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The transformation and upgrading of agricultural development methods still needs continued advancement
Agriculture is the foundation for building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and achieving modernization. During the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period, China's agricultural development saw both achievements and problems coexist. First, the comprehensive grain production capacity reached a new level, with grain production climbing two steps of one hundred billion jin each within 5 years, and total grain output in 2014 reaching
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Fur industry endures two tough years, still has not emerged from trouble
This year fur prices generally dropped 30 to 40 percent, and many breeders have switched to other trades. As winter arrives and the weather gets colder and colder, many city residents have begun choosing cold-weather clothing. On November 8, reporters visited the market and found that fur, as a standout among cold-weather garments, has seen a sharp drop in price. At the same time
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Temporary Corn Storage Price Cut: Should Corn Be Planted Next Year?
This year, the temporary corn storage price was cut for the first time, and grain farmers face the worry of a bumper harvest. A reporter went to Dunhua, Jilin to investigate - Should corn still be planted next year? ■ With domestic and international prices inverted and inventories piling up, adjusting the temporary corn purchase and storage policy is imperative ■ Policy adjustments should balance the interests of all parties and let corn prices gradually return to the market
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Agricultural e-commerce suffers widespread losses, yet internet giants remain optimistic
Recently, the agriculture-related e-commerce company Yimutian has frequently been thrust into the spotlight of public opinion due to news such as "data too good to be true, accused of falsification." A report claims that among the thousands of agricultural product e-commerce companies nationwide, 95% are operating at a loss, which has triggered public doubts about agriculture-related e-commerce. However, major internet
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Organic agriculture still has great room for development in China
Our newspaper, Luotian, Hubei, May 15 (Reporter Lei Yu, Correspondents Zhang Chaozhen, Liu Shimin) With China accounting for 1/5 of the global population, its fertilizer use accounts for 1/3 of the world's total. Zhu Yingguo, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor at Wuhan University, pointed out that China's organic agr
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Grain production has had bumper harvests year after year, so why are grain prices still rising?
In 2014, China's grain output reached 1.21 trillion jin, achieving an "eleventh consecutive increase." Centering on China's grain security issue, at the joint group discussion meeting of the agriculture sector of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the committee members held a heated discussion. With inventories increasing year after year, is it possible to produce less grain? In grain
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Why should agricultural subsidies be decoupled from prices?
"If we still respond to the current 'three rural issues' in the traditional agricultural way, there is no way out." Ke Bingsheng, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and president of China Agricultural University, who has long studied agricultural economics, believes that China should abandon the use of price support measures to subsidize agriculture, except
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What else is missing for rural land to enter the market? The road to listing faces many difficulties
When carrying out the work of allowing collective operating construction land to enter the market, localities generally designate one county in a region as a pilot area, carry out pilot work for one to two years, and then summarize the experience before advancing. In this process, it is supported by a series of measures such as building the system for rural collective construction land to enter the market, carrying out the work of confirming, registering and issuing certificates for rural land rights, and building rural property rights trading (service) platforms, so as to promote the work.
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What small details should be emphasized in the development of grass-fed livestock husbandry?
In the course of its development, grass-fed livestock husbandry requires not only scientific planning and design and reasonable coordinated arrangements from a certain height, but also attention to various details. In the author's view, to find a
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Ministry of Water Resources: Nearly half of China's cultivated land is still "rain-fed land"
The reporter learned from the National Rural Water Conservancy Work Conference held on the 27th in Bengbu, Anhui, that at present, the national effective irrigation area of farmland is 937 million mu, accounting for only 51.5% of the cultivated land area, and nearly half of the cultivated land is rain-fed land, lacking basic irrigation conditions. Ministry of Water Resources
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