On March 12, according to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a notice recently to deploy and pay attention to the mechanization of the whole process to provide food production support for the harvest of 2021.
The notice requires that the subsidies for weak links in key areas should be increased, and complete sets of facilities and equipment such as rice seedling raising and grain drying should be included in the new agricultural machinery product subsidy pilot.
The notice pointed out that my country's agricultural production has entered a new stage dominated by mechanization. The comprehensive mechanization rate of the cultivation and harvesting of all major food crops exceeds 80%, but there are still many shortcomings in the mechanization of double-season rice planting, drying of grain production areas, and hilly and mountainous areas. .
Agricultural mechanization authorities at all levels must concentrate their efforts to make up for shortcomings, improve the level of mechanization in the whole process of grain production in an all-round way, and contribute mechanization strength to stable grain production and increase production.
The notice requires that five areas of work should be focused on.
First, we must strive to make up for the shortcomings of the whole process of mechanization of grain production in key regions.
Intensify the promotion of the whole-process mechanization of major crops, focusing on weak links such as mechanized transplanting of double-season rice and mechanical harvesting of corn grains, as well as the shortcomings of mechanization in hilly and mountainous areas, and the seed industry. The efficiency and benefit of food production.
Second, we must actively promote land use and land maintenance mechanization technology.
In-depth implementation of the Northeast Black Soil Protective Cultivation Action Plan, promote the application of straw mulching and no-tillage sowing mechanization technology to improve quality and expand the area, further reduce wind erosion and water erosion, improve soil fertility, and continue to promote stable and high yields of grain.
Organize the implementation of agricultural machinery deep loosening and land preparation of more than 100 million mu to help improve the quality of cultivated land.
Third, we must take multiple measures to promote mechanized food saving and loss reduction.
Strengthen the maintenance of harvesting machinery to maintain good operating performance of the machinery.
Carry out propaganda and training on the quality standards of mechanical harvesting operations, strengthen the quality survey of in-use combine harvesters, guide farmers to select suitable machinery, standardize the operation of mechanical hands, improve product performance of enterprises, improve mechanized emergency crop harvesting capabilities, and further reduce grain losses.
Fourth, we must carefully organize important farm-time agricultural machinery operations services.
Focusing on the needs of spring plowing, "three summers", "double grabs" and "three autumns" grain production, we emphasize fine management, and perform targeted machinery scheduling to ensure high-quality and efficient mechanized production activities.
Fifth, we must give full play to the policy support and guidance role of agricultural machinery purchase subsidies.
Increase the amount of subsidies for weak links in key areas, and include complete sets of facilities and equipment such as rice seedling raising and grain drying into the pilot subsidies for new agricultural machinery products.
Strengthen the subsidy support for agricultural machinery operations in weak links, accelerate the application of green and efficient mechanized production methods, and promote the high-quality development of grain production.