China News Service, Beijing, April 13 (Reporter Kan Feng) The Jilin Province Epidemic Prevention and Control Conference held on the 12th stated that it is the top priority to let the stranded farmers in the cities return to their hometowns, and the farmers who are locked and controlled at home to come out and go to the land.

The press conference revealed that eligible villages that can be unblocked will be released from static control as soon as possible, allowing farmers to move in an orderly manner and prepare for spring ploughing production.

　　At present, the domestic epidemic situation is spreading in many places, but agricultural time does not wait for anyone. How to ensure the correctness of epidemic prevention and control and agricultural production is urgently deployed in many places. Provincial officials in some areas have gone to the front line to supervise the spring ploughing.

Planting rice in paddy fields in Zhenlai County, Jilin Province.

(Data map) Photo by Wang Kai

can't wait, can't be wrong

　　On April 9, Jilin Province held a meeting titled "Consolidate the results of social clearing and restore production and life order steadily". At the meeting, Jilin Provincial Party Secretary Jing Junhai emphasized, " Make sure that the farming time is not delayed one day, that one farmer does not fall behind, and that one mu of land is not abandoned.”

　　Two days ago, Jing Junhai went to Hongguang Village, Longjia Street, Changchun City to check the rice selection and seedlings. He emphasized that "coordinating epidemic prevention and control and preparing for spring ploughing production is a major political task at present. I can't afford to wait, let alone make mistakes." "Never allow epidemic prevention as an excuse to simply and rudely block traffic and delay farming time."

　　As the country's important commodity grain production base, Jilin's agriculture is even related to the country's rice bowl.

Recently, Jilin, which has been fighting the epidemic, has successively introduced measures to ensure that farmers return to their hometowns for spring farming. Taking Jilin City as an example, according to a report by the Jilin Daily on the 11th, over 90% of the farmers in the city's stranded urban areas have returned to their hometowns to prepare for spring farming.

　　In addition to Jilin Province, recently, from north to south, provincial leaders in many places have conducted in-depth research and guidance on spring ploughing.

　　For example, on April 8, Zhang Guoqing, Secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee, went to Changtu County and Kaiyuan City in Tieling for investigation. He emphasized "taking the political responsibility of maintaining national food security", consolidating and improving the comprehensive grain production capacity and the status of the main grain-producing province. Unblock the country's north-south grain transportation channel, and contribute Liaoning's strength to ensuring national food security.

　　On April 8, Luo Dongchuan, deputy secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee, went to Changle District, Fuzhou to investigate spring ploughing production.

　　On April 10, Zhu Guoxian, deputy secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee who was investigating in Yiyang City, asked that leading party and government cadres should go to the grassroots level in rural areas, supervise and inspect grain production, conduct on-the-spot investigations, listen to the opinions of the masses, and help farmers solve urgent problems. .

Data map: The picture shows the agricultural machinery operator installing the seedling tray for the high-speed rice transplanter.

Photo by Li Save

The Problem of "Seed" and the Problem of "Road"

　　People make mistakes for a moment, and people make mistakes for a year.

Spring ploughing is of great importance, not only to solve the problem of people, but also to solve the supply and smooth flow of agricultural materials such as seeds and fertilizers.

　　Around the issues of planting, fertilizer, and roads for spring ploughing, more than 10 departments at the national level have recently taken action.

In March, under the coordination of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance and other departments, the first batch of more than 3 million tons of spring ploughing fertilizer reserves in 2022 has been put into the market. Mitigate the impact of rising agricultural prices.

　　Seven departments including the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Public Security have also launched a special campaign against counterfeiting agricultural materials across the country in 2022, emphasizing that the quality of production materials such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and veterinary drugs must be guaranteed, and no counterfeiting is allowed.

　　The Ministry of Water Resources requires that water conservancy departments at all levels stand at the strategic height of ensuring national food security and ensure the water demand for agricultural production this spring.

　　In terms of "roads", the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a notice requiring the establishment of a "point-to-point" green channel for the supply and transportation of agricultural materials, strictly prohibiting arbitrary card interception, road closure, etc. 59191312), to focus on solving problems such as the transportation and circulation of agricultural materials, and blocking points when entering villages and stores.

　　In addition to the deployment at the national level, at the local level, ensuring spring ploughing has also become the focus of local discipline inspection and supervision.

For example, the Fujian Provincial Commission for Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision requires township and township discipline inspection commissions to focus their time, energy and work arrangements on going to villages and households, and pay close attention to the distribution of agriculture-related subsidies, the implementation of policies that benefit farmers, the guarantee of agricultural material supply, and the protection of arable land.

Data map: In Zhoutou Village, Tangzhou Town, Taihe County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, farmers driving agricultural machinery are ploughing the land and preparing to plant vegetables.

Photo by Deng Heping

A serious topic about jobs

　　How important is spring farming?

Judging from the data, my country's spring-planted grain area accounts for more than half of the annual grain area, which is crucial to stabilizing the annual grain output.

This year, the country's intended area for spring planting of grain reached 940 million mu, an increase over the previous year.

　　The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently revealed that this year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs continued to issue grain production targets and tasks to various regions.

　　"Protecting spring ploughing is not only related to the production of this year, but also an issue of food security, political security and social security in our country." Director of the Rural Industry Economics Research Office of the Institute of Rural Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Liu Changquan analysis.

　　"Everything is easy, and eating is the biggest thing." Last year, my country's grain output reached 1,365.7 billion catties, a record high, but from the big background, the string of food security must always be tight.

　　Recently, Zhou Li, a professor at the School of Agriculture and Rural Development of Renmin University of China, published an analysis. Now, under the triple impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, deglobalization, and regional conflicts, a new round of global food crisis has arrived, and China must do a good job in the long-term. Sexual and strategic preparation.

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