Rural Economic Management of the Ministry of Agriculture, pointed out at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges' "Economic Monthly Talk" that last year China's imported soybeans and grains accounted for 10
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How does farmland protection shore up the foundation of national food security
Farmland is a non-renewable resource and extremely precious. At the same time, land is also the foundation for all kinds of human activities. In particular, China is currently advancing urbanization rapidly, which inevitably requires converting agricultural land into construction land. Each year, newly added urban construction land amounts to millions of
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Building a new type of food security guarantee system will be the focus of future development
With the rapid development of urbanization, China's food security guarantee will face more complex situations and challenges in the future. From the perspective of food consumption demand, first, the continuous expansion of the urban population will lead to growing total food consumption, and the contradiction of the food supply-demand gap will become more prominent.
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Why is it so hard for the seed industry to stop faking?
Grain security sustains the world, and seeds cast the cornerstone. Seeds are an irreplaceable means of agricultural production and an important vehicle for advances in agricultural science and technology. Yet with spring plowing approaching, the Ministry of Agriculture has announced multiple seed counterfeiting cases, drawing public attention. Among them, Hubei Lvmeng Agricultural Trade Co., Ltd.
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Food security is the top priority for the development of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River
On the 8th, the Yangtze Forum, co-hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the People's Government of Hubei Province, was held in Wuhan. At the meeting, Li Peilin, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that in terms of development models, the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River must pay special attention to food security and explore a
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