Nine departments jointly issued a notice to effectively carry out the 2023 autumn grain procurement work. In order to implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, the Central Rural Work Conference and the No.1 central document, and do a good job in autumn grain purchase in 2023, nine departments, including the State Food and Materials Reserve Bureau and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, jointly issued the Notice on Doing a Good Job in Autumn Grain Purchase in 2023, making further requirements on autumn grain purchase. The Notice requires that we should firmly establish a people-centered development idea, innovate service methods, and improve service levels.
Source: Farmers Daily Sep. 18, 2023
The Agriculture Code platform has been launched and running. Recently, the Agriculture Code platform developed by the Big Data Development Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs jointly with relevant units was officially launched. Through the Agriculture Code, various elements in the agriculture-related field can be endowed with digital identity, connecting land, people, things, finance and affairs, and helping the digitalization of agriculture and rural areas. It is reported that the Agriculture Code is developed on the basis of practice and exploration in Zhejiang province and other places, which can be unified for the land, farmers, agricultural products and other agricultural and rural resources, subjects, and products, and dynamic tracking to achieve One Code Communication.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Sep. 19, 2023
Tang Renjian stressed the continuous consolidation and expansion of poverty alleviation achievements during his research in Shaanxi. On September 18-20, Tang Renjian, Secretary of the Party Group and Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs emphasized during a survey in Shaanxi that it is necessary to implement the spirit of the important instructions of Xi Jinping, carry out key work such as dynamic monitoring and assistance to prevent poverty return, continue to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, based on resource advantages, promote high-quality development of rural characteristic industries, and promote comprehensive rural revitalization. Tang Renjian visited Shuiyu Village and Cuixing Village in Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City to conduct research on poverty prevention monitoring and social assistance, and to understand the development of the mushroom industry and the increase in agricultural income. He emphasized the need to further improve the dynamic monitoring and assistance mechanism for preventing poverty return, detect and assist those who may return to poverty, and adhere to the bottom line of preventing large-scale poverty return.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Sep. 20, 2023
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has deployed high-quality development work for characteristic fruit industries. On September 21st, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held an on-site meeting in Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to promote the high-quality development of the national characteristic fruit industry. The meeting emphasized the need to implement the spirit of the important instructions on the development of characteristic industries of Xi Jinping, based on resource endowments, strengthen market orientation and innovation drive, with a focus on controlling scale, adjusting structure, improving quality, and increasing efficiency. The meeting emphasized that promoting the high-quality development of the fruit industry should focus on controlling the area and stabilizing production, striving to control the national orchard area at 150 million acres and stabilize the fruit production at around 200 million tons by 2030, further improving the fruit quality, and sustainable development capacity.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Sep. 21, 2023
The General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a Notice requesting the effective strengthening of current pesticide supervision and management work. Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a Notice on Strengthening the Current Pesticide Supervision and Management Work, requiring all regions to implement the legal responsibilities of pesticide management, promote the implementation of the 14th Five Year Plan for the Development of the National Pesticide Industry, and coordinate development and safety. The Notice requires strengthening the performance of pesticide administrative approval responsibilities, and carrying out administrative approval work such as provincial-level preliminary examination of pesticide registration, production license, and business license.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Sep. 22, 2023
The mandatory national standard of Restricting Excessive Packaging of Goods and Requirements for Fresh Edible Agricultural Products has been released. Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation (State Standards Commission) issued National Standard Announcement No. 10 of 2023, which stipulates the mandatory release of the national standard for Restricting Excessive Packaging of Goods and Requirements for Fresh Edible Agricultural Products (GB 43284-2023). This standard was drafted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and will be implemented from April 1, 2024. The release and implementation of this standard will provide a law enforcement basis and basic support for strengthening the full chain governance of excessive packaging of goods, guiding enterprises in the production and operation of fresh and edible agricultural products to moderately and reasonably package, and standardizing market supervision.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Sep. 22, 2023
Shaanxi focuses on agricultural mechanization production during the Three Autumn Jobs period to ensure the full collection of autumn grain. On September 13th, the reporter learned from the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs that in order to carry out the Three Autumn Jobs agricultural mechanization production work, ensure the full collection of autumn grain, ensure the full planting of autumn and winter sowing, and stabilize the area, the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Three Autumn Jobs Agricultural Mechanization Production Work, which arranged and deployed various work related to the Three Autumn Jobs agricultural mechanization production. The Notice clearly states that agricultural and rural departments at all levels should recognize the importance of doing a good job in the Three Autumn Jobs agricultural mechanization production work, enhance their sense of responsibility and urgency, plan ahead, and do a good job in preliminary preparation.
Source: Shaanxi Daily Sept. 18, 2023
Hunan province accelerates the approval and promotion of low cadmium rice varieties to promote the development of the dry and miscellaneous grain industry. Recently, the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference held a consultation meeting on the handling of key proposals and the Committee Activity Day activity, to discuss the proposal for Suggestions on Accelerating the Approval and Promotion of Low Cadmium Rice Varieties and Assisting in the New Round of 100 Billion catties of Grain Production Capacity Improvement, and to carry out consultation and exchange on the development of the dry and miscellaneous grain industry in our province. The proposal was proposed by Gong Xiaobo, a member of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and supervised by the Agriculture and Rural Committee of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Source: Hunan Daily Sept. 19, 2023Fuzhou strengthensthe introduction of talents to help revitalize the countryside. Fuzhou City explores an effective path to revitalize rural talents and help the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. First, do fine planning and coordination, and strengthen the introduction of talent mechanism. The revitalization of rural talents should be included in the overall deployment of talent work, strengthen the policy supply, and improve the regular contact docking and leading service system and mechanism for foreign talents. Second, make practical policy protection. Guiding localities to build a stage for talents to return to their hometowns and start their own businesses. Third, deepen the integration of governance, highlighting the new role of rural revitalization. Adhere to the party building to lead rural governance, promote the implementation of rural revitalization talent support plan, and help agriculture strong, beautiful rural areas, farmers rich.
Source: National Poverty Alleviation Publicity and Education Center Sept. 19, 2023Xinjiang Autonomous Region to accelerate the high-quality development of the flower industry. Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Forestry and Grassland Bureau, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently jointly issued Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the High-quality Development of Xinjiang's Flower Industry, put forward to 2035, built a complete system of the flower industry, and strive to more than CNY 1 billion in annual sales. Opinions put forward, make full use of the advantages of natural resources in Xinjiang, and play the basic role of the market mechanism in the allocation of resources. By 2025, the basic realization of the Xinjiang flower industry from a single production-oriented to the production and service integration of the development of the transformation of the Xinjiang flower brand. By 2035, the coordinated development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries, the basic formation of a pattern of high-quality development of the floriculture industry, a sound and perfect innovation system of the floriculture seed industry, the steady expansion of floriculture exports, and the basic construction of a complete floriculture industry system.
Source: Xinjiang Daily Sept. 19, 2023Wuhu promotes the development of the smart rice industry. Wuhu City, Anhui Province, issued the Incentive Policy Rules to Support the Development of Smart Wuhu Rice in 2023. For the current wisdom of the Wuhu rice industry development status quo, Wuhu City issued a number of policies to support the development of the wisdom of the Wuhu rice industry in 2023. According to the order processing enterprises processing and sales of Wuhu rice finished product quantity, verification subsidies, on the sale price of more than CNY 12 per kilogram, subsidies of CNY 2/kg, the total amount of control within CNY 2 million. Support base construction. For the acceptance of the base, select 100 excellent 100 mu square, each reward CNY 30,000, select 20 excellent thousand mu piece, each rewarded CNY 60,000 and select 8t excellent ten-thousand mu gardens, each awarded CNY 250,000.
Source: Anhui Daily Sept. 20, 2023Yushu Prefecture introduced 10 policies to benefit agriculture and livestock. Yushu State new policy covers characteristics of agricultural industry development, seed industry revitalization, and branding strong agriculture and livestock products output of the main supply area. Assembly of livestock greenhouse construction project subsidies, in addition to the implementation of the national and provincial level subsidies, state-level financial support for agriculture funds to arrange CNY 2.1 million, plans to assembly of livestock greenhouse construction subsidies per square meter of CNY 100, 2023 subsidies total control in 21,000 square meters. Municipal level depending on the financial status of the standard of 100 yuan to CNY 200 per square meter subsidies, the remaining funds by the demonstration base, ecological animal husbandry cooperatives, professional cooperatives family farms and breeding households to solve the problem of self-financing.
Source: West Sea Metropolis Daily Sept. 21, 2023Shanxi Province Agriculture and Rural Affairs Department issued a circular to implement agricultural disaster prevention and mitigation. Shanxi province to implement the three autumns during the agricultural disaster prevention and mitigation work as the current three agricultural work important task, learn from the lessons of the strongest autumn flood in 2021 and double reduction and double robbery experience. The use of meteorological through train and other forms of release of early warning information, to ensure that warning information to households, and defense measures to the field. Strengthen disaster scheduling and emergency watch, grasp the rain, moisture and thunderstorms and winds and other disaster conditions, reporting of disasters. Key counties to develop an emergency work plan for harvesting and drying, the formation of the agricultural emergency team, scheduling and preparation of pumps, crawler harvesters, drying equipment and other flood control equipment, and the establishment of the main body of drying and crawler harvester list.
Source: Shaanxi Daily Sept.21, 2023Jiangxi Province high-quality farmers training provincial program to train 4899 peoplein 2023. Jiangxi Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the Provincial Highly Qualified Farmer Training Implementation Program in 2023 proposing that the provincial high-quality farmer training in 2023 will be held for a total of 54 periods, with a plan to train 4,899 people. According to the requirements, the training object shall be 16 years of age, are engaged in or have the intention to engage in agricultural production and management and services of farmers and other people. Provincial training courses are divided into two categories: business management and skill service, and the 2023 course focuses on the tasks of stabilizing grain and oil production and maintaining supply by setting up relevant courses. The courses will combine the key tasks of the training program, embody distinctive market management concepts, and focus on cultivating market awareness, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Source: Jiangxi Daily Sept. 21, 2023Jiangsu Province issued aa three-year action plan for the high-quality development of the watery Jiangsu ricebrand. September 21, water rhyme Su rice culture festival in Taizhou Xinghua Grain Logistics Industrial Park grand opening. Industry-university-research integration, and school-village-enterprise cooperation, is the road to high-quality development of the Jiangsu rice industry. At the opening ceremony, watery Jiangsu rice Hong Cheng academician innovation base, Jiangsu Province watery Jiangsu rice industry research institute Xinghua workstation, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics postgraduate workstations, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics college students internship practice base in Taizhou Xinghua listed. Since 2017, watery Jiangsu rice provincial public brand from scratch, from small to large, from the province to outside the province, and from unknown to reputation, the influence of the brand, driving force is increasing.
Source: Xinhua Daily newspaper Sept.22, 2023
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