China News Service, August 20. In response to the question "Is China's food enough this year? What measures will the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs take to prevent a food crisis?", Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Yu Kangzhen pointed out on the 20th that drought and flood disasters have not been reversed. This year's grain production is steadily improving. If there are no major disasters in the later period, the whole year will still be a bumper year, and the current grain stocks are still high, my country’s food security is fully guaranteed, and prices will remain basically stable.
Data map: Many wheat growing areas in Kongtong District, Pingliang City, Gansu Province. Photo by Wan Xiaolian
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a press conference on the 20th. At the meeting, reporters asked questions about the situation that the epidemic situation, the disaster situation and the foreign epidemic situation seriously affect food imports, is my country's food enough this year? What measures will the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs take to prevent the occurrence of a food crisis?
Yu Kangzhen pointed out that the annual grain is divided into three seasons, summer grain, early rice and autumn grain. At present, summer grains and early rice have been harvested. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, this year's summer grain output was 285.6 billion jin, an increase of 2.42 billion jin over the previous year. The early rice output data was released on August 19. This year's early rice output was 54.6 billion jin, an increase of 2.06 billion jin over the previous year, reversing the downward trend for seven consecutive years.
Yu Kangzhen said that the bulk of the annual grain production is autumn grain. At present, the planting of late rice across the country has ended, and the area of autumn grain has landed. Judging from the situation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the area of autumn grain has increased steadily this year, and the current situation is generally good. Although local droughts and floods are severe this year, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River have encountered rare floods, some parts of the northeast have suffered heavy summer droughts, and southern China’s coastal areas have encountered typhoons. Disaster losses.
At present, the autumn grain crops in Northeast China have entered the filling stage. Except for local drought, the general situation is better than last year. The soil moisture in the Huanghuaihai area is good, and the growth of summer corn is generally better than that of the previous year and the normal year. In the southern region, the growth of mid-late rice was generally normal in most areas except that the growth period was delayed locally due to flooding. The southwest and northwest regions are also growing better.
Yu Kangzhen said that, in summary, the drought and flood disasters have not reversed this year's steady and upward trend in food production. If there are no major disasters in the later period, the whole year will still be a bumper year, and the current grain stocks are still high, my country’s food security is fully guaranteed, and prices will remain basically stable.
Yu Kangzhen emphasized that there are still more than 40 days before the large-scale harvest of autumn grains. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will follow the decision and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council to fight disasters and win a bumper harvest. , To implement key measures to achieve a good harvest of autumn grain this year.