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Agricultural e-commerce catches the wave: a hundred-billion market ready for takeoff
At the 2015 National Two Sessions, one of the proposals by Zhang Jindong, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of Suning Commerce Group, concerned promoting the development of the agricultural product circulation system; this time he focused on agricultural e-commerce. Behind the rush of giants such as Alibaba, JD.com and Suning to stake their claims in agricultural e-commerce
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Food security: no immediate worries, but long-term challenges cannot be ignored
China's grain harvest has already been bumper for 11 consecutive years. Jiangsu's grain output last year also reached 68.9 billion jin, ranking fifth in the country, and it was also a high-yield year in recent years. Speaking about the reasons for China's consecutive bumper grain harvests, Xu
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China's Current Three Rural Issues and the Direction for Deepening Agricultural Land System Reform
Basic Development of the Three Rural Issues in 2014 First, let us review the basic situation of the three rural issues in 2014. In 2014, the overall situation of the three rural issues was stable and improving. Grain output increased by 0.9% over the previous year, and the production of livestock products, aquatic products, fruits and vegetables remained stable. In 2014, the average per capita net income of farmers
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China must hold its own place in the field of GMOs
Recently, Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Xinrong held a press conference on agricultural work. When answering questions on GMOs, he said that China must hold its own place in GM technology. At present, China has not approved the commercial production of any GM staple food crops. Talking about grain
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A Hundred Million Mu of Rapeseed Flowers Bloom Across China: Where Does the Rapeseed Oil Go?
In early spring in March, the rapeseed flowers are blooming again, and the areas around cities and the ridges of the fields all turn golden yellow. Once the flowers finish blooming, freshly pressed rapeseed oil is about to hit the market. But this dark-colored oil, which carries the taste memories of the previous generation, is now nowhere to be found in today's shops and supermarkets.
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Family Farm Development Makes Farming a Respectable Profession
Songjiang District is a historically famous major agricultural county. After the reform and opening up, Songjiang's industrialization and urbanization entered the fast lane, achieving the transformation from a traditional major agricultural county to a major industrial district, with comprehensive economic strength and urban functions significantly enhanced, and the district's agricultural output value and grain
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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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How does the integration of the three industries promote farmers' income growth?
On the afternoon of March 9, Yang Xiaoping, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Vice Chairman of Charoen Pokphand Group, gave an exclusive interview to a Xinhua Net reporter. Yang Xiaoping proposed promoting the integration of the three industries to solve difficult problems such as farmers' income growth and food safety. Yang Xiaoping mentioned that farmers' income growth is related to the future
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Heavy supply pressure on agricultural products, future trends may diverge
Since March, the agricultural products index has fallen all the way, stabilizing and rebounding in the past two trading days. Apart from corn and corn starch futures, which rose successively due to stockpiling factors, soybeans, meal, and soft commodities such as cotton and white sugar all without exception showed successive declines, but in recent days they have begun
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In 2014, China afforested 6.027 million hectares, exceeding the plan
On March 11, the Office of the National Afforestation Committee released the "2014 Communique on Land Greening in China." The communique shows that in 2014, a total of 6.027 million hectares were afforested nationwide, exceeding the afforestation plan task for the year. Central forestry investment for the year was 151.7 billion yuan, an increase over 2013 of
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