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Why should the potato become the fourth major staple crop?
China is strongly promoting the strategy of making the potato a staple crop. Why let the little potato become the fourth major staple crop? Is the potato a vegetable or a grain? At the potato staple-crop development strategy seminar held on the 6th, a rich variety of potato-based staple foods was an eye-opener. The proportion of whole potato flour
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Why is local sourcing for farm-to-restaurant partnerships so difficult?
Recently, at the bustling Sichuan Chengdu Agricultural Expo, a signing ceremony of about 60 people was held quietly. One party to the agreement was Chengdu's major star-rated rural farmstays (nongjiale), and the other was Chengdu's local ecological agriculture bases, and the two sides established a green channel for direct food ingredient supply.
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Potatoes gradually become a staple on the dining table
What would the world be like without the potato? If we trace the past and present of the potato, you will discover how each tiny potato changed human life throughout world history and solved the problem of food and clothing for many people. Now, it has become the world's fourth
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The 2nd China Selenium Expo will be held in Enshi Prefecture, Hubei
The reporter learned from Enshi Prefecture, Hubei that the 2nd China Selenium Products Expo and Trade Fair, also known as the China Enshi - World Selenium Capital Selenium Products Expo and Trade Fair, will be held in Enshi Prefecture from January 18 to 22. Enshi is the national selenium capital. According to Dong Yong
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On January 7, 2015, the "National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index" compared with yesterday
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on January 7 the National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index was 207.37, up 0.02 points from yesterday, of which the "Vegetable Basket" Products Wholesale Price Index was 209.56, unchanged from yesterday. As of 14:00 today, the average price of pork in national agricultural products wholesale markets
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Food safety of agricultural products requires both good production and good regulation
After this newspaper published a long-form report on the agricultural product quality and safety work of Zhejiang Province (see the front page of this newspaper dated November 20, 2014, "Opening a New Era of 'Tongue-Tip Safety'"), multiple leaders from the Ministry of Agriculture and Zhejiang Province issued important written instructions. To implement the spirit of these instructions, recently Zhejiang
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Government pricing of agricultural products exits the stage of history in China
A technician inspects curing quality at a centralized tobacco leaf curing site in Luoquanyan Village, Xuan'en County, Hubei Province (photographed on July 30, 2014). According to the National Development and Reform Commission, starting from 2015 the state liberalized the purchase price of tobacco leaves. Since the tobacco leaf purchase price was the last
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The fertilizer market has also entered a new normal of development
The recently held Central Economic Work Conference demonstrated that China's economy has entered a new normal from nine aspects including consumer demand, investment demand, exports, production capacity, production factors, market competition, and resources and environment. In the future, medium-to-high-speed growth, transformation of the development model,
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How is food safety guaranteed? Agriculture Minister Han Changfu: The agricultural sector must step up
As China's economy enters a new normal, reform enters deep water, and economic and social development enters a new stage, the internal and external environment for agricultural development is undergoing profound changes, and the need to accelerate the building of modern agriculture has become more urgent. To advance the development of modern agriculture, the most urgent
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The modern logistics system for traditional Chinese medicinal materials will be initially established by the Ministry of Commerce by 2020
Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce issued the "Notice on Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of the Modern Logistics System for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials" (Shang Ban Zhi Han [2014] No. 809, hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"). The "Notice" requires local commerce authorities to promote the establishment of a modern logistics system for traditional Chinese medicinal materials
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