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By 2020, more than 90% of villages will have their domestic waste effectively treated
By 2020, more than 90% of villages' domestic waste will be effectively treated. With the approval of the State Council, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and ten other departments jointly issued a document on the 13th declaring war on rural waste. This is the first document at China's central government level specifically targeting rural waste, sounding the charge
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What impact will a slowdown in urbanization have on the economy?
From July 31 to August 1, the 2015 (Summer) Chongli China Urban Development Forum was held in Chongli, Zhangjiakou. Cai Fang, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered a speech at the forum. The following is the transcript of the speech: China's urbanization is developing rapidly, and China's urban research is also developing very
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When will the rural power supply problem be solved? Farmers hope they no longer have to worry about electricity
Recently, this writer returned to his rural hometown. His elderly parents, talking about electricity for rural residents, could not help sighing again and again, saying that problems with household electricity occurred often, and finding someone to repair them was not easy. Most young people had gone out to work, and even among those who stayed in the countryside, few understood electricity
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China's grain policy will have a lasting impact on grain imports
According to the research firm BMI Research, the reform of China's grain policy will have a lasting impact on grain imports in the coming years. BMI Research said that in September this year the Chinese government decided to lower the corn purchase price, which caused domestic corn prices to fall, making import prices
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Why professional farmers are the hope of rural development
At the Agricultural Expo there is an unusual exhibition area that is quite eye-catching; it shows people "new farmers" wearing sashes. It turns out that this is the "New-Type Professional Farmers Showcase Area" specially set up at this year's Agricultural Expo, mainly to publicize the province's new-type professional farmer training polic
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Explaining the push to make potatoes a staple food: What impact will it have once potatoes become a staple grain?
On the 6th, Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Xinrong said at the Potato Staple Food Strategy Seminar that in the future, by advancing the move to make potatoes a staple food, and striving through several years of unremitting effort, the potato planting area, per-unit yield level, total output and the share of staple-food potato products in total potato consumption should all increase significantly, so that potatoes gradually become China's fourth-largest staple grain crop after rice, wheat and corn.
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National standard for bean sprouts to be issued soon, production and sales will have a basis to follow
Recently, the "National Food Safety Standard for Bean Sprouts (Draft)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft") was released for public comment. In this draft, residue limits are explicitly specified for 6-benzylaminopurine, gibberellin, sodium 4-chlorophenoxyacetate and ethylene. This also means
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Climate change will have a huge impact on the seed industry
Agriculture is extremely sensitive to climate and weather conditions. If the impact of climate change on crops and the responses crops make could be better understood, the ability of crop production systems to adapt to climate change could be greatly improved. In some countries in Asia and Africa, because of cli
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A catalog of agricultural product brands will be established, with influential brands released on a regular basis
According to a Xinhua News Agency report, the Ministry of Agriculture announced yesterday that, in order to promote the development of brand agriculture, China will explore the establishment of a brand catalog system for agricultural products, incorporating the most influential and most valuable brands into the national brand catalog, with regular release and dynamic management. The Ministry of Agriculture Market and Economic
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What impact will large-scale land management have on the agricultural inputs industry?
With the development of modern agriculture in China, especially with the advancement of land titling, the process of land transfer will further accelerate, and this change will bring a profound impact on the agricultural inputs industry in the future. Agricultural input consumers are gradually changing from individual farmers to large-scale growers, family
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