The beginning of spring has passed, and the preparations for spring ploughing have started from south to north.

Preparing for spring ploughing is crucial to ensuring a bumper crop throughout the year.

The just-concluded National Spring Agricultural Production and Strengthening Winter Wheat Field Management Work Conference clearly stated that it is necessary to increase support for agricultural production, and to do a good job in spring field management according to local conditions and seedlings, so as to ensure that the annual grain output will continue to remain above 1.3 trillion kilograms.

Achieving this production goal requires the concerted efforts of the whole country, the party and government of all localities, and all-out efforts to win the tough battle of spring agricultural production, ensure a bumper harvest of summer grains, and gain the initiative to stabilize and increase grain production throughout the year.

  After my country's grain output exceeded 1.3 trillion kilograms in 2015, it has remained at this level for seven consecutive years.

This also shows to a certain extent that after my country's comprehensive grain production capacity has reached a new level, it has been affected by multiple factors such as reduction of arable land, shortage of water resources, insufficient capacity for scientific and technological innovation in breeding, tightening of ecological environment carrying capacity and frequent occurrence of extreme weather. Increasing food production is increasingly difficult.

It will be more difficult to achieve stable and increased grain production from a higher starting point this year.

There are two reasons: First, due to the continuous overcast and rainy weather during the autumn sowing period last year, the planting progress in the main winter wheat producing areas was significantly slower than the same period of the previous year. In particular, the wheat sowing dates in the 5 provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Henan and Shaanxi were generally delayed, which brought disadvantages to the production of summer grains. Second, due to the increase in grain prices, land rents and agricultural materials prices have risen since the beginning of the spring, which will raise the cost of grain production and affect farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain.

To achieve the goal of stabilizing and increasing grain production throughout the year, strong measures must be taken to continuously improve the comprehensive grain production capacity and tap the grain production potential.

  To ensure stable and increased grain production, the key is to solve the two key points of arable land and seeds.

Cultivated land is the foundation of food security.

It is necessary to stick to the red line of cultivated land, strengthen the construction of high-standard farmland, and protect the black land.

Implement the strictest arable land protection system, resolutely curb the "non-agricultural transformation" of arable land, prevent the "non-grain transformation" of arable land, and stabilize the sown area of ​​grain.

The main production area, the production and sales balance area and the main sales area must ensure the area and output.

In the case of limited arable land, improved seeds are the key to stabilizing and increasing grain production.

It is necessary to carry out the revitalization of the seed industry in depth, and to cultivate high-quality varieties with independent intellectual property rights as soon as possible, so as to ensure the national food security from the source.

  The low efficiency of grain planting affects the enthusiasm of farmers to plant grain and local governments to seize grain, which requires strengthening policy supply and improving grain production support policies.

On the one hand, farmers should be "supplied with benefits" to stabilize subsidies for farmers who grow grains.

Improve the minimum purchase price policy for rice and wheat and the subsidy policy for corn and soybean producers, and comprehensively promote full cost insurance and planting income insurance for the three major grain crops of rice, wheat and corn in 13 major producing areas, so as to ensure that farmers have reasonable income from growing grain. Boost farmers' confidence in growing grain.

On the other hand, local governments should be "supplemented by righteousness", improve the compensation mechanism for the interests of major grain-producing areas, and promote cooperation between production and marketing areas.

Under the national conditions of more people and less land, it is necessary to increase policy support for food production functional zones, build a national food security industry belt, gather resource elements to develop food production, and promote high-quality development of the food industry.

  Structural shortages have become the weakness and weakness of my country's food security.

Ensuring food security requires both yield, diversity and quality.

It is necessary to continue to deepen the structural reform of the agricultural supply side, further adjust and optimize the agricultural production layout and grain variety structure, stabilize grain rations and corn, and expand soybean and oil crops.

In the case of limited arable land resources, the expansion of soybean and oil crops should try to avoid conflicts between grain and oil.

Stable development of high-quality japonica rice, vigorous development of high-quality special wheat with strong and weak gluten, appropriate restoration of the sown area of ​​spring wheat, and appropriate expansion of the corn acreage in advantageous areas.

Promote the rotation of grain and soybeans and the compound planting of corn and soybean strips, and make full use of wasteland and saline-alkali land to develop oilseed production.

  Spring ploughing is at the right time, and farming time waits for no one.

Spring ploughing produces a thousand heads. At present, the winter wheat seedlings are weak, and the task of promoting the weak and turning strong is arduous. The most important thing is to do a good job in spring field management according to the locality and seedlings, and do a good job in the prevention and control of pests and extreme weather, and strive to regain summer grain. Harvest.

In response to the problem of rising prices of agricultural materials, relevant departments should ensure the production and supply of agricultural materials, stabilize the prices of agricultural materials, and ensure the smooth development of spring ploughing and preparation.

(Source of this article: Economic Daily Author: Liu Hui)