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Food security does not rely on Sinograin, so what does it rely on for protection?
With grain in hand, the heart is at ease. This is the core idea of our country's grain policy. It sounds fine, but unfortunately the real world has costs. The first problem is that grain prices are pushed up, and our country has become a high-price zone in the international grain market. From wheat and corn to rice, although
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Exploring China's Food Security Issue and Its Solutions
China's housing area is less than half that of the United States and 2/3 that of Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany; when per capita housing area reaches 35 sq m, it equals that of the United Kingdom and France. The green coverage rate is not high because there are many high-rise and super-high-rise buildings; China's per capita residential land area of 5 sq m ranks at the bottom worldwide, less than the land area for cattle and horse pens - truly worse off than cattle and horses, living in overcrowded houses without natural wind or natural light, and the sports areas in residential compounds cannot accommodate 1% of the residents for outdoor fitness and exercise. According to estimates by relevant experts, without exercise, or with 3 hours of exercise a day or running 5 km, one would need to eat 30% less grain.
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How can China achieve sustainable food and food security
Note: On November 2, a report titled "How Can China Sustainably Ensure Its Own Food and Food Security?" was presented by John B. Cobb, Jr., director of the Institute for Postmodern Development of China and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, at Renmin University of China, moderated by Professor Wen Tiejun. This article is excerpted from the report.
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Measures for Assessing the Implementation of the Provincial Governor Responsibility System for Food Security Issued by the General Office of the State Council
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 12 (Report) -- In order to thoroughly implement the national food security strategy under the new circumstances, fully implement the primary responsibility of local governments for food security, and effectively safeguard national food security, in accordance with the Several Opinions of the State Council on Establishing and Improving the Provincial Governor Responsibility System for Food Security
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Food Security Becomes a Key Focus of the 13th Five-Year Plan
As the macroeconomy enters the "new normal," how will the 13th Five-Year Plan for agriculture strike a development beat between the squeeze of resources and the market? On June 4, the reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture that the 13th Five-Year Plan for agricultural and rural economic development will strive, under the topic of sustainable agricultural development, to figure out how to raise grain production capacity, ensure food security, and promote farmers' income growth.
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What are the six severe challenges facing food supply security?
Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission, the State Administration of Grain and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued the "Food Collection, Storage and Supply Security Guarantee Project Construction Plan (2015-2020)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"). This is the first national-level special plan for the construction of grain circulation infrastructure.
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What new developments have emerged in China's food security?
Recently, a kind of potato steamed bun, also called potato bun, quietly appeared and sold well in more than 200 supermarkets in Beijing. It is understood that by October this year, the sales range will also expand to more than 500 supermarkets in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. This product looks slightly yellow and is comparable to traditional wheat steamed buns
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Over 90 percent of the national summer grain harvest is complete, and stable grain supplies carry profound significance for national security
Another season of bumper grain harvest! At present, over 90 percent of the national summer grain harvest is complete, and a bumper harvest is a foregone conclusion. According to agricultural situation monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture and actual harvest results from various regions, this year's summer grain is expected to achieve another bumper harvest, with total output hitting a new high. Grain output has increased year after year, and the pressure grows greater each year
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Improve the Farmland Protection System to Safeguard National Food Security
The quantity and quality of farmland are directly related to national food security. Although China's grain output has achieved eleven consecutive years of growth, we must still remain vigilant in times of peace and, in particular, curb the current trend of land non-agriculturalization emerging in the process of land transfer, and improve the strictest farmland protection system.
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"Loan fraud" incident sounds alarm for rural financial security
Many farmers in Tianzhen County, Datong City, Shanxi, discovered that they had inexplicably been saddled with loans that were overdue and unpaid, with the lending bank being the Tianzhen County Rural Credit Cooperative Union. Word of this spread quickly, and many local people, worried that they might suffer the same fate, rushed
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