Posts Tagged ‘agriculture’

Problems “Agriculture, rural areas and farmers” in China

July 8th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Sannong issues (agriculture, rural areas and farmers) are in fact consubstantial. Since China is a large agricultural country, they affect both the quality of the people, economic development, social stability and national power.
In the first case, it is mainly the industrialization of agriculture. The rigid system of buying and selling is a key factor unfavorable [...]

Chirac launches foundation for agriculture to help poor countries

July 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
French President Jacques Chirac on Monday launched the Foundation for Agriculture and Rural Affairs in the World (FARM), which aims to assist poor countries in agriculture.
“is a project that is close to my heart because it aims to promote projects that I think particularly useful to engage in supporting the development of the poorest countries,” [...]

Chirac launches foundation for agriculture to help poor countries

July 4th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
French President Jacques Chirac on Monday launched the Foundation for Agriculture and Rural Affairs in the World (FARM), which aims to assist poor countries in agriculture.
“is a project that is close to my heart because it aims to promote projects that I think particularly useful to engage in supporting the development of the poorest countries,” [...]

Bush Names New Agriculture Secretary

July 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday named Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns as Secretary of Agriculture, to succeed Ann M. Veneman, who announced his resignation in mid-November.
Johanns becomes the fifth candidate chosen as minister by President Bush for his second term. This appointment shall be subject to Senate confirmation.
Mr. Johanns, 54, was born in Iowa [...]

China will train 100 farmers from 000 households in science and technology in agriculture next year

May 28th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture said during a meeting on 10 October in Taiyuan, northern China, the peasants of 100 000 households pilot spread over 100 districts of China could benefit from training in science and technology in the field of agriculture, beginning next year.
The deputy director of the Department of Science and Technology of [...]

China: the macro-control contributes to the development of agriculture

April 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The macro-control has contributed to the healthy development of Chinese agriculture, leading to rapid changes in rural areas of the country, said Du Qinglin, Chinese minister of Agriculture.
In an article published by Du, the cash income of Chinese farmers per capita reached 1 345 yuan in the first half of 2004, up 16.1% yoy and [...]

The France considers that the WTO proposal on agriculture is “unacceptable”

April 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
French President Jacques Chirac said Wednesday “unacceptable condition” the proposal on agriculture by the World Trade Organization to resume the multilateral negotiations of the Doha Round.
“I want the (European) Commission to make every effort to rebalance the text substantially, as is unacceptable,” Chirac said in a statement by the Council of Ministers made public by [...]

A broad base of bio-agriculture construction in the Yellow River Delta

March 21st, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
According to a study by a group of experts in agriculture, it was after ten years of development of agriculture and industry that a large base of bio-agriculture has been established in the delta of the river pollock in the eastern province of Shandong.
an area of 17 000 km, the Yellow River Delta abounds with [...]

China launches research on “agriculture superfine”

January 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The Chinese agronomists have conducted two experiments in suburban Shanghai to generalize new technologies “agriculture superfine” in the country.
Jin Jiyun, member of the Agricultural Academy of China and head of the research team, said that current research has been focused on management of soil nutrient balance and soil fertilization .
The Agricultural Research superfine will readjust [...]

Chinese President calls for greater openness in agriculture

December 11th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Chinese President Hu Jintao said in Beijing Wednesday that China will expand further opening its agricultural sector to the outside to stimulate the development of its agriculture and its rural economy.
Hu made the remarks in his speech at the opening ceremony of the 27th Regional Conference of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) [...]