We should consolidate the ballast stone of the "three rural areas" and strive to raise our production capacity to a new level

A strong country must first strengthen the peasants, and only when the peasants are strong can the country be strong
.
The recent Central Rural Work Conference anchored the goal of building an agricultural power, made a series of important arrangements for the "three rural areas" work, emphasized that "ensuring the stable and safe supply of grain and important agricultural products" is always the top priority in building an agricultural power, and proposed "implementing a new round of actions to improve grain production capacity of 100 billion jin", "grasping the two key points of cultivated land and seeds", and "improving the income guarantee mechanism for grain farmers
".

Industry experts said that China's food security situation is generally good, promoting grain production capacity to a new level, further tapping the potential of increasing food production, and the foundation of food security will be further consolidated
.
To this end, it is necessary to grasp the two keys of cultivated land and seeds, improve the comprehensive income of peasants in growing grain, and continue to stimulate the endogenous motivation
of peasants to grow grain.

Implement a new round of 100 billion jin of grain production capacity improvement action

Eat for everything
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The meeting took "ensuring the stable and secure supply of grain and important agricultural products" as the top priority in building an agricultural power, and pointed out that it is necessary to "implement a new round of 100 billion jin of grain production capacity improvement actions" and speed up the formulation of implementation plans
.

In recent years, China's grain production capacity has increased
steadily.
According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, grain production and harvest will increase in 2022, with the total national grain output reaching 1,373.
1 billion jin, an increase of 7.
4 billion jin over the previous year, an increase of 0.
5%, and grain output has been stable at more than
1.
3 trillion jin for eight consecutive years.
The per capita grain possession reached 483 kg, which is higher than the internationally recognized food security line of 400 kg, achieving basic self-sufficiency in grain and absolute food security
.

"China's food security situation is generally good, but at present and for some time to come, China still faces some risks and challenges
in ensuring food security.
" Cheng Guoqiang, professor at Chinese University and president of the National Institute of Food Security Strategy, said that we must take precautions, always tighten the string of food security, continue to improve the comprehensive production capacity of food, and better ensure food security
.

"According to estimates, China's grain output is expected to reach 1.
4 trillion jin
during the '14th Five-Year Plan' period.
" Han Yijun, director of the National Agricultural Market Research Center of China Agricultural University and director of the Industrial Economy Research Office of the National Wheat Industry Technology System, said that the implementation of a new round of 100 billion jin of grain production capacity improvement action will further tap the potential of increasing grain production, promote grain production capacity to a new level, and lay a solid foundation
for ensuring food security.

Han Yijun also said that the meeting emphasized ensuring the stable and safe supply of grain and important agricultural products, which is an important deployment
for ensuring food security under the current international and domestic situation.
In the next step, we must coordinate the relationship between stability and security, enhance the resilience of China's agricultural industrial chain, effectively increase the production capacity and self-sufficiency rate of soybean oilseeds, and ensure the safety and stability
of China's global supply chain of grain and important agricultural products.

Grasp the two key points of cultivated land and seeds

The meeting stressed the need to grasp the two key points of cultivated land and seeds, resolutely adhere to the red line of 1.
8 billion mu of cultivated land, gradually build all permanent basic farmland into high-standard farmland, earnestly achieve results in the action of revitalizing the seed industry, and firmly hold the varieties in our own hands
.

Han Yijun said that to continue to increase grain production capacity, cultivated land and seeds are the key
.
Among them, in terms of cultivated land, in addition to guarding the "1.
8 billion mu" red line, it is also necessary to grasp the construction of high-standard farmland and the protection of black soil, which is the foundation
for improving grain production capacity.

In recent years, all localities have stepped up the construction of high-standard farmland to ensure harvests during drought and flood, stabilize and high yields, and continuously improve agricultural infrastructure
.
By the end of 2022, China's high-standard farmland will be built to a total of 1 billion mu
.

"But to continue to increase yields, with limited space to expand the area, and the focus is on increasing yields, seeds have become the key
of the key.
" Han Yijun said: Therefore, we must earnestly achieve results in the revitalization of the seed industry, and we must firmly hold the varieties in our own hands
.

The reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs that in China's crop production, 80% of the seeds are provided
by enterprises.
In recent years, China's seed industry enterprises have developed rapidly, and there are already two top 10 agricultural species enterprises in the world, but most of them are small in scale and not very competitive
.

In July 2021, the 20th meeting of the Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reform deliberated and adopted the Action Plan for the Revitalization of the Seed Industry, which clearly supports the development of
advantageous seed enterprises.
In August 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a document stating that it would be better and stronger to a number of leading companies in the seed industry and accelerate the creation of a backbone force for the revitalization of the seed industry
.

The relevant person in charge of the Seed Industry Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs pointed out that only by allowing more advantageous enterprises with their own varieties to become suppliers of the seed market and promoters of variety renewal can the target requirements
of independent and controllable seed sources be truly implemented.

Improve the income guarantee mechanism for grain farmers

In order to have a bumper harvest, it is also necessary to increase the income, in order to continue to stimulate the endogenous motivation
of farmers to grow grain.

The meeting proposed that it is necessary to improve the income guarantee mechanism for grain farmers and improve the compensation mechanism
for the interests of the main producing areas.
To ensure food security, we must make efforts at both ends of increasing production and reducing losses, and continue to deepen various actions
on food conservation.

"Improve the income guarantee mechanism for grain farmers and the compensation mechanism for the interests of the main producing areas, so that farmers can grow grain profitably, and the main producing areas can have enthusiasm for grasping grain
.
" Cheng Guoqiang said
.

For a long time, the high cost and low return of growing grain have been an important reason
for affecting farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain.
In addition, food production faces risks and challenges
such as market fluctuations and natural disasters.

In order to ensure that farmers can grow grain and sell and earn money, in recent years, China has continuously strengthened policy support for grain production, and accelerated the establishment and improvement of guarantee mechanisms
such as agricultural product prices, agricultural subsidies, and agricultural insurance 。 In 2022, the central government will successively issue a one-time agricultural input subsidy fund of 40 billion yuan to farmers who actually grow grain, alleviating the impact of increasing the cost of growing grain caused by the rise in agricultural input prices.
Continue to raise the minimum purchase price of wheat and rice, stabilize the subsidy policy for corn and soybean producers and rice, and increase farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain; On the basis of continuing to implement policy-based agricultural insurance, the full cost insurance and planting income insurance of the three major staple grains will be fully covered
in the major grain-producing counties in the main producing areas.

Cao Hui, director of the Industrial Development Research Office of the Rural Economic Research Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that to improve the income guarantee mechanism for grain farmers, it is necessary to build a "trinity" support policy system of price, subsidies and insurance, improve the benefit compensation mechanism of the main producing areas, and take effective measures to consolidate the production capacity of grain functional areas and prevent the trend
of weakening functions.
In addition, it is necessary to vigorously develop agricultural socialization services such as purchase and storage, reduce post-production losses of grain, promote cost saving and efficiency, and improve farmers' comprehensive income
from grain cultivation.

(Edited by Li Chuang)