Yuan Longping: grain prices hurt farmers, and China's grain production has declined for four consecutive years

Introduction: according to Yuan Longping, academician of Chinese Academy of engineering and member of the 10th CPPCC National Committee Born in Beijing in 1930 and graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953, he has been engaged in agricultural education and hybrid rice research since then In his speech at the CPPCC meeting, he pointed out that China's food production has declined for four consecutive years, and food security is imminent At the two sessions, whenever representatives, members or journalists meet Academician Yuan Longping, member of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, they will all ask the father of hybrid rice about whether we have enough food to eat? Can agricultural technology ensure food security? Today, Ma Hongtao, a reporter from "half an hour of economy", met with member Yuan Longping and made an exclusive interview with him on food related issues 4qx reporter: "this year, there are two meetings What is your most concern at the meeting?" Yuan Longping, member of the 4qx CPPCC Committee: "I have a speech on food security, because I am engaged in agriculture." Yuan Longping, member of the 4qx CPPCC: "485 million tons, this is our cordon Last year, we only had 435 million tons, down to tens of millions of tons below the cordon." 4qx Yuan Longping said that from 2000 to 2003, China's grain output has declined for four consecutive years In 2003, China's grain output was 861.7 billion jin, which was lower than the national grain consumption of 976 billion jin The shortage of grain output has emerged 4qx Yuan Longping: "but from our output last year, plus our inventory last year, we should still be able to meet our demand for that year In 2004, the problem was probably not too big, and the supply and demand of grain was balanced By 2005, if we continue to decline, this grain will become a big problem Who can support China, not on their own " Among the CPPCC members who attended the two sessions, Yuan Longping, who was nearly 74 years old, thin and black, was different Before he came to Beijing, he still rode a motorcycle, running between the laboratory and the rice field He said that although he earned a lot every year, he liked to wear simple clothes and eat ordinary food Facing the question of "who will support China" from abroad, Yuan Longping always believed that China could support all Chinese people with limited arable land With more than 20 years' efforts, he has greatly increased the per mu yield of hybrid rice in China 4qx reporter: "we have also seen that in your efforts for decades, our per unit yield of grain has doubled But we also see that in recent years, our food production is still declining Why hasn't the progress of science and technology brought about the same growth of food? " 4qx Yuan Longping: "the main factor is that the farmers have no enthusiasm to grow food If you don't plant anything good, he will lose money if he plants it It's because the valley is cheap and hurts the farmers." 4qx what Yuan Longping said most at the two sessions is to have good policies to mobilize farmers' enthusiasm for farming He used his own stories to illustrate the difficult situation of farmers Once he went to the south of Hunan Province for super rice inspection, an old farmer said this to him 4qx Yuan Longping: "he came here and said that I would like to thank you very much, Mr Yuan I have planted fields all my life and never seen such a high yield But on the other hand, he said I have to blame you for your high output Now rice is not worth money He said I have no benefit " Yuan Longping pointed out anxiously that in 2003, China's grain planting area was less than 1.5 billion mu, the lowest since the founding of the people's Republic of China Moreover, from 1997 to 2002, China's cultivated land decreased by 61.64 million mu, an average of 12 million mu per year 4qx Yuan Longping: "we also know that in recent years, our cultivated land has lost more than 60 million mu because of these development land We need to reduce the amount of cultivated land for the purpose of indiscriminate development, image projects, image projects, desertification, and conversion of farmland to forests So you know that our progress in science and technology alone cannot solve the problem of food security One is to greatly increase the output of grain crops through scientific and technological progress; the second is to make good policies to make farmers grow grain effectively and mobilize their enthusiasm; the third is to protect cultivated land " 4qx Yuan Longping said that he had a dream that the rice in his experimental field was as high as sorghum, the spike was as long as a broom, and the particles were as big as peanuts He was tired of walking with his friends and sat under the spike to enjoy the cool 4qx Yuan Longping: "this is a picture of Hexia enjoying the cool." 4qx reporter: "will there be such a dream now?" 4qx Yuan Longping: "it's just a dream I wish this dream could come true, then Chinese people's eating will not be a problem " Committee member Yuan Longping revealed to us that the state attaches great importance to his research work The last three governments have allocated 10 million scientific research funds to the research projects of super rice He also told us that when he went to the supermarket recently, he found that the price of rice increased by 30 cents per Jin Although he had to pay more, Yuan Longping was very happy He hoped that the higher the price of grain would increase the income of farmers and increase their enthusiasm to grow grain.