Government and Policy

Agricultural sectors urged to ensure production

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-06-03 21:20

BEIJING - China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) Friday urged agricultural authorities at all levels to focus on ensuring agricultural production this summer.

Agricultural authorities should take effective measures to make sure summer planting and harvesting is successful this summer, the MOA said in a statement on its website.

As the country enters the peak summer harvest time, efforts should be made to promote cross-regional harvesting by machine, allocate and transport ample diesel oil for the harvest and expand contracting services to reduce the harvest cost, the statement said.

Local agricultural authorities should also work to promote timely summer corn planting while guiding drought-hit regions to complete transplanting for the mid-season rice by the end of June, it added.