The self-sufficiency rate of core livestock and poultry sources in China has exceeded 75%, providing strong support for the supply of important agricultural products
CCTV News: The latest data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs shows that the self-sufficiency rate of core livestock and poultry sources in China has exceeded 75%, effectively ensuring the demand for animal husbandry seeds and providing strong support for the supply of important agricultural products.
The latest batch of landmark achievements in the livestock and poultry breeding industry announced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs includes the independent cultivation of a batch of excellent varieties with independent intellectual property rights, such as white feathered broilers and Huaxi cattle, the selection of 86 national livestock and poultry breeding formation enterprises, and the cultivation and selection of a total of 300 national core breeding farms, effectively ensuring the demand for animal husbandry seeds.
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Xie Yan, a second level inspector of the Seed Industry Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that the self-sufficiency rate of core seed sources has exceeded 75%, providing strong support for the high-quality development of animal husbandry. 34 new local breeds of livestock and poultry, including black pigs in western Henan, have been discovered, and a batch of rare and endangered resources such as Hetao big eared pigs and camphor wood cattle have been rescued and protected.
In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has also released a batch of newly approved livestock and poultry new variety supporting lines and new resources, the second batch of national livestock and poultry protection units, and the list of newly added national livestock and poultry core breeding farms. It has also launched a dialogue activity between government, science, and enterprises to promote the breeding of domestic white feathered broilers.
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