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Thoughts and Countermeasures for Cultivated Land Protection in the Period of Social Transition
I. Current Situation: Seeking the Balance Point among Ecology, Rights and Interests, and Food Security Currently, China's grain output is the result of high technology, high input, and low taxes, but it has also caused the ecological problems of cultivated land resources to continuously worsen, and the problem of low returns from farmers' cultivated land has not been
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An Analysis of the Catastrophic Risk Diversification Mechanism for Agricultural Insurance
The "Decision" of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee proposed improving the insurance economic compensation mechanism, establishing a catastrophe insurance system, and improving the agricultural insurance system. The catastrophic risk diversification mechanism in agricultural insurance operations is an indispensable institutional element and important component of the agricultural insurance system.
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Grain recall system adds another lock to food security
Although China has had bumper grain harvests year after year, quality and safety still face many challenges, and safety risks from production, circulation, processing and consumption still exist. China will implement a grain recall system. When grain operators discover that the harmful substance content of the grain they sell
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Fertilizer winter storage has begun, so why is progress slow?
As the year draws to a close, this year's winter storage has officially begun. At the same time, the "2015 Tariff Implementation Plan" issued in mid-December explicitly abolished the off-season and peak-season window tariffs, leading most fertilizer enterprises to take an optimistic view of next year's fertilizer export situation. This has caused the long-sluggish urea
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He never worries about selling his grain. How did he do it?
Although corn purchase prices are currently low and ordinary farmers are finding it hard to sell their corn, Li Bo, a large-scale grain farmer in Cheng'an County, Hebei Province, has no trouble selling his corn. Li Bo, who farms with an "industrial mindset," said with a smile: "My corn quality is among the best in the surrounding area, and the yield is both high and good, so big companies buy directly from me."
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Breaking contracts and abandoning farmland: why has land transfer hit a wall?
Although a 10-year land transfer contract was just signed last year, more than 250 mu of farmland belonging to villagers in Beilangbao Village, Cheng'an County, was still abandoned by the land contractor in breach of contract. In early April, reporters interviewing rural areas in Xingtai, Handan and other places in Hebei found that land transfer
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A new dairy policy has arrived. Is the industry's spring far behind?
Although the new milk powder policy has only been in effect for one month, what is called the most brutal reshuffle in history has already swept in across the board, with many milk powder companies shedding tears as they dump stock in a final frenzy. Recently, reporters learned from several industry insiders that many milk powders on the market are being "dumped" at ultra-low prices through various promotional methods, at prices lower than ever before. Among them, a Yaolan milk powder distributor in one location was shipping at 20-25 yuan/can, while on Fen Zhong Zhuan Xiang, Beingmate's "Green Love+" imported in original cans from Ireland was promoted at a price of just 19.9 yuan/can. In Shaanxi Province, which leads in goat milk powder development, most dairy companies have begun restricting goat milk purchases.
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China's three major grains have been net imported for 4 consecutive years
Although China's grain production has achieved 11 consecutive years of growth since 2004, agricultural trade has correspondingly shown a "dual normality" phenomenon of normalized trade deficit and normalized price inversion. This was learned by reporters at the 2015 (Third) China Grain and Food Security Strategy Summit held here
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Why won't the water boil even though there's firewood?
In recent years, there have been more and more pro-farmer policies, and farmers have gained real benefits. But recently, when going to the countryside and entering villages for interviews, I heard some people report: there are more projects, but they always feel that something is lacking. Why? Funds for pro-farmer and poverty alleviation projects are scattered across county development and reform, agriculture, poverty alleviation and other departments.
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Solving the difficulty of selling grain requires a coordinated consideration of industrial chain issues
Although many regions in China had a bumper grain harvest this autumn, farmers could hardly feel joyful during the autumn grain purchasing season. Recently, supply pressure in the grain market has increased, and combined with previously low market grain prices and persistently high domestic inventories, farmers' profit margins have been squeezed. Jiangsu, Henan and other places have once again
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