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Why is cooperativization an intrinsic pursuit of farmers?
There is a saying that cooperativization cannot be achieved without mechanization, which is utter nonsense. The more fragile and imperfect family farming is, the more urgent the need for the cause of cooperativization becomes; this problem and this need have existed since ancient times. Chinese
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Why is fruit getting cheaper and cheaper this year?
[Introduction] The weather is getting colder and colder, and the flavor of the New Year is gradually growing stronger. In Northeast China, fruit should be out of season, and in many people's eyes, the price should only be going up and up, especially for some tropical fruits, which have even less reason not to become "luxury goods" in people's eyes.
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Why is China's wheat becoming less and less internationally competitive? The Ministry of Agriculture responds
Seven major trends in the development of China's wheat industry. In recent years, new changes have emerged in the development of China's wheat industry, and these sustained changes will directly alter the development model of China's wheat industry and deserve close attention. Specifically, they are mainly manifested in the following seven major trends
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Why Are Pork Prices Soaring? Ministry of Commerce Responds: It Is a Self-Correcting Behavior of the Market
On August 4, the Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference, where spokesperson Shen Danyang responded to 11 hot and sensitive issues of great concern to domestic and foreign media. Among them, Shen Danyang addressed the relatively rapid rise in domestic pork prices since March of this year and how the Ministry of Commerce would ensure market
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Why is the citizenisation of migrant workers just as important as rural development?
Over the 30-plus years of reform and opening up, rapid economic development has fundamentally shattered the stereotyped impressions of rural people. In recent years, both rural and urban areas have been seeking new transformations. In the view of Lu Huilin, associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Peking University, the accumulation and eruption of the "not-us" sentiment among rural groups poses a huge challenge to social development.
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Why have prices for high-quality wheat in southern Hebei and northern Henan risen so sharply?
This year, because the wheat harvest in southern Henan encountered rainy weather, the wheat developed imperfect kernels and even sprouted grains. As a result, the quality of high-quality wheat varieties in southern Henan, mainly Xinong 979, is generally poor. High-quality wheat in northern Henan and the Hebei region has become the main focus of attention in the industry.
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Why is it hard for pineapple growers to make big money despite rising pineapple prices?
Recently, pineapples have finally fetched a good price, with the high price reaching 1.8 yuan per jin. On April 1, the author toured Xuwen County, a major pineapple-growing county, and found that although pineapple prices were good, the growers could not smile. Before the Spring Festival, Xuwen pineapples had already begun to be harvested, but pineapple prices had never been able to pick up,
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Why are the prices of grain, cotton, oil, sugar and meat comprehensively inverted? It is not all caused by imports
To solve the problem of price inversion for major agricultural products, the pressing task is to comprehensively use quota management, trade remedies, end-use control of imported products, inspection and quarantine, "green box" subsidies and other means. But the fundamental solution is still to adjust the agricultural structure in line with market demand, and
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Why is agricultural policy a political issue?
Recently I read Weber's essay from the late 19th century, "The Special Tendencies of Germany's Move Toward Capitalism," also known as The Development of Rural Labor Conditions in the Eastern Elbe Region, and found it quite illuminating, because it ultimately touches on a question concerning the reform of the land system. Weber's
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Why are farmers still holding back after the household registration reform took effect?
■ The urban-rural two-tier household registration system has in fact already become embedded in land, employment, social security and other systems. Actively and steadily advancing a series of linked supporting reforms is the only way to deepen the household registration reform. Recently, the State Council issued the "Opinions on Further Promoting Household Registration
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