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The 13th Five-Year Plan recommendations were recently released. What will they bring to farmers?
Editor's note: Recently, the "Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the 13th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development" was released. The 13th Five-Year Plan is the last five-year plan for achieving the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and is of decisive significance for smoothly achieving the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.
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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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CIRC will improve the floating mechanism for agricultural insurance premium rates
On November 13, the CIRC held a press conference and stated that at the beginning of the year, in accordance with the Notice on Further Improving the Drafting of Product Terms for Central Government Fiscal Premium-Subsidized Agricultural Insurance, it deployed nationwide the upgrading and transformation of central government fiscal premium-subsidized agricultural insurance products, and
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Low corn prices will affect breeding direction
This year, the state introduced a new temporary corn purchase and storage policy, and the corn purchase price was reduced by 0.12 yuan/jin compared with last year (a decrease of about 10%), but the actual reaction of markets in various regions was far more dramatic than this. Corn purchase prices and futures prices generally fell by more than 20%, among which the market price in the Huang-Huai-Hai region
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Grain farmers, rest assured: growing grain will never leave you worse off
We must do everything possible to transform the mode of agricultural development, raise the overall grain production capacity, and protect farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain. Just as farmers were celebrating a bumper autumn grain harvest, they suddenly encountered rather sharp fluctuations in grain prices. Agricultural monitoring shows that domestic grain prices have been basically stable,
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Comprehensive Agricultural Development to Focus on Supporting Regional Advantageous and Distinctive Industries Starting Next Year
Economic Daily, Beijing, November 17 dispatch (reporter Cui Wenyuan). The "Guiding Opinions on Supporting Agriculture's Advantageous and Distinctive Industries through Comprehensive Agricultural Development to Promote the Development of Agricultural Industrialization" released today by the Ministry of Finance makes clear that starting from 2016, the industrialized operation projects of comprehensive agricultural development will
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Declining Net Returns from Grain Farming: Who Will Grow the Grain Concerns National Food Security
For a long time, "who will grow the grain" has been an extremely important topic, since it concerns national food security. But it also seems not to be a problem, because as long as grain farming is worthwhile, someone will naturally grow it. So "who will grow the grain" ultimately comes down to how to ensure that grain farming is profitable, yet the grim reality is truly worrying.
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Commercial logging of natural forests in China will be completely stopped
From cutting forests to protecting forests, from development and utilization to comprehensive protection. Today, this green transformation is taking place in more and more forest areas and forest farms across China. The proposal of the 13th Five-Year Plan called for improving the natural forest protection system, completely stopping commercial logging of natural forests, and increasing forest area.
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Australian nut merchants say the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement will bring more business opportunities
[Huanqiu.com report, intern reporter Du Xiaofei] According to an Australian Broadcasting Corporation report on September 25, Australia's overseas sales of nuts in the 2015-2016 fiscal year increased significantly and are expected to reach 600 million yuan. Among these, the large demand from the Chinese market for Australian almonds, walnuts and macadamia nuts has especially delighted Australian growers.
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Can Potatoes Be Grown on Mars? NASA Will Conduct an Experiment
In the Hollywood film "Mission to Mars," the botanist played by leading man Matt Damon tries to grow potatoes on Mars, and this approach may soon become reality. According to a December 23 report by Hong Kong, China's Wen Wei Po, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), together with Peru's International Potato Center (CIP), will
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