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How can we fundamentally cure the problem of cheap grain hurting farmers? A new prescription is needed
Recently, corn prices in some places have fallen sharply, and some farmers' income from selling grain has thus decreased. "Cheap grain hurting farmers" has once again become a focus of social attention. To fundamentally cure this old problem of cheap grain hurting farmers, we should apply a market-oriented and international perspective and prescribe targeted new remedies.
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Does e-commerce save farmers, or do farmers save e-commerce?
Fundamentally speaking, e-commerce and farmers should grow together, making production more scientific, circulation more efficient, and food safer. Both e-commerce and farmers should do their best. During the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, the couriers at the entrance of the residential compound remain busy as ever. Among them, besides those companies dedicated to logistics
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20 years since the advent of super rice, doubts arise frequently: high water and fertilizer use is not environmentally friendly, and increased yield does not mean increased income
On September 15, Deng Qiyun, chief scientist of the State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, at the planting base of the fourth-phase super rice variety Y Liangyou 900, which set a record yield of 1000 kg per mu. After the storm over ten thousand mu total crop failure, super rice faces new challenges. Will the term "super rice" be abolished? China Economic
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How can traditional agricultural enterprises get on the internet express train to seek development
Not tall in stature and dark-skinned, Xu Jinyong gained a romantic nickname last year, "Rose Prince." He was 6th in last year's China Youth Agricultural Industry Entrepreneurship and Wealth Creation Competition, and he also owns over a hundred mu of rose plantation. This year, as an outstanding representative of agricultural entrepreneurship,
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The agricultural product market needs a shock absorber
Currently, the degree of organization in China's agricultural production and operation is still relatively low. At the same time, the disclosure system for agricultural product price index information is not sound or complete, and the asymmetry of production and sales information is very prominent. The phenomenon of "cheap grain hurting farmers" occurs from time to time. On the one hand, prices fluctuate greatly,
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Edible oil market growth stalls, industry seeks new profit points through diversification
Yihai Kerry, which started out as a major grain and oil enterprise, is advancing into a comprehensive food company. Recently, it added a dairy product sales business in China. In addition, Yihai Kerry stepped up its involvement in condiments earlier this year, further expanding its diversification map. In grain
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How can we promote the building of environmentally friendly animal husbandry?
On March 24-25, entrusted by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Engineering and the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences held a training course on the United States Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP) for livestock and poultry manure in Beijing, with 7 experts from the United States training livestock
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Analysis of China's Food Security Situation: Supply and Demand Fundamentally Balanced
The total net imports of the three major staple grains last year were around 19 million tonnes, and the total for the first seven months of this year has already reached 11.439 million tonnes. Moreover, after corn entered its "first full year of imports" in 2011, China is also expected to surpass Egypt this year to become the world's largest wheat importer.
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State grain reserves auction opens in January, four major varieties totalling 15 million tonnes
The reporter recently learned from the State Administration of Grain that relevant departments will hold a special national policy grain competitive bidding session in Anhui from January 6 to 8, 2015, auctioning four major varieties of state reserve grain: wheat, japonica rice, indica rice and corn. It is understood that the varieties and quantities in this auction are divided into
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Hybrid rice development is stalled: how can it be saved?
Data show that in recent years the downward trend in hybrid rice varieties has been very pronounced. The number of varieties with an annual promotion area of more than 1 million mu rose from 46 in 2002 to a peak of 59 in 2004, then declined year by year to 29 in 2012; the number of varieties with an annual promotion area of more than 5 million mu fell from about 9 in the early period to 1 per year at present; since 2007, no variety with more than 10 million mu has appeared. The average annual promotion area of a single main hybrid rice variety fell sharply from 2.133 million mu in 1993 to 374,000 mu in 2012, a drop of 82.5%.
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