Data map: Farmers are busy planting early rice.

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　　China News Service, April 20. On the 20th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the operation of the agricultural and rural economy in the first quarter of 2022. Zeng Yande, chief agronomist and director of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, introduced at the meeting that since the beginning of this year, The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is coordinating the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and spring agricultural production, especially strengthening the emergency supply of "vegetable basket" products and the deployment of agricultural materials to ensure market stability and the smooth development of spring ploughing production.

At the same time, efforts were made to consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation, and to advance key tasks such as rural development, rural construction, and rural governance in a solid and orderly manner. The agricultural and rural economy was generally stable in the first quarter.

　　It is mainly manifested in the following six aspects:

　　First, the progress of spring management and spring planting is generally good.

This year, the situation at home and abroad is extremely complex and severe, and it is extremely important to stabilize grain production.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs insisted on taking the harvest of the year's grain harvest as the primary task. With the attitude of fighting against the water and extraordinary strength, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs worked closely with each other and did not fail to grasp the spring ploughing production, and the grain production maintained a good momentum.

The production situation of summer grain is better than expected.

During the autumn and winter planting last year, the north encountered a rare autumn flood. After many hard efforts, the area of ​​winter wheat was the same as that of the previous year and slightly decreased, but the seedling situation was the most complicated and the worst in the past ten years.

After the beginning of spring, all localities will pay close attention to promoting the weak and strong, and promote the transformation and upgrading of winter wheat seedlings.

At present, the proportion of first- and second-class seedlings of winter wheat is 87.9%, which is 17.4 percentage points higher than that before winter and 3.7 percentage points lower than that of the same period last year.

Spring ploughing and planting are progressing smoothly.

According to the dispatch of agricultural conditions, the intended planting area of ​​grain for spring sowing this year is 940 million mu, an increase over the previous year.

At present, more than 20% of the crops have been sown in spring, 70% of early rice has been planted, and 70% of rice seedlings have been raised in Northeast China, all faster than last year.

The expansion of soybean oil crops is well implemented.

This is a hard task for agricultural production this year.

At present, the national soybean and oilseed capacity improvement project has been launched, and the target task of soybean oilseed expansion has been implemented to provinces, cities and counties.

　　Second, the supply of "vegetable basket" products is guaranteed.

Strengthen the "vegetable basket" mayor's responsibility system, focus on the market supply during the Winter Olympics, Winter Paralympics and the Spring Festival, and make every effort to ensure the supply of "vegetable basket" products.

The production capacity of live pigs returned to the normal range.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, by the end of the first quarter, there were 41.85 million breeding sows in the country, equivalent to 102.1% of the normal population of 41 million.

The output of pork was 15.61 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 14%.

The production of cattle, sheep and poultry and fishery developed steadily.

The output of beef, mutton and poultry increased by 0.3% year-on-year, the output of milk increased by 8.3%, and the output of domestic aquatic products increased by 2.5%.

The supply of vegetables was generally stable, and the area of ​​vegetables in the field increased by nearly 3 million mu year-on-year.

The level of quality and safety is stable and improving.

The pass rate of routine monitoring of the quality and safety of agricultural products was stable at over 97.5%, and the cumulative number of green, organic and geographically indicated agricultural products reached 62,000.

　　Third, the achievements in poverty alleviation continued to be consolidated.

Focus on industrial employment in poverty-stricken areas, and promote the steady increase in the income of the poverty-stricken population.

Cultivate advantageous and characteristic industries, guide poverty alleviation areas to formulate and implement characteristic industry development plans, support the development of the entire industrial chain and the construction of supporting infrastructure, and stably provide microfinance for poverty alleviation populations.

As of the end of March, 28 provinces across the country had newly issued 19.1 billion yuan of microfinance this year, supporting 435,000 households to develop production.

We promoted the employment and income growth of people who were lifted out of poverty, provided point-to-point, one-stop return-to-work services, and 27.73 million people went out to work out of poverty, achieving 91.85% of the annual goal of stabilizing jobs and employment.

　　Fourth, the development momentum of rural industries is good.

Continue to expand the multiple functions of agriculture, tap the multiple values ​​of rural areas, and accelerate the development of rural industries that enrich the people.

The agricultural product processing industry is stable and improving.

In March, the PMI index of national key leading enterprises in agricultural industrialization was 50.3%, 0.8 percentage points higher than that of the manufacturing industry in the same period.

In the first quarter, the added value of the national agricultural and sideline food processing industry increased by 6.4% year-on-year.

New industries and new formats remained stable.

During the Spring Festival and Winter Olympics, going to the countryside to celebrate the New Year, tasting food, swimming in ice and snow, and enjoying spring flowers has become the first choice for urban and rural residents for vacation.

The growth rate of online retail sales of agricultural products is expected to be around 10%.

The employment situation of migrant workers is good.

As of the end of March, the employment rate of migrant workers returning to their hometowns has exceeded 80%.

The development of industrial agglomeration has been solidly promoted.

This year, 50 national modern agricultural industrial parks, 40 advantageous and characteristic industrial clusters, and 200 strong agricultural towns are newly arranged to build a number of industrial development highlands.

　　Fifth, various tasks such as rural construction are progressing in an orderly manner.

Solidly carry out rural construction.

The implementation plan for rural construction actions was issued to promote the strengthening of inclusive, basic and basic livelihood construction in all regions.

Steadily promote the improvement of rural living environment, organize and implement the spring campaign of the village cleaning action, and promote the upgrading of villages from clean and tidy to beautiful and livable.

Continue to deepen rural reform.

Steadily advance the reform tasks of rural contracted land and the homestead system, and cultivate and expand new agricultural business entities.

By the end of March, there were more than 3.8 million family farms and 2.22 million farmer cooperatives.

The number of agricultural social service organizations reached 955,000, covering about 38.4% of small farmers across the country.

Actively expand agricultural investment.

Accelerate the construction of key projects such as high-standard farmland and cold chain logistics, and expand diversified channels for agricultural investment.

In the first quarter, the national primary industry fixed asset investment was 252.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%.

　　Sixth, farmers' income continued to grow.

Insist on taking multiple measures simultaneously to broaden the channels for farmers to increase their income.

In the first quarter, the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 5,778 yuan, a real increase of 6.3% after deducting price factors, which was 2.1 percentage points higher than the growth rate of urban residents' income.

The total number of rural migrant workers and their wages have achieved double growth. The total number of migrant workers has reached 178 million, a year-on-year increase of 2.2%, and the average monthly wage has reached 4,436 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.9%.

　　Zeng Yande said that, in general, the agricultural and rural economy maintained a steady momentum of development in the first quarter, providing strong support for economic development and social stability.

It should also be noted that the current agricultural and rural economic development is still facing many difficulties and problems. The most prominent ones are the drastic price fluctuations in the international grain market, the high price of agricultural materials, the increasing pressure on farmers to increase their income, and the impact of the epidemic on the order of agricultural production and circulation in some areas. Influence and other issues need to be paid high attention to and effectively solved.

　　In the next step, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will, in accordance with the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, coordinate epidemic prevention and control and agricultural production, continue to do a good job in ensuring supply, connection, fishing ban, construction, key tasks, and key tasks of reform, and firmly safeguard national food security and safety. There are no two bottom lines of returning to poverty on a large scale, and efforts should be made to ensure stable and increased agricultural production, steady increase in farmers’ income, and stability and tranquility in rural areas, and take practical actions to welcome the victory of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.