Luo Jia obtained a large amount of agricultural technology information from Lan Yu, so he started another round of intensive study. At the same time, he handed over the summarized information to the Ministry of Agriculture under the company. Conduct scientific research and development.
Yes, Xingchen Technology has always had a Ministry of Agriculture, and the scale is quite large. Even Xingchen University has a major in agriculture and forestry, but they are still operating step by step and have not made any achievements. I don’t know.
Besides, in the field of agriculture, one must endure loneliness.
Grandpa Yuan Longping is quite famous, but if you ask, what kind of varieties he has researched, how much is the output, how much is the protein content, how is the domestic and foreign sales, and other professional questions, I am afraid that there is no one in the whole country. How many people can answer it.
In the spirit of seeking truth from facts, modern times are an era of entertainment to death. Ordinary people do not understand science, and chasing stars and eyeball economy will be the norm for many years to come.
If you are accidentally bewitched by the author of this book and embark on the road of science, then you will be doomed to be lonely. Unless you know how to enjoy loneliness, please be careful when you come into contact with science. All the principles from ancient times to the present, They are all telling us that if a person knows more, he will often become independent and withdrawn.
Anyway, Xingchen Technology has a Ministry of Agriculture, but there are some differences. For example, the Chemistry Department managed by Zhang Dongning actually has quite a few researchers who are also responsible for the research of pesticides and fertilizers. There are also some researchers in the Life Science Department of the Wen brothers. , and at the same time as the research work of agricultural genetic engineering.
In Xingchen Technology, where geniuses gather, it is difficult for you to limit a certain researcher to only engage in a specific job. Many people hold multiple jobs. Use your talents in other fields.
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North America, Washington.
A fierce debate is going on, the focus of which is how to impose agricultural sanctions on China.
As we all know, since the beginning of the trade war, or the struggle for hegemony, China and the United States have made several moves and played their respective cards. Now the North American side can’t find a good card, so it has made an idea in the field of agriculture. It can be seen how fierce the battle for hegemony has become.
There are two options, one is sanctions in the conventional sense, prohibiting the continued sale of pesticides and seeds to Huaxia customers.
Another option is agricultural dumping. The North American authorities will provide funds to subsidize agricultural products and dump them into the Chinese market at low prices, destroying China’s own agricultural foundation.
The dumping plan is also the favorite of the Huaxia comprador group. It doesn’t matter whether it destroys the farmers’ enthusiasm for farming, as long as it can make money. For the comprador group, no matter which country they eat, as long as they can eat enough.
The fierce debate lasted for two full days, during which countless experts gave speeches on stage, and members of parliament launched tit-for-tat attacks. Both sides tried their best to prove that their plans could bring greater damage to China.
The sanction faction believes that Huaxia can only meet its own food needs, but agricultural and sideline products, such as vegetable oil, meat, and egg milk, mostly rely on imports for this part of the food demand. There is no meat to eat, or the price of meat is so high that it is embarrassing to make people curse, thus shaking the foundation of China.
The dumping faction believes that the supply cutoff will only bring temporary pain to Huaxia, forcing them to upgrade their agriculture to cope with the situation of self-sufficiency without external supply. Over time, Huaxia agriculture will take the opportunity to rise instead. No more fear of sanctions.
In this case, it is absolutely possible to use low-priced agricultural products to impact the Huaxia market and kill Huaxia’s current small-scale peasant economy. hit hard.
The dumping faction also cited the example of soybeans. Due to the trade war, China banned the entry of North American soybeans, but what happened during that time?
The lucky Brazilians stepped forward. They bought North American soybeans to eat for themselves, and then sold Brazilian soybeans to Huaxia. After a while, Huaxia still imported an astonishing amount of soybeans, but there was a second-hand dealer in Brazil. Skinned out of the deal.
In the end, the dumping faction won the victory. The North American authorities united with the entire West to provide huge subsidies to the agricultural institutions under their subordinates, secretly driving these agriculture, and launched a fierce price war against China.
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“Why are agriculture being dumped?” Cao Yuan said with a puzzled face, “Sell soybeans to us at a low price? Isn’t that just right? Anyway, we don’t have enough land to plant soybeans. We will buy some first and wait for the East China Sea to go west.” After the project is completed, it will be imported.”
“The existence of agricultural products should be easy to control, right? Increase taxes, quotas, if it doesn’t work, let the customs do a large-scale random inspection, and then return the agricultural products on the grounds that the quality is not up to standard. Anyway, there are many ways, just It depends on how it is done, I believe that the national team has plenty of means.”
Autumn is the harvest season. As soon as September came into autumn, the news of Western agricultural dumping spread, so the Star Science and Technology Management Bureau started a discussion on it.
Cao Yuan’s thoughts also represent the thoughts of most people in China. Compared with high-tech lifeblood such as semiconductors and precision components, the people generally feel that the agricultural war is irrelevant. Keeping the red line of cultivated land can achieve food self-sufficiency. There will be no trouble.
Hey~
Luo Jia shook his head lightly, “Your thinking is too naive. Of course, I can’t blame you. After all, agriculture is too unpopular, and there are not many people in China who really understand it.”
Slightly frowning, Luo Jia glanced at the partners around him, and said in a deep voice: “The agricultural foundation of our country is probably much worse than everyone imagined. Although my hometown is not in Shandong, it is very close, and my living habits It’s also somewhat similar, when making cold dishes, I like to add more onions and garlic, which are more flavorful.”
“Shandong scallion, I think everyone should have heard of it. It is so magical that it can grow taller than adults. Order raw scallions, so it is also ridiculed as scallion province.”
“However, do you know that the famous Shandong green onions are actually imported seeds.”
When Luo Jia finished speaking, everyone’s faces changed drastically. The first half sounded like a joke. Something is wrong, Shandong scallions are actually imported varieties? This subverts cognition a bit. After listening to it, I seem to feel a little panicked.
Luo Jia paused, and continued: “I didn’t lie to you, among the seed suppliers of Shandong green onions, Neon companies accounted for more than 90%, mainly from Neon Takii and Musashino Group. “
“Of course there are domestic seeds, but the technological content is quite poor, and the market share is less than 10%. I can’t keep it anymore.”
“If there is no market and no money to make, domestic agricultural enterprises will have even less motivation to engage in research and development. on.”
There was silence in the conference room. No one knew about agriculture, nor did they know that the competition faced by agriculture was actually far more intense and cruel than traditional technology fields.
If the people of Cong Province knew that the scallions they were proud of were actually imported seeds, they would feel somewhat uncomfortable.
Luo Jia continued: “I use scallions as an example. In fact, our dependence on Western seeds is far more serious than imagined.”
“Broccoli is the favorite of fitness enthusiasts, and broccoli is mainly dominated by three companies, namely Neon SAKATTA, North American monsanto, and Swiss Syngenta, which is Syngenta. Fortunately, Syngenta Dada has been acquired by Sinochem, so in the field of broccoli, there is finally a domestic force.”
“Next, let’s look at onions, which are also an important vegetable. Not long ago, India’s onion production was reduced, which almost caused riots in the entire South Asian subcontinent. Although we don’t love onions so much, if we make dishes such as cumin lamb chops, It really can’t be missing, at present, 100% of onion seeds are imported, North American nunhems, and neon TOKITA, the two of them are evenly divided.”
“We not only import a large number of seeds from Europe, America and Japan every year, but also import them from Thailand. Chaotian pepper is an important raw material for making Laoganma. If there is no east-west in Thailand and the seeds provided by Thailand’s Chia Tai Group, we will There is no old godmother to eat, and recently everyone said that the taste of old godmother is not as good as before, in fact, it is because Zhengda pepper seeds are very expensive~ Soverse.com~ replaced some cheap ones.”
“In addition, carrot seeds are basically ruled by two neon companies. DO, known as the king of carrots, cannot be beaten by Western agricultural groups.”
“Spinach seeds mainly come from Neon TAKII and Syngenta. The most regrettable thing is kohlrabi, which was originally a local variety in Zhejiang. As a result, due to the poor research and development capabilities of domestic agricultural enterprises, it has been acquired by Neon Musashino Group. To rule.”
“There are too many similar examples. After years of hard work, my country and North America finally account for half of the cabbage seeds, while 70% of the tomato seeds need to be imported. The situation of cabbage seeds is slightly better, and my country accounts for two-thirds. South Korea accounts for one-third.”
When Luo Jia mentioned this, everyone was dumbfounded. I really don’t know what to say. I was shocked when I said it. Who would have thought that most of the vegetables we eat every day are imported varieties.
“Then there are no seeds to use in our country? Isn’t this too miserable?” Cao Yuan couldn’t help complaining.
Luo Jia shrugged, “Of course not. Cucumber, bitter gourd, pumpkin and other seeds are basically controlled by our country. Generally speaking, in the field of vegetables and fruits, imported seeds account for about 80%, such as apples, listen You can tell by the name, Red Fuji, of course the neon seedlings used.”
“In short, the problem of agriculture is actually much more complicated and severe than everyone imagined.”
“Our problem is not that there is only one Yuan Longping, but that there is only one Yuan Longping. If there is no such old man, our agriculture will be even worse.”