According to the bulletin of the National Bureau of Statistics, the summer harvest nationwide this year was 246.2billion jin, a decline of 0.3% compared to last year. The cold spell in late spring and high temperature...According to the bulletin of the National Bureau of Statistics, the summer harvest nationwide this year was 246.2billion jin, a decline of 0.3% compared to last year. The cold spell in late spring and high temperatures afterwards are considered as the main causes for this round of rising grain prices. However, ＂natural disasters＂ are dwarfed by another worrisome picture： young and strong farming hands flooding out of the rural areas and the elderly, the weak, females and children are made the mainstay of the tilling army.展开更多
文摘According to the bulletin of the National Bureau of Statistics, the summer harvest nationwide this year was 246.2billion jin, a decline of 0.3% compared to last year. The cold spell in late spring and high temperatures afterwards are considered as the main causes for this round of rising grain prices. However, ＂natural disasters＂ are dwarfed by another worrisome picture： young and strong farming hands flooding out of the rural areas and the elderly, the weak, females and children are made the mainstay of the tilling army.
