How to ensure that this year's grain output is more than 1.3 trillion catties (Policy Q&A, China's economy will do this in 2024)
Reporter Yu Jingxian
In 2023, China will overcome the impact of disasters such as local floods and droughts in major producing areas, and its grain output will reach a new high, achieving "1 consecutive harvests". On a high base, how to ensure that grain output remains above 3.<> trillion jin this year and further consolidate the foundation of national food security?
Pan Wenbo, director of the Planting Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that this year will focus on "stabilizing the area and increasing yield", to ensure that the sowing area remains generally stable, and the potential is expanded in places where conditions permit, and the output is stable and progressive.
Stabilize the area, increase yield, and consolidate the chassis of food security. Fully implement the joint responsibility of the party and government for food security to ensure the overall stability of the grain sowing area. This year, we will ensure that the soybean area is stable at more than 1 million mu, the oilseed area is stable at more than 5 million mu, and the soybean and corn strip compound planting area is stable at 2 million mu. At the same time, this year will put the promotion of large-scale yield improvement in a more prominent position. On the basis of the existing 2000 corn and 200 soybean counties, 100 corn, 100 wheat and 100 rape counties will be added, and we will continue to promote large-scale and in-depth efforts to increase yields.
Stabilize income, grasp the chain, and improve the efficiency of farmers' grain planting. Adjust the grain planting structure, focusing on the soybean and oilseed production capacity improvement project. On the basis of doing a good job in the existing soybean system and promoting the yield of the county, we will promote the smooth connection of production and marketing, increase the income of soybean farmers, and increase the production capacity and self-sufficiency rate of soybean oil. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, together with relevant departments, will further increase support for yield improvement through the implementation of grain yield improvement projects and measures such as increasing subsidies for key links.
It can be used for both prevention and emergency purposes, and enhance the ability of agriculture to resist disasters and reduce disasters. This year, China will further improve the long-term mechanism for agricultural disaster prevention, mitigation and relief, and improve the organizational mechanism for agricultural disaster relief. Strengthen the construction of infrastructure and equipment, promote the transformation and upgrading of high-standard farmland, coordinate the development of efficient water-saving irrigation, and accelerate the reserve of a number of "peacetime and emergency" disaster relief equipment. Further highlight scientific and technological support, strengthen the construction of grassroots disaster prevention, mitigation and relief system teams, screen and promote a number of high temperature and drought resistance, waterlogging resistance, disease and insect resistance and other highly resistant varieties, and integrate and promote wheat "one spray three prevention", autumn grain "one spray and multiple promotion" and other disaster prevention and disaster-free production increase technical measures.
People's Daily (2024-01-06 Edition 01)