China News Service, Beijing, April 7 (Reporter Wang Enbo) To ensure national food security and follow the path of agricultural modernization, building high-standard farmland is an important starting point. The reporter learned from the China Development Bank on the 7th that in the first quarter of this year, the bank issued 2.59 billion yuan in special loans for farmland construction, double the year-on-year increase.
In recent years, CDB has focused on providing medium- and long-term financing support for areas such as new construction and renovation of high-standard farmland, renovation of medium- and low-yield fields, appropriate development and utilization of reserve farmland resources, construction of farmland water conservancy facilities, and improvement of farmland ecological functions to help ensure food security. and ensuring stable production and supply of important agricultural products. With its support, a large number of farmland construction and renovation projects across the country have been completed one after another, and have produced good results in spring plowing.
In 2023, the Gansu Branch of the China Development Bank deepened its cooperation with the Jiuquan Municipal Government's government bank, supported the implementation of high-standard farmland projects in a market-oriented model, issued loans of 520 million yuan, and supported 215,000 acres of high-standard farmland and supporting infrastructure in Guazhou, Yumen and other places. Facility construction.
Thanks to relevant financing support, Xiaxihao Town, Yumen City, has vigorously promoted the construction of high-standard farmland, promoting the "consolidation of small plots into large pieces, scattered into concentrated areas", so that large agricultural machinery can also "have fun" in the fields. In the newly built high-standard farmland, the mechanization rate of crop farming has reached 100%, which has reduced labor costs by more than 80%, machinery expenses by more than 18%, and the efficiency of farming and harvesting will be greatly improved.
It is now a critical period for spring plowing and preparations. In the high-standard farmland of Renli Town, Chuanshan District, Suining City, Sichuan, large tractors and land ridging machines are busy in the fields, and drones carrying pesticides and fertilizers in mid-air follow preset routes. hover.
Since 2023, the Sichuan Branch of China Development Bank has strengthened its cooperation with local governments and banks to build a market-oriented financing model to support the construction of 15,000 acres of high-standard farmland in Chuanshan District, helping the local area solve the problem of scattered cultivated land, insufficient irrigation systems, and lack of effective agricultural production and income increases. Support issues. With the implementation of the project, the farmland here has realized the transformation of "small to large, short to long, steep to gentle, and curved to straight." The road network, canal network, and pipe network around the farmland have become interconnected, and the farmland irrigation guarantee rate in the project area has reached 75%. Above, the road accessibility rate has reached 90%, the agricultural mechanization rate has increased by more than 10%, and a new era of "Tianfu Granary" with guaranteed harvests despite droughts and floods, high yields and stable harvests, and suitable for machine operations is being built.
The person in charge of relevant departments of the China Development Bank stated that they will increase inclusive financial support and strengthen medium- and long-term financing support for key areas such as stable production and supply of grain and important agricultural products, agricultural and rural infrastructure, and agricultural scientific and technological innovation, in order to ensure national food security and promote Contribute to the modernization of agriculture and rural areas and accelerating the construction of a strong agricultural country. (over)