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Modern agriculture calls for more new farmers
A friend of the author started a family farm, handling aquaculture himself, and after his daughter graduated from university she returned to her father's side to help with online sales, and the business is booming. Nowadays, a group of university graduates are throwing themselves into family farms, becoming the
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Corn prices are falling, don't let farmers' hearts grow cold
Recently, the author learned through a rural survey in Neihuang County that the drop in corn prices was beyond people's expectations. Over the past five years, when new corn came onto the market, the price per jin was mostly between 1.1 yuan and 1.2 yuan. This year it has fallen to 0.9 yuan, and even at this price it is still hard to sell.
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The phenomenon of premature harvesting of Chinese medicinal herbs is alarming, with the problem of early picking particularly prominent in mountainous areas
Recently, the author learned during interviews that due to the rising purchase price of the Chinese medicinal herb Forsythia suspensa (weeping forsythia) over consecutive years, many villagers in the remote mountainous areas of Huguan County, Shanxi Province have been rushing up the mountains to pick immature Forsythia suspensa, causing serious waste and destruction of wild medicinal herb resources. It is understood that since
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Let farmers truly enjoy the benefits of national policies
Recently, while researching ecological protection in a certain area of northwest China, the author saw that several villages had been combating desertification and planting trees for more than 20 years, building a solid green windbreak and sandbreak barrier on the edge of the Tengger Desert, yet many farmers had never received the national special subsidy for afforestation. One
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Sinograin accused of passing off old grain as new; local officials say they have no authority to inspect warehouses
"Recycling grain" keeps appearing, and the root cause points directly at Sinograin. As long as the supervision of reserve grain has not escaped the problem of Sinograin acting as both player and referee, "recycling grain" incidents involving passing off old grain as new will not stop. The problem of Sinograin acting as both player and referee remains unresolved. Recently,
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When will the cotton price subsidy be implemented?
In early December, the author saw in many villages of Quzhou County, Hebei Province, a traditional cotton area, that every cotton farming household had stored up stacks of cotton, showing this year's bumper cotton harvest. In recent years, although the area planted with cotton has decreased year by year, many farmers are still unwilling
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Lower listing threshold for agricultural enterprises, but challenges remain
In 2008, when the author was studying agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery companies, an expert on agricultural issues told the author: the performance of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery companies was poor, they mainly relied on side businesses for support, and a large part of their profits came from government subsidies. He believed that a considerable number of them had fraudulent listings, and after listing they would raise a sum of money and then decide what to do next, either diversify, or simply sell the shell and walk away.
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Four Key Issues Facing the Development of Modern Agriculture
Recently, the author traveled to Rongcheng City and Rushan City in Weihai, Shandong, and to Muping District and Penglai City in Yantai, to investigate the development of modern agriculture. Overall, the current agricultural resource endowments and factor conditions are undergoing profound changes. As long as breakthroughs are identified and the situation is guided along its natural course and actively promoted, traditional agriculture will certainly be able to accelerate its transformation into modern agriculture.
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Pay and benefits are the main cause of the brain drain
The author works in a township and has some understanding of the working environment and pay and benefits of staff at a grassroots animal husbandry and veterinary station. Outdated offices, backward office equipment, an aging staff structure, and low educational levels are common phenomena. In addition, most of the unit's establishment is enterprise
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How can the brand value evaluation system be built to be more authoritative?
Our country is a major manufacturing nation ranked first in the world in total exports yet weak in brands, and one reason is the lack of core technologies from independent innovation. For a long time we have lacked international discourse power in brand evaluation, been unable to participate in the formulation of evaluation methods and the evaluation process, and been unable to put forward reasonable demands suited to the brands of developing countries, including China.
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