Firmly hold the red line of how many acres of cultivated land, and gradually build all permanent basic farmland into what kind of farmland.

A strong country must first strengthen agriculture, and strong agriculture can make a strong country. The just-concluded Central Rural Work Conference defined the objectives, tasks, strategic priorities and main direction of the work concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers at present and in the future. This shows that the CPC Central Committee attaches great importance to the work concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers in the new era and new journey, and greatly inspires the spirit of the workers concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers.

The Central Rural Work Conference pointed out that a strong agricultural country is the foundation of a strong socialist modernization country, and it is inseparable from agricultural development to meet people's needs for a better life, achieve high-quality development, and lay a solid foundation for national security.

Many people in the industry said that the central rural work conference pointed out the direction for stabilizing the basic disk and taking new steps. Among them, ensuring the stable and safe supply of grain and important agricultural products is the top priority of building an agricultural power. The guarantee of food security benefits from the implementation of "grain storage on the ground and grain storage by science and technology" in China. It is necessary to grasp the two key points of cultivated land and seeds, build a high-standard farmland tamping "tillage" base, and rely on our own strength to stabilize the rice bowl.

Hiding grain in the ground requires a high standard of farmland output

The Central Rural Work Conference pointed out that we should firmly hold the red line of 654.38+0.8 billion mu of cultivated land and gradually build all permanent basic farmland into high-standard farmland.

Everything is born in the soil, and there is soil and food. Anyang County, Anyang City, Henan Province, in 2022, the county's total grain output was 492,200 tons, which was steady and rising compared with the normal level. "Behind the bumper harvest, high-standard farmland construction has contributed." Wang Ruijiang, director of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau of Anyang County, believes that the purpose of high-standard farmland is to achieve high farmland quality, high output capacity, strong ability to resist disasters and reduce disasters, and high resource utilization. The data shows that up to now, the county has invested 652 million yuan in high-standard farmland construction, and built about 520,000 mu of high-standard farmland, achieving global coverage of high-standard farmland construction.

Infrastructure in high-standard farmland in Anyang County, Anyang City, Henan Province. (Photo courtesy of Propaganda Department of Anyang Municipal Committee of Henan Province)

Anyang county is a microcosm of China's high-standard farmland construction. This year's Central Rural Work Conference emphasized "anchoring the goal of building an agricultural power". Without an agricultural power, there would be no modern power.

The relevant person in charge of the farmland construction management department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said earlier that by the end of 2022, China will build 654.38 billion mu of high-standard farmland, and the average grain production capacity of high-standard farmland will increase by 6543.8+0% to 20% after completion.

How to transform into an agricultural power? According to Zhang Hongyu, vice president of Tsinghua University China Rural Research Institute, the transformation from a big agricultural country to a powerful agricultural country is not only an inevitable requirement to promote agricultural and rural modernization, but also the only way for China to modernize.

"To build an agricultural power with China characteristics, we should fully reflect China's national conditions and agricultural conditions, not only pay attention to developing agricultural productivity, but also constantly improve rural production relations. It is necessary to meet the full supply of grain in a populous country and adapt to the staged requirements of economic and social development. " Zhang Hongyu said.

Science and technology grain storage makes seed industry revitalize.

The Central Rural Work Conference pointed out that seed industry revitalization should be effective and domestic varieties should be firmly in their own hands.

Seeds are the "chips" of agriculture. Seed industry is the key to food security and an effective breakthrough to increase production in China, and it is very important to ensure food security and increase the income of grain farmers.

In Baodi District, Tianjin, the main producing area of station rice, nearly 500 thousand mu of station rice ushered in a bumper harvest this year. High-quality rice varieties such as "Jinyuan U99" and "Tianlong 6 19" make the average yield per mu reach 695 kg.

"Compared with previous years, the average yield per mu here has more than tripled." Wang Ruidong, a large grain grower in Baodi District, said that this year's rice harvest was all "watched" by technicians. "From the beginning of the spin broadcast, every link has experts to guide. This year, the horizontal deep fertilization technology of rice was introduced, which greatly improved the utilization rate of chemical fertilizer and turned my land with serious saline-alkali into a high-yield field. The yield per mu of the land planted with' Jinyujing 22' reached 900 Jin, which is the highest in the whole region. " Wang Ruidong said.

Tianjin has a bumper harvest of rice. Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Weizhen photo

According to the data of Tianjin Investigation Corps of National Bureau of Statistics, in 2022, Tianjin's total grain output reached 2.562 million tons, an increase of 63,000 tons year-on-year, with an increase of 2.5%, and the grain yield and total output doubled.

The Central Rural Work Conference pointed out that "building an agricultural power should reflect the characteristics of China" and "we should rely on our own strength to keep our jobs". "Seed industry is the key to food security in China and an effective breakthrough to increase production." Wu Li, deputy director of TF Securities Research Institute and chief analyst of agricultural industry, said that the world seed industry has entered the breeding 4.0 era of "conventional breeding+biotechnology+informatization", and China's biological breeding has formed a pattern of independent innovation, and biological breeding technology has achieved remarkable results in increasing yield per unit area.

"At present, based on the existing advantages of conventional breeding in China, the industrialization of biological breeding is proceeding in an orderly manner, which will help China's seed strength to a higher level." Wu Li said that the innovation and application of biological breeding in China should be more prominent on the premise of maintaining the advantages of conventional breeding in the future.

Nowadays, from super rice to water-saving and drought-resistant wheat, excellent varieties with disease and insect resistance and high yield have obvious high-yield advantages, which are the landmark achievements of major seed industries and provide solid support for the grain output to stand firm for many years 1.3 trillion Jin.

Do a good job of "combination boxing" to increase income and ensure farmers' enthusiasm for farming

The Central Rural Work Conference pointed out that it is necessary to improve the income guarantee mechanism for grain farmers and the interest compensation mechanism for major producing areas.

Farmers are the main body of agricultural production. It is of great significance to ensure that farmers' income increases year by year and fully mobilize their enthusiasm.

After the autumn harvest, Zhao Yinfa, a large grain grower in Qihe County, Dezhou City, Shandong Province, was quite satisfied with this year's income. "This year's output is better than last year, the price is also right, and the income is more than last year."

Farmers in Dezhou City, Shandong Province welcome the harvest of autumn grain. (Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of Laoling Municipal Committee of Shandong Province)

Since last year, due to the rising prices of agricultural materials such as fertilizers and pesticides, farmers' cost of growing grain has risen a lot. Agricultural subsidies are like timely rain, nourishing the hearts of farmers like Zhao Yinfa. In 2022, the central government issued a total of 40 billion yuan of subsidy funds to ensure the stability of agricultural production, and the actual grain growers who bear the rising cost of agricultural materials became the beneficiaries of subsidies.

Zhao Yinfa calculated an account. The cost of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides for an acre of corn is around 350 yuan. "The cost after the subsidy has dropped a lot. I intend to continue to expand the planting area next year. "

Wu Qixiu, director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the Ministry of Finance, said that on the basis of fully arranging the 30 billion yuan budgeted at the beginning of the year, the central government will arrange another 654.38 billion yuan to ensure the stability of agricultural production in autumn and lay a more solid foundation for the annual grain harvest.

How to improve farmers' income security mechanism? According to Zuo Ting, vice president of the National Rural Revitalization Research Institute of China Agricultural University, in order to ensure the income of grain farmers and enhance their enthusiasm for growing grain, we should further formulate various safeguard measures, enhance the safety of the whole industrial chain, and make efforts in farmland facilities, agricultural market economy and agricultural equipment.

"For example, develop contract agriculture and futures markets to resist the impact of market fluctuations; Vigorously develop agricultural equipment, agricultural product processing industry, agricultural product warehousing and logistics industry and socialized services, reduce production costs and increase added value, thus improving the efficiency and safety of the entire industrial chain. " Stop talking about the left.

Blueprints inspire people to forge ahead, and the struggle is just the right time. In the future, China will gradually build all permanent basic farmland into high-standard farmland and strive to write a magnificent chapter of "agriculture, countryside and farmers" in the new era.