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Part Two: the proposal and promotion of low-carbon agriculture
Along with economy developing, greenhouse gas emissions are increasing year by year. Over-emission has led to global warming and abnormal weather that is threatening human survival and |
development. Since human beings stepped into the industrial society, the global temperature has been on an upward trend. In 1860-2000 global surface temperature increased 0.4-0.8 ¡æ (average of 0.6 ¡æ). 90.3% of greenhouse gases are emitted by human, 56.6% of which is carbon dioxide emitted by burning. 19.4% is carbon dioxide produced by deforestation, bio-humus and peat. The rest 14.3% is methane produced by agriculture, wastes and energy....
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Two food safety incidents recently occur in China, Chicken mcnuggets incident and melamine detected in milk powder in Guansu province. Why food safety incidents happen one after another?
Unfair competition
The competition in Chinese food industry is furious. But the industry is less consolidated. The majority of Chinese food manufacturers are small and middle sized companies, having low technical level. Also, processing is in the upstream of industry, the long industrial chain shrinks manufacturers¡¯ profits. Consequently, food manufacturers have to control cost mainly in the aspects of labor and materials. However, cutting the cost of materials means the reduction of quality.
Punishment is not serious enough
If manufacturers trim cost by reducing product quality and therefore go against regulations, they have to be punished. If the punishment is not serious enough, it can hardly alarm others. Actually, serious regulations, strict enforcement and timely exposure in media are important factors to ensure food safety.
Low price of food
With the government strengthening supervision, the price of food will probably rise overall. High price does not mean high quality, but low price is indeed a factor impacting on food safety. Low price attributes to over competition that decreases manufacturers¡¯ profits. The food manufacturers have to cut cost that leads to products quality falling. However, Chinese consumers are very sensitive to price, but changes in quality can hardly be noticed. Therefore, enterprises prefer price war than improving quality....
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The factory price of soybean oil continues to fall within this week. On July 12th, prices of first grade bean oil in Harbin and Jiangsu were 7400 and 7450 Yuan/MT. The price in Harbin dropped 50 Yuan/MT and the price in Jiangsu rose 50 Yuan/MT. Prices of fourth grade bean oil in Dalian, Shandong and Guangdong were 7050, 6950, 6900 Yuan/MT. The price in Dalian rose 50 Yuan/MT, the price in Shandong was unchanged and the price in Guangdong fell 100 Yuan/MT... |
BOABC¡¯s monitoring shows that China¡¯s nominal grain price index dropped 0.92% in June from the month before and dropped 0.91% on the year-on-year basis. Adjusting for currency value change, actual grain price index rose 0.51% in June over the month before and 7.39% over the same period of last year... |
In light of the hog market recession, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, etc. are expanding their hog slaughter capacity to support local hog production. These provinces may change from hog outshipment provinces to pork outshipment provinces in the future. This may also curb hog production growth in consuming provinces like Guangdong...
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By June 30, the government procured 20.45 million MT wheat at the protective price, 1.23 million MT less than the same period of last year. The procurement consisted of 20.16 million MT white wheat and 280,000 MT mixed wheat. Specifically, Henan procured 15.84 million MT, Anhui 2.75 million MT, Shandong 650,000 MT, Jiangsu 530,000 MT and Hubei 670,000 MT, up 5.28 million MT, down 1.08 million MT, down 2.09 million MT, down 2.23 million MT but up 420,000 MT respectively on the year-on-year basis... |
According to China¡¯s Ministry of Agriculture, in recent 24 heads of hogs were infected with foot-and-mouth disease in Aksu City, Xinjiang, and 17 heads in Menyuan County, Qinghai... |
The city of Shanwei, Guangdong province promotes Hengxing aquatic project in 2010, which is invested by £¤3.5 billion. In which, £¤ 400 million is used for aquatic processing and feed-processing plant. The project aims to develop a system combining aquatic seed breeding, feed production, aquaculture, seafood processing, research and development as well as trade... |
According to the Customs statistics, China import soybean 6.2 million tons in June, a new record of monthly soybean import. By June, the soybean imported by China within this year had reached 35.99 million tons, increased by 16.7% compared to the same period of last year. BOABC predicts that the total import volume of soybean will reach 49 million tons in this year... |
As maize prices remains at a high level, China continues to increase maize launched to market in June. Meanwhile, the government strengthens to monitor state-owned enterprises involved in hoarding and cornering. The domestic maize auction volume and average price both decline... |
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key words : low carbon, grains, beverage, sugar, fruits and vegetables, food safety, Chinese dairy cattle
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Half the year has passed, how was Chinese agriculture and food industry status? Which important events happened that would impact on the development of the industry? What profound changes would happen in future? From this issue, BOABC Viewpoints will review the gain and loss of the industry and crack the code of the future development of Chinese agriculture and food industry?
Chinese grains supply is adequate, but considering increasing money supply, in addition to natural disasters, the prices of grains rose overall in the first half of 2010. Besides soaring prices of coarse grains, the prices of maize, paddy and wheat...
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Strategic agricultural reform was commenced a decade ago with animal farming as the priority for support, whereas dairy farming has been accorded importance for development in animal farming due to its backwardness but huge potential. 1997-2008, the dairy farming industry gained substantial growth thanks to policy support, consumption demand and facilitation by dairy processing companies and relevant sectors. The dairy cattle inventory hit 13,879,000 in 2007, up 213.65% from 1997 and the inventory stood at 13,300,000 in 2008 despite the impact from the melamine incident. It fell to 12.18 million heads in the end of the first quarter of 2009 and rallied to 12.57 million heads in the end...
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Ji Yunliang worked as a missile researcher at a large state-owned enterprise and later earned a doctorate in chemistry at a prestigious Beijing university. Now, he is running a small organic farm.In a country hit by a series of food safety scandals, the interest in organic produce is growing fast.Instead of using his cutting-edge technical expertise, Ji is employing traditional methods and old-fashioned manual labour to battle pests and weeds on his property on the northern outskirts of the Chinese capital.¡°When I got a taste of organic farming, I realised I had reached a turning point in my life,¡± Ji said, picking some worms off of a leaf of basil.¡°In a way, it totally goes against what I learned as a chemistry student.¡±Despite fetching prices up to five times higher than regular produce and limited options on offer, the demand for organic foods
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1.Special Report on China's Corn Seed Market in 2010
2.Special Report on China's Seed Market in 2010
3.Research Report on Application of D70 & D90 in the Market of Formula Milk Powder for Infants in China
4.Special Research Report of China's Coffee Beverage Market 2010
5.Research Report on Wheat and Processed Products in China
6.Research Report on China¡¯s Dairy Cattle Farming Industry |
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