National grain prices steady with a slight decline last week
National grain prices steady with a slight decline last week According to monitoring by the Ministry of Commerce, last week grain prices in 36 large and medium-sized cities nationwide were steady with a slight decline, among which rice prices fell 0.2% from the previous week, while flour prices were flat compared with the previous week. Meat prices were steady with a decline, among which pork and mutton prices fell 1.1% and 0.7% respectively from the previous week, while beef prices were basically flat. Edible oil prices continued to move lower, among which soybean oil, rapeseed oil and peanut oil prices fell 0.5%, 0.2% and 0.1% respectively from the previous week. Dressed chicken prices rose 0.3% from the previous week, while egg prices were flat compared with the previous week.
Looking at China's grain production through "Under the Dome" At present, land pollution in China is very serious. Survey data show that land contaminated by heavy metals in China has exceeded 300 million mu, accounting for 1/6 of China's cultivated land. The Ministry of Land and Resources once stated that grain contaminated by heavy metals nationwide each year reaches as much as 12 million tons, with direct economic losses exceeding 20 billion yuan, and this grain could feed more than 40 million people. In addition, in recent years the development of industry has led to a reduction of about 16% in the area of grain cultivation.
Analysis suggests that to establish a sustainable path of agricultural modernization, on the one hand it is necessary to consider the issue of environmental pollution in grain production from a legal perspective, and to carry out specific regulation in many aspects, including energy conservation and emissions reduction in grain production, safe use and management of grain production materials, safeguarding the quality of cultivated land, and accountability for pollution. On the other hand, traditional production methods that cause environmental pollution and damage should be improved, ecological agriculture should be vigorously developed, multi-level use of materials and energy should be realized, consumption of resources and energy should be reduced, and a resource-conserving agricultural model should be established. At the same time, the interests of grain-growing farmers should be effectively safeguarded and their incomes increased.