China News Service, August 26. The National Bureau of Statistics issued an announcement on the production data of early rice in 2022 on August 26. Wang Guirong, director of the Rural Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, interpreted the production of early rice on the same day.
Wang Guirong said that in 2022, the sown area of early rice in the country will increase steadily, while the yield per unit will remain flat and slightly decrease, and the output of early rice will increase.
According to the results of the measured and measured sampling survey of early rice in 10 provinces (autonomous regions), the total output of early rice in the country is 28.123 million tons (56.25 billion catties), an increase of 106,000 tons (210 million catties) or 0.4% over 2021.
The area of early rice increased steadily
In 2022, all localities will consolidate their responsibility for early rice production and continue to strengthen policy support. The sown area of early rice nationwide will be 4,755.1 thousand hectares (71.326 million mu), an increase of 21.0 thousand hectares (315,000 mu) or 0.4% over the previous year.
Among them, the sown areas in Zhejiang, Hubei and Guangdong increased by 11.1 thousand hectares (166 thousand mu), 6.1 thousand hectares (92 thousand mu) and 5.7 thousand hectares (85 thousand mu) respectively, an increase of 10.9%, 5.1% and 0.7%.
The main reasons for the steady and slight increase in the sown area of early rice: Since the beginning of this year, the state has continued to increase the minimum purchase price of rice, increased incentives for large grain-producing counties, increased capital investment, and took various measures to stabilize double-cropping rice production.
All localities have consolidated their responsibility for grain production, implemented policies such as national rice subsidies, one-off subsidies for farmers who actually grow grains, and subsidies for the purchase of agricultural machinery, and introduced relevant support measures.
Zhejiang has established a linkage adjustment mechanism for the cost of planting grains and subsidies for planting grains, implemented full cost insurance for rice in the whole region, and implemented full coverage of purchase orders for early rice; Hubei actively guided the expansion of double-cropping rice in suitable areas to fully tap the potential of the area; Guangdong introduced the expansion of planting Double-cropping rice reward and subsidy policy, promote village-enterprise-town-enterprise cooperation, and carry out replanting and replanting of abandoned arable land.
These policies and measures further guaranteed farmers' income from growing grains and fully mobilized farmers' enthusiasm for planting early rice.
In addition, the poor weather conditions and low precipitation in some parts of South China last year affected the timely transplanting of early rice. This year, the planting was basically achieved at the right time, and the area recovered.
Yield of early rice remained flat and slightly decreased
In 2022, the national early rice yield will be 5,914.3 kg/ha (394.3 kg/mu), a decrease of 3.8 kg/ha (0.3 kg/mu) or 0.1% over the previous year.
Among them, the yield per unit in Anhui and Hubei increased by 93.9 kg/ha (6.3 kg/mu) and 54.0 kg/ha (3.6 kg/mu) respectively, an increase of 1.6% and 0.9%.
In Guangdong, Hainan, and Fujian, due to the impact of periodic low temperature and rain on early rice production, the yield per unit decreased by 87.0 kg/ha (5.8 kg/mu), 59.9 kg/ha (4.0 kg/mu) and 51.1 kg/ha (3.4 kg/mu) respectively. ), down 1.4%, 1.0% and 0.8%.
The main reason for the flat yield and the slight decrease: the meteorological conditions during the early rice growth period this year were "good at both ends and poor in the middle".
From early rice planting to April, most of the production areas in the south of the Yangtze River and South China have higher temperatures than the same period of the year, more sunshine hours, and more water for planting. It is generally beneficial to early rice sowing and seedling raising, transplanting and turning green and seedling growth.
From May to June, the temperature in most production areas in Jiangnan and South China was lower than the same period of normal years, and the number of cloudy and rainy days was high, which affected the growth process of early rice and the formation of photosynthetic products, and there were multiple rounds of heavy rainfall in some areas, which affected the early rice heading and flowering.
In the later stage, the weather in most parts of the south was fine and sunny, with sufficient sunlight and high temperature, which was conducive to early rice filling and maturation.
At the same time, all localities have strengthened field management and carried out unified prevention and control, and pests and diseases have been effectively controlled.
Against the backdrop of the spread of the global epidemic and the complex and severe international environment, my country's bumper summer grain harvest and stable early rice production have laid a solid foundation for a bumper grain harvest throughout the year, and provided solid support for stabilizing the macroeconomic market and keeping the economy operating within a reasonable range.
(Zhongxin Finance)