China News Service, Beijing, December 8th (Reporter Chen Su) "Experts estimate that China's grain demand will continue to grow for at least the next 30 years, and the strength of grain production can only be tightened." Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China Zeng Yande, chief agronomist and director of the Development Planning Department, stated on the 8th.
On the same day, the State Council Information Office held a regular policy briefing by the State Council to introduce the "14th Five-Year Plan for Promoting Agricultural and Rural Modernization" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan").
Zeng Yande said that in recent years, China's grain production has been harvested year after year, and food security is generally guaranteed.
We must also see that China's grain demand will continue to grow in the coming period.
According to estimates, for at least the next 30 years, the demand for food will continue to be an increasing trend, and the enthusiasm for food production can only be tightened.
In line with the trend of rigid growth in grain consumption demand, the "Plan" regards ensuring the effective supply of important agricultural products such as grain as the primary task of promoting agricultural and rural modernization.
Zeng Yande said that the "Plan" has made a systematic arrangement to consolidate and increase grain production capacity. It requires stabilizing the area, increasing the yield, and improving the quality. It mainly includes three measures.
The first is to implement the strategic requirements for storing grain on the ground and storing grain on technology.
We must pay close attention to the lifeblood of cultivated land. The "Plan" proposes to stick to the red line of 1.8 billion mu of cultivated land, strengthen the control of cultivated land use, resolutely curb the "non-agriculturalization" of cultivated land, strictly control the "non-graining", and propose to promote the construction of high-standard farmland; Pay close attention to the agricultural chip of seeds, and produce more grains on limited arable land. The way out lies in science and technology. Seeds are the core. The "Plan" focuses on the protection of germplasm resources, innovation in breeding, the construction of seed industry bases, the cultivation of seed industry enterprises, and the strengthening of the market. In terms of supervision and other aspects, we will fully implement the seed industry revitalization action, and firmly grasp the initiative of national food security.
The second is to mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers in farming and growing grain and the enthusiasm of local governments to focus on agriculture and grain.
The "Plan" proposes to stabilize grain farmers' subsidies, improve the supporting policy system for grain-producing counties, and help increase farmers' income from grain-growing through policies.
The "Plan" proposes to improve and improve the responsibility system for food safety, refine the assessment indicators for the main grain production areas, production and sales balance areas, and main sales areas, and promote the comprehensive strengthening of the local capacity for grain production, storage, circulation, and grain reduction and loss reduction, and jointly undertake the maintenance of the country Political responsibility for food security.
The third is to promote business innovation and machinery innovation, and use modern methods to ensure food security.
The "Plan" proposes to implement the family farm cultivation plan and farmers' cooperatives to improve the norms, develop and expand the agricultural professional social service organizations, and promote the cost-saving and efficiency-increasing efficiency of small farmers by improving the quality and level of services.
The "Plan" proposes to promote the development of advanced agricultural machinery and equipment in the cultivation, cultivation, and management of grain crops.
Improve the level of agricultural mechanization and realize machine substitution.
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