Vegetable area and output both increase this year, Ministry of Agriculture reports

It was learned from the Ministry of Agriculture: since the beginning of this year, the production of “shopping basket” products has generally shown a momentum of steady progress, and the development of the new round of the “shopping basket” project has generally shown a good momentum of steady and relatively rapid growth. By strengthening quality supervision and improving production-marketing coordination, the Ministry of Agriculture has effectively ensured the safe and effective supply of major “shopping basket” products and the stable operation of the market.

Vegetable area and output both increased. By the end of September, the vegetable area in the fields in 580 key vegetable counties nationwide was 165 mu, up 1.6% year on year; output was 1.29 million tons, up 1.5%. Livestock product production was generally stable. By the end of September, the inventory in 4,000 pig-raising villages nationwide was 8.994 million head, up 1.5%, with cumulative slaughter of 14.91 million head, up 1.1%. It is expected that annual output of meat, poultry eggs and milk will increase by 3.3%, 0.8% and 1.5% respectively. Aquaculture output grew noticeably. It is expected that total annual aquatic product output will increase by 4.4%.