Original Title: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Requires Implementation of Policies and Measures to Ensure Early Rice Area Recovery
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 12 (Reporter Yu Wenjing) Currently, more than half of South China's early rice seedlings have been raised, and the Yangtze River Basin has begun to soak seedlings. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs requested on the 12th that all localities increase their efforts and measures, implement various policies and measures, and ensure that the area of early rice nationwide resumes to increase this year.
According to the data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, rice is an important ration species in China, and its area accounts for 1/4 of the annual grain area, of which the double-crop area accounts for nearly 1/3 of the rice. As the first season of double-crop rice, early rice will not only affect the current season, but also the next crop. The key to recovering double-crop rice is to increase early rice.
Han Changfu, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said at the video conference on the implementation of early rice production on the 12th that agricultural and rural departments at all levels should fully understand the significance of early rice production this year, pay close attention to various measures, and strive to obtain a well-off year's food and Agricultural harvest.
It is understood that the country has increased its support for the production of early rice this year. The minimum purchase prices for early indica rice and mid-late rice were increased. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs together with the Ministry of Finance coordinated the integration of 3.67 billion yuan in agricultural project funds. Relevant supporting policies have been introduced in various places to actively promote the restoration of early rice area.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs requires that local governments should implement policies and areas. Integrate funds such as rice subsidies, farmland rotation and fallow farming trials, agricultural socialization services, green high-quality and high-efficiency actions, and focus on supporting key links such as centralized seedling, mechanical planting, and hosted services such as seeding, planting, and cultivation. The task of early rice production will be decomposed and implemented as soon as possible to the county, township, and village groups, and the responsibilities will be layered. Increase support for major production areas, key counties, and scale operators.
At the same time, do a good job of guidance services and agricultural resources guarantee. Organize experts and agricultural technicians to take multiple measures to do online and offline technical training, guidance services and answer questions. Carry out full-scale custody, link custody, joint farming, joint ventures, joint operations, etc. to drive small farmers to develop double-crop rice. Strengthen the adjustment and transfer of agricultural resources, and promote the transfer of agricultural resources from village to household. Do a good job in agricultural machinery deployment, machine maintenance and operator training, and organize the whole process of agricultural machinery cross-region operation and mechanical ploughing machine insertion.