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  • "Rice theory" may help explain East-West cultural differences: study

    Date:2014/05/12

    WASHINGTON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Cultural differences between the people of northern and southern China may have come about because southern China has farmed rice for thousands of years, whereas the north has grown wheat, researchers from the United Sta...

  • Interview: Food industry plays key role in environmental protection: Italian expert

    Date:2014/05/12

    By Marzia De Giuli PARMA, Italy, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The food industry has a responsibility to get involved in environmental protection, an ecology expert told Xinhua during an international food fair that ended Thursday.   "Until a short time ago...

  • Beijing to host World Seed Congress

    Date:2014/05/12

    This year's World Seed Congress will be held at the Qinglong Lake International Cultural Center in Beijing’s Fengtai district from May 24 to 28.   The event, initiated by the International Seed Federation (ISF), is the largest annual gathering o...

  • Seminar for Cuban agricultural officials wraps up in Beijing

    Date:2014/05/11

       The Seminar for Cuban Agricultural Officials wrapped up in Beijing on May 7, 2014. Niu Dun, Vice Minister of Agriculture of China and Alberto J.Blanco Silva, Ambassador of Cuba to China attended and addressed the wrap-up ceremony.  ...

  • Promotion planting technology of different main crops

    Date:2014/01/02

    Crop Planting technology Corn Densification technology, whole plastic-film mulching on double ridges, presoak corn seeds before germination Rice Greenhouse seedling, centralized seedling, strong seedlin...

  • Vice Minister Yu Kangzhen meets Deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan

    Date:2014/05/13

    Vice Minister Yu Kangzhen met Annageldi Yazmyradov, the visiting Deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan and his delegation in Beijing on May 10, 2014. The two sides exchanged views on China-Turkmenistan agricultural cooperation and several other impor...

  • Small town grows thanks to flowers

    Date:2014/05/13

    Yunnan is one of the three best places to grow flowers because of its climate, which keeps costs low and ensures year-round yields. Photos by Hu Yongqi / China Daily   As night falls, a stream of trucks arrives at the Dounan flower market. Work...

  • China's young migrant workers better educated: report

    Date:2014/05/13

    BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- China's young migrant workers are better educated and more willing to spend than their parents' generation, a report from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday.   A third of young migrant workers, who wer...

  • Farmers work in wheat fields in C China's Henan

    Date:2014/05/13

    Farmers work in the wheat fields in Neihuang County of Anyang City, central China's Henan Province, May 11, 2014. (Xinhua/Liu Xiaokun)   Farmers work in the wheat fields in Neihuang County of Anyang City, central China's Henan Province, May 11...

  • Vice Minister Yu Xinrong meets Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture & Food

    Date:2014/05/13

    Vice Minister Yu Xinrong met with Dimitar Grekov, Minister of Agriculture and Food of Bulgaria in Beijing on May 9, 2014. The two sides exchanged views on strengthening China-Bulgaria agricultural cooperation and several other issues of common intere...

  • West Michigan tree fruit regional report – May 13, 2014

    Date:2014/05/14

    Heavy rains have led to apple scab infections in West Michigan. Posted on May 13, 2014 by Amy Irish-Brown, and Phil Schwallier, Michigan State University Extension Daily temperatures have been more in the normal range for the past week and...

  • West Central Michigan small fruit regional report – May 13, 2014

    Date:2014/05/14

    Disease management and the beginning of fruitworm control are the main priorities for blueberry growers and IPM practitioners. Consider registering for the third spotted wing Drosophila workshop. Posted on May 13, 2014 by Carlos García-Salazar, ...

  • Top 7 export destinations for China's xanthan gum, Jan.-March of 2013, 2014

    Date:2014/05/12

    No.  Jan.-March 2014  Jan.-March 2013 Destination Export volume, tonne Average export price, USD/t Destination Export volume, tonne Average export price, US...

  • PISI obtains 109 patents in 2013

    Date:2014/05/12

    In early May 2014, according to the Analysis Report for the Reform and Development of Central Scientific Research Institutions in 2013 compiled by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, Panzhihua Iron and Stee...

  • Jinzhou Titanium held seventh meeting of fourth board of directors

    Date:2014/05/12

    On 7-8 May 2014, the seventh meeting of the fourth board of directors and 2013 annual meeting of Jinzhou Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. (Jinzhou Titanium) was held in Zhongxin Jinzhou Hotel in Jinzhou City, Sichuan Province. The leaders of Jinzhou T...

  • Seed industry to face numerous challenges

    Date:2014/05/12

    Increasing cost: It is said that the cost of seed production is about USD5,604.65 per hectare. Many seed companies are complaining about such a high cost of seed production. The high cost can be attributed to three reasons: 1. Surge of labor ...

  • Sichuan's TiO2 output sees 5.25% YoY increase in Q1 2014

    Date:2014/05/12

    According to the Q1 2014 operation situation of vanadium-titanium steel and rare earth industry in Sichuan Province, the economic benefits for enterprises continued to decline affected by international and domestic complicated factors, especially the...

  • Zhenjiang Runyu invests for biopesticide project.

    Date:2014/05/09

    Zhenjiang Runyu Biological Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. (Zhenjiang Runyu) planned to invest USD37.36 million (RMB230 million) for a pesticide plant with capacity of 5,000t/a in Dunhua City, Jilin Province, the plant mainly produced bi...

  • Ex-factory prices of main fungicides in China, March 2014

    Date:2014/05/08

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  • FOB Shanghai prices of main fungicides in China, March 2014

    Date:2014/05/08

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