Ecological environment: the common contradiction of agriculture in East Asia

Introduction: agricultural experts and government officials from ASEAN, China, Japan and South Korea agreed today that the problems of agricultural product varieties, quality, cost-effectiveness and ecological environment have become the main contradictions facing the agriculture of East Asian countries The competitiveness and development prospects of these countries' agriculture will depend on whether the above problems can be properly solved At the "forum on agricultural technology and cooperation in East Asia" hosted by the Ministry of agriculture today, some agricultural experts and government officials from East Asian countries said that problems such as rapid population growth, relative lack of resources, and serious agricultural environmental pollution were prevalent in East Asian countries, which seriously restricted the sustainable development of agriculture in East Asian countries     Participants proposed that in order to ensure the sustainable development of agriculture and food security, it is necessary to carry out large-scale ecological environment control and agricultural infrastructure construction, adjust the structure of agricultural production, study and establish the technical system and agricultural production complex system of efficient utilization of resources and ecological environment protection, so as to meet the increasing demand of large amount of agricultural products in terms of quantity growth, quality improvement and variety adjustment There is an urgent need to continuously improve the economic benefits of agricultural production, curb the deterioration trend of resources and ecological environment, and bring agricultural production into the orbit of resource cultivation and ecological environment protection Participants pointed out that modern biotechnology with recombinant DNA technology as the core is developing vigorously and attracting more and more attention The application of biotechnology can greatly reduce the cost of agricultural production, improve the efficiency of agricultural production, and alleviate the deteriorating agricultural ecological environment At the same time, with the increasingly fierce competition around the research and commercial production of genetically modified animals and plants around the world, governments of all countries must strengthen the safety management of genetically modified organisms, in order to protect human health and the safety of animals, plants and microorganisms, protect the ecological environment, and promote the healthy development of agricultural transgenic biotechnology research     According to the organizer, the theme of the conference is "strengthening agricultural technology cooperation in East Asia and promoting sustainable development of agriculture in East Asia" Participants will discuss the World Trade Organization and agricultural products trade, sustainable development of agriculture and food security, protection of new varieties of agricultural plants, management of Agricultural Genetic biosafety, application of biotechnology and information technology in agriculture, etc, This paper comprehensively summarizes the achievements and experiences of agricultural development in East Asia, discusses new ideas and methods of agricultural development in East Asia, and puts forward countermeasures for agricultural development in East Asia in the next period.