Rumors stole 700 million from Guangdong, Qiong and banana farmers.

China Daily News Global Online News: Banana Fusarium wilt (also known as Panama disease) is a common banana disease. After banana trees are infected, it will wither, not bear fruit, and then die, which is not the first time in Guangzhou. A few days ago, a media in Guangzhou published an article entitled "Banana Cancer in Guangzhou is on the verge of extinction", which reported the serious situation that bananas planted in Guangzhou were infected with Panama disease, and said in a follow-up report that this "banana cancer" would bring "disaster" to banana cultivation in Guangzhou and even the whole country.

Unexpectedly, this news about the common diseases of banana trees was misinformed through various channels, and finally turned into such a horrible rumor as "eating bananas causes cancer"-the result of news, rumors and rumors is that bananas are unsalable, and banana farmers can only watch bananas rot on trees. According to incomplete statistics of relevant government departments, in the 43 days after a media news was published on March 13th, banana farmers in Guangdong and Hainan lost at least 700 million yuan due to rumors.

On the evening of April 24th, it was 9: 10, and 42-year-old banana farmer Zhang Yu Fang was still selling bananas on her bicycle in the streets of Gaozhou city. Zhang Yufang told reporters that her family planted two acres of bananas, and she never worried about selling them, but recently she couldn’t sell them at a good price, so she had to go to the streets to sell them herself.

Pan Dafu, deputy director of the Fruit Bureau of Gaozhou City, told the reporter that on March 13th, a media in Guangzhou published a report entitled "Banana Cancer in Guangzhou is on the verge of extinction", which was about the news that banana trees were infected, but somehow it was misrepresented as "eating bananas causes cancer", and the rumor spread rapidly, causing banana producing areas such as Guangdong and Hainan to lose at least 700 million yuan in a month, while Zhang Yu Fang only lost tens of thousands.

March 13

Media reports "banana cancer" cause trouble

In the article "Banana Cancer in Guangzhou is Endangered", which was published in the newspaper on March 13th, the reporter wrote: "It is learned from Guangzhou Science and Technology Association that more than 3,333 hectares of 8,667 hectares of banana forest in Guangzhou have been infected with Panama disease, and the infected area is expanding at a rate of 20% every year." The article also quoted Liu Shaoqin, director of the Biotechnology Research Office of Guangzhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences, as saying, "The most terrible thing is that there is no effective treatment for this disease in the world at present, so we can only watch the infected bananas die, and the uninfected bananas will be infected sooner or later, and the more than 5,000 hectares of banana trees that survived in Guangzhou will not be preserved, and they will die in a few years."

Happily, the article mentioned that experts are studying antiviral varieties. "Experts from Guangzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences have cultivated’ Nongke No.1′, and the incidence of Panama disease is only 5%-7%, which can effectively resist the virus."

On March 14th, the media published a follow-up report "The disease was found in all major producing areas in China", clarifying: "Bananas infected with the disease will completely die before bearing fruit, so there will be no bananas with virus. Moreover, Panama disease will not cause any harm to human health. " However, the follow-up report once again quoted an agricultural expert in Guangdong as analyzing the impact of Panama disease: "Not only the local bananas in Guangzhou may disappear, but also bananas in Guangdong and even China are facing extinction."

Perhaps the words "banana cancer" and "extinction" are too eye-catching, and for a time, the media all over the country reprinted these two articles in succession.

March 20

The test results "add fuel to the fire"

"The media may not be comprehensive enough when reporting, citing inappropriate words, and as a result, rumors gradually spread." This is Li Peng, deputy stationmaster of the Plant Protection Station of Hainan Provincial Department of Agriculture.

On March 18th, Xinhua News Agency reported from Nanchang that some media in Jiangxi reported that bananas in Guangzhou were infected with "banana cancer". Many people misunderstood that eating bananas was prone to cancer, which made a large number of bananas unsalable in the market. This is the earliest report that reporters can find on the Internet that "eating bananas causes cancer". At this time, it was only five days before the report of "Banana Cancer" in Guangzhou came out.

On March 20th, a coincidence inspection by Guangzhou Food Safety Information Network and China Food Network was exposed, which inadvertently added fuel to the argument that bananas cause cancer. The contents of the exposure of the above two tissues are: 12 kinds of commonly eaten fruits, including bananas, have carcinogen residues.

Li Longji, president of tropical fruit association in Chengmai county, Hainan province, thinks that there is nothing wrong with these two reports, whether they are "banana cancer" or "poisonous" fruits, but in fact they are misunderstood by consumers as "poisonous" bananas.

From this day on, the biggest banana price reduction storm in Hainan Province appeared. And then the victims were banana farmers in western Guangdong Province.

April 25th

Gaozhou banana farmers lost at least 100 million yuan.

On April 25, when the reporter came to interview the main banana producing area in western Guangdong, although the "banana cancer" storm had passed for more than 40 days, the banana forest that should have been busy was still deserted.

Banana is the main agricultural pillar industry in Gaozhou, where nearly 400,000 mu of bananas are planted, accounting for nearly a quarter of the province’s total, with an annual output value of about 600 million yuan. "I can’t think of bananas that can cure cancer, but they are so hurt by rumors!" Deng Qinxin, director of the Fruit Bureau of Gaozhou City, said helplessly that the 180,000 banana farmers in Gaozhou City lost at least 100 million yuan in this storm, which brought heavy losses to this county-level city that relies on agriculture for a living.

"Now the purchase price has returned to about 1.6 yuan/kg, which is less than half of the same period, and can only make banana farmers pay for it." Director Deng looked at the deserted banana purchase point on the roadside and said. "Since March 28 this year, the price of the boss who came here to buy bananas has suddenly dropped by 30 cents a catty. Before the banana farmers could react, they dropped by nearly a catty and two hairs the next day!" Zhang Mingzhou, president of Minghe Banana Cooperative in changpo town, Gaozhou, told the reporter, "This storm came too hard. In less than a week, the local banana price dropped to the lowest price in ten years: 0.6 yuan/kg."

Bananas are not only being reduced in price, but also the number of bosses who come to purchase them is decreasing. Many local banana farmers have to sell mature bananas cheaply. "In those days, it was normal for buyers to lose 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a car, because they often sent them to the north but could not sell them!"

The same situation is also staged in the main banana producing areas such as Maoming and Zhanjiang. The reporter learned that Xuwen and Hainan in Zhanjiang, which are just across the sea from Hainan, have the same experience.

Banana farmers in Hainan lose 17 million yuan every day.

In contrast, the banana farmers in Gaozhou may still be lucky. "Hainan has the biggest loss, and the direct economic loss in one month is 500 million yuan!" Zhang Xiyan, secretary general of Hainan Banana Association, told reporters. According to media reports, when the "banana cancer" storm arrived, it was the peak season for Hainan bananas to be listed, and the local weather was hot. "Many bananas rotted in the ground when no one bought them!"

On April 25th, Chen Zhaoyi, a large banana grower in Hainan, recalled the hard time at the beginning of the "storm": "The price of bananas was originally 2.7 yuan/kg, and from that day on (that is, the day when the news of carcinogen residues was exposed), it dropped to less than 0.6 yuan/kg in less than five days, and this is still the best price, which was almost sent to wholesalers!"

"My 800 acres of bananas in Hainan lost 1 million in less than a week!" Chen Zhaoyi said sadly that at that time, like many banana farmers, he watched the ripe bananas rot on the trees.

"When the price of bananas began to fall on March 21, most banana farmers thought it was a normal market fluctuation with the peak of listing and the price colliding with each other." Zhang Guodong, deputy head of Ledong County, the largest banana producing county in Hainan Province, recalled, "A few days later, everyone found something was wrong and began to notice the online report on’ banana cancer’, so they quickly reported it to the agricultural department." However, by the end of March, the price of bananas in Hainan Province was still falling to 0.24-0.30 yuan/kg, which was less than a quarter of the cost price.

During that time, Meng Xuru, director of the South Subtropical Crops Development Office of Hainan Provincial Department of Agriculture, learned the price of bananas every day. He said that the most serious thing is that from March 21 to March 31, Hainan banana farmers lost at least 17 million yuan every day, and many banana farmers were facing bankruptcy.

"About one third of Hainan is a banana farmer from Guangdong." Deng Qinxin, director of the Fruit Bureau of Gaozhou City, told reporters that more than a decade ago, many experienced banana farmers in western Guangdong successively went to Hainan to rent fields to grow bananas in order to seek greater development. "These are big banana growers, and the fields contracted by each person range from tens of acres to hundreds or even thousands of acres." According to Director Deng’s rough estimate, there are hundreds of banana farmers in Gaozhou alone who have "banana fields" in Hainan.

Chen Zhaoyi used to be a banana farmer in Gaozhou. Ten years ago, he began to grow bananas in Hainan. Now he has more than 800 acres of banana fields in Hainan. He lost 1 million yuan in this rumor storm. (Source: New Express reporter Wang Huaping Intern Tang Dubin)

　　

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　　At present, Russia is at an important historical juncture. Putin’s second term expires and the results of the new presidential election have been announced. On the occasion of the transition of the Russian president, the achievements made by Putin during his eight years in power and the future trend of Russia have become the focus of general concern.

　　The past eight years have been extraordinary for both the Russian state and the Russian army. In these eight years, great changes have taken place in Russia’s state and army. Under the leadership of Putin, Russia has re-embarked on the road of strengthening the country, strengthening the army and enriching the people from the crisis state of almost becoming a second-and third-rate country in the world.

　　Looking back at Russia when Putin just took over, its military strength fell to the lowest point in history. In order to reverse the situation and revitalize the Russian army, Putin took a series of effective measures in army building after taking office and made remarkable achievements. Counting this series of measures, we can clearly see the great changes in the Russian army since Putin came to power for eight years.

　　Establish a "strong military strategy" that is compatible with the "strong military strategy"

　　When Putin came to power in 2000, he clearly pointed out that "the only realistic choice for Russia is to choose to be a strong country." However, "without strong armed forces, there will be no strong Russia." In 2004, Putin reiterated: "An efficient and effective armed force is the most important factor to defend Russia from any form of military and political pressure or potential aggression and to consolidate Russia’s international status." Guided by this idea, the Russian Federal Security Council put forward the principles of "asymmetry" and "realistic containment" in Russian military construction on the basis of the National Macroeconomic Development Plan for 2015.

　　Since then, with the constant changes in the security threats faced by Russia (namely, NATO’s eastward expansion, the United States’ withdrawal from the ABM Treaty and its decision to deploy a missile defense system near the Russian border, etc.) and the continuous strengthening of the armed forces, the goal of Russian military construction has become higher and higher.

　　In his State of the Union address in 2007, President Putin proposed to build the Russian army into "an armed force that can deal with both global conflicts and regional conflicts, and can also deal with several local conflicts at the same time if necessary".

　　Realizing the Civilian of the Minister of National Defense and Changing the Management Mode of National Defense

　　In February 2007, Putin appointed serdyukov, the former director of State Taxation Administration of The People’s Republic of China, as the Minister of National Defense, which made the Minister of National Defense civilian for the first time in Russian history.

　　The purpose of this move is threefold: first, to establish a system of civilian running the army, and to completely put the generals under the leadership of civilian politicians. The second is to clearly distinguish between the administrative functions and operational command functions of the army, so that soldiers can get rid of all functions unrelated to combat readiness as far as possible, concentrate on training well, hand over some functions to the government or society, and change other positions that do not require professional military knowledge to civilian personnel. The third is to establish a national management system in the military field, so that the legislature can exercise civilian supervision over army building, thus completely solving the problem of rational allocation and use of military expenditure.

Cctv newsThe Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council recently issued Opinions on Promoting the Reform of the System and Mechanism of Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Relief. The opinion points out that disaster prevention, mitigation and relief work is related to the safety of people’s lives and property, social harmony and stability, and is an important aspect of measuring the leadership of the ruling party, testing the government’s execution, judging the national mobilization and demonstrating national cohesion. In recent years, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, China has made great achievements in disaster prevention, mitigation and relief, accumulated valuable experience in dealing with major natural disasters, and significantly improved the country’s comprehensive disaster reduction capacity. However, it should also be noted that the situation of natural disasters in China is still complicated and severe, the current system and mechanism of disaster prevention, mitigation and relief need to be improved, the sharing of disaster information and the overall planning of disaster prevention, mitigation and relief resources are insufficient, the idea of attaching importance to disaster relief and neglecting disaster reduction is still relatively common, the situation of high-risk cities and unguarded rural areas in some places has not been fundamentally changed, the role of social forces and market mechanisms has not been fully exerted, and the publicity and education on disaster prevention and mitigation is not popular enough.

The opinion emphasizes the need to adhere to the people-centered development thinking, correctly handle the relationship between man and nature, correctly handle the relationship between disaster prevention, mitigation, disaster relief and economic and social development, adhere to the combination of prevention first, prevention and rescue resistance, adhere to the unity of normal disaster reduction and abnormal disaster relief, and strive to realize the transformation from focusing on post-disaster relief to focusing on pre-disaster prevention, from responding to a single disaster to comprehensive disaster reduction, and from reducing disaster losses to reducing disaster risks. Implement responsibilities, improve the system, integrate resources, and coordinate efforts to effectively improve the level of legalization, standardization, and modernization of disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief work, and comprehensively enhance the comprehensive prevention capability of the whole society against natural disasters.

The opinions also made specific arrangements for improving the overall coordination system, improving the territorial management system, improving the social forces and market participation mechanism, comprehensively improving the comprehensive disaster reduction capability, and earnestly strengthening organizational leadership.