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Why Promote the Staple-ization of Potatoes After Eleven Consecutive Years of Grain Increases
Recently, some media interviewed a scholar who has long paid attention to food security regarding the staple-ization of potatoes, which is a matter of public concern, and the scholar believes: this indicates that our country's grain reserves must have encountered problems. It is just that the central government does not say so explicitly and covers up the problem. Such a major issue concerning the national economy and people's livelihood
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No-till farming yields are low, and the conservation strategy faces a crisis
Compared with conventional tillage systems, no-till often leads to lower output. However, no-till has still shown yield gains in dry regions. No-till farming, a key strategy based on conservation agriculture, can prevent conventional tillage from damaging the soil, yet it may not offer hope for boosting crop yields in most parts of the world.
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Busy farm work at the start of spring, time for spring plowing and preparation
On February 4, workers at the tea plantation in Lushan Town, Weining County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, loosened the soil and pulled weeds in the tea garden. That day was the "Start of Spring" among the 24 solar terms, and most parts of China began spring plowing and production, with busy scenes across the fields. Xinhua News Agency photo (by Yang Wenbin) February
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2015: New Agricultural Thinking Tackles the Hard Problem of Agricultural Product Marketing
If one absolutely had to describe the new agricultural economy of 2014 in "one word," the way Hawk of the Mountain in "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" would, it would be - lively and chaotic, or one could also say - chaotic and lively. Over the past year or two, countless invest
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Soybean prices hit by imports, 2015 soybean planting area may shrink
In recent years, China's soybean market has been severely hit by imports. In 2014, China's total soybean imports reached 71.4 million tons, breaking through 70 million tons for the first time. In the same period, domestic soybean production was only 12.2 million tons, and import prices were even lower than domestic soybean prices, leaving domestic soybeans almost no
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Central No. 1 Document Issued, Cross-Strait Agricultural Cooperation Welcomes New Business Opportunities
Agricultural cooperation has always been a key area of cross-Strait economic and trade exchanges. The newly issued 2015 Central No. 1 Document brings new business opportunities for cross-Strait agricultural cooperation. Zhu Lei, director of the Economic Division of the Institute of Taiwan Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and researcher Wang Jianmin and other experts said in an exclusive interview with Xinhuanet
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An Analysis of the Two Major Priorities of New Urbanization: Exploring Household Registration System Reform
The concept of new urbanization has not yet been defined uniformly in academia, but different scholars have a roughly similar understanding of its connotation: new urbanization is a form of urbanization with the basic characteristics of urban-rural coordination, urban-rural integration, industry-city interaction, conservation and intensiveness, ecological livability, and harmonious development, and it is an urbanization in which large, medium and small cities, small towns, and new rural communities develop in a coordinated way and promote each other's progress. New urbanization is a key link in China's economic and social development, an important engine for maintaining sustained and healthy economic development, and an important way to solve the problems of agriculture, rural areas and farmers. Urbanization is the product of economic development reaching a certain stage, and labor and capital are the two most basic factors in economic development, so in comprehensively advancing the process of new urbanization, these two aspects are crucial, namely the urbanization of people and the raising of capital in the process of urbanization.
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How will Central Document No. 1 be implemented? The Ministry of Agriculture deploys key tasks
In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of the document "Several Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Increasing the Intensity of Reform and Innovation and Accelerating the Development of Agricultural Modernization" (Zhong Fa [2015] No. 1), the Ministry of Agriculture recently issued the "Opinions on Solidly Doing a Good Job in Agricultural and Rural Economic Work in 2015,"
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Strengthen Feed Quality Supervision to Build a Solid Foundation for Livestock Product Safety
Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture issued the "Key Points for Animal Husbandry Work in 2015," explicitly requiring the effective fulfillment of supervisory duties for feed quality and safety, illegal addition of clenbuterol, and raw milk quality and safety, so as to safeguard the quality and safety of livestock products. The newly revised "Regulations on the Administration of Feed and Feed Additives
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How can modern agriculture transform? These questions must be answered well
The CPC Central Committee and the State Council recently issued the "Several Opinions on Intensifying Reform and Innovation to Accelerate Agricultural Modernization," pointing out the direction for the transformation and upgrading of traditional agriculture to modern agriculture. As a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from the agricultural sector, I applaud the precision and
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