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Can the target price system break the inversion of domestic and international grain prices?
In 2012, Australian wheat was 2,600 to 2,700 yuan per ton. In the same year, China's domestic wheat price was somewhat higher, about 200 yuan more per ton. Now the price has risen again. The delivered price of the domestic wheat that came in this time in Shandong has already climbed to 2,900 yuan per ton. Recently, a China Youth Daily reporter
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How the South-to-North Water Diversion Project Helps the Central Plains Granary Safeguard China's Food Security
In 2014, Henan, the granary of the Central Plains, once again celebrated a bumper summer grain harvest, achieving twelve consecutive years of increase. However, behind the consecutive years of bumper harvests, the hidden worries about agricultural water resources have become increasingly prominent, with North China, the Central Plains and other regions suffering severe droughts for many consecutive years. Professionals point out that the South-to-North
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Grain purchase policy accelerates marketization due to inverted production-sales relationship
The latest national grain production data released by the National Bureau of Statistics show that in 2014 the national total grain output was 607.1 million tons, an increase of 0.9%. At the same time, net imports of China's three major staple grains - rice, corn and wheat - have become the norm. Statistics show that over the past 3 years, corn,
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Domestic and international agricultural product price inversions will become the norm for a period of time
Market-oriented driving to stabilize grain production, increase incomes, improve quality and efficiency In 2014, China's agricultural product supply was generally sufficient, grain prices rose slightly amid stable government regulation, cotton, oilseeds and sugar continued to fall, and fresh agricultural products fluctuated seasonally. In international bulk agricultural products prices
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National Agricultural Mechanization Conference Calls for Accelerating the Creation of an Upgraded Version of Agricultural Mechanization Development
On January 13-14, the National Agricultural Mechanization Work Conference was held in Nanning, Guangxi. Vice Minister of Agriculture Zhang Taolin pointed out that it is necessary to accurately grasp the new characteristics and new requirements under the new normal, and fully recognize the urgency, difficulty and long-term nature of improving the quality and efficiency of agricultural mechanization and its transformation and upgrading.
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Grain-price conversion faces challenges: can land transfer achieve win-win outcomes for all parties?
In rural land transfer, the "grain-price conversion" model is generally adopted, whereby after villagers transfer their land, the land rent is calculated at the market price equivalent of a certain number of jin of rice per mu. A reporter's frontline investigation in rural Sichuan found that some villagers are already dissatisfied with this model, and Sichuan has explored various forms of benefit-sharing linkages such as land equity participation, seasonal sharing, and reverse leasing and subcontracting, to solve the difficulty of sharing benefits between villagers and operating entities.
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More paddy fields in southwest China converted from water to dry land, undermining disaster resilience and the ecological environment
Paddy fields seen everywhere in southwest China are facing a crisis: more and more are being converted from water to dry land, more are being left abandoned, and their number keeps shrinking. This not only directly affects agricultural production but, more importantly, paddy fields in the southwest also serve as a huge water conservation area, and their destruction poses no small hidden risk to agriculture
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The ban on converting farmland to non-agricultural use is here: what benefits can farmers enjoy?
Li Keqiang: Hold the red line of farmland, fully carry out the work of designating permanent basic farmland, and implement actions to protect and improve farmland quality. Do a good job in land rights confirmation, registration and certification, and prudently carry out pilot reforms such as rural land expropriation, market entry of collective operating construction land, the homestead system
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State Forestry Administration Presses Ahead with the New Round of Sloping Land Conversion Program
On May 8, the State Forestry Administration held a video scheduling meeting on the Sloping Land Conversion Program. Zhang Yongli, Deputy Director of the State Forestry Administration, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He required pressing ahead despite difficulties and innovating methods to fully carry out the current Sloping Land Conversion Program work and consolidate its achievements. State Forestry Administration
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Low temperatures alone are not enough to guarantee frozen food safety
The new version of the "Food Safety Law" will take effect on October 1, 2015. One of its highlights is that it provides a special elaboration on the issue of food transportation, begins to pay attention to safety monitoring of food throughout the entire supply process, and uses legal means to strongly push forward the upgrading of the cold chain logistics industry.
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