Is the rural land contracted by others to plant trees?

If you want to be rich, plant more trees, which has been the slogan of the countryside for many years. However, in the past ten years, most of the rural areas were sparsely populated, the prices of crops such as grain were relatively high, and there was not enough land for planting at home. Not many farmers are willing to plant trees in large areas on their contracted land, and some just plant trees on the edge of their fields.

However, great changes have taken place in these years. Due to the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization, many farmers are far away from home to work. In addition, the price of grain has been falling year after year, and the price of agricultural materials has been rising, so it is difficult to make money by farming for one year. Many farmers simply plant trees on their contracted land, so that they don't have to manage in the fields all the year round, and they can still earn a certain income and work outside to earn money with peace of mind.

Can I plant trees on my contracted land? In fact, cultivated land is generally allowed. Although the state encourages cultivated land to grow grain, there is no explicit prohibition of planting trees in general cultivated land. If it is considered appropriate from the perspective of planting benefits, various trees can be planted on general agricultural land to develop forestry and fruit industry without destroying the cultivated layer.

In addition, the state also encourages returning farmland to forests, which means preventing soil erosion and environmental damage caused by over-cultivation and development in some places where sand storms and water and soil conservation are needed. The state has also allocated a certain amount of funds for returning farmland to forests, and given certain living subsidies and food subsidies to farmers who have returned farmland to forests.

However, it must be noted that trees cannot be planted in basic farmland, which is clearly stipulated in various land management laws and regulations. The Land Management Law clearly stipulates: "It is forbidden to occupy permanent basic farmland to develop forestry and fruit industry and dig ponds to raise fish." The Regulations on the Protection of Basic Farmland stipulates: "It is forbidden for any unit or individual to occupy basic farmland to develop forestry and fruit industry and dig ponds to raise fish." This is because basic farmland is the part with the highest quality and yield in cultivated land, and the main purpose of demarcation is to ensure the supply of agricultural products such as grain in a certain period of time and safeguard national food security. If trees are planted in large areas of basic farmland to develop forestry and fruit industry, it will inevitably lead to the shortage of agricultural products such as grain.

Does the current upsurge of planting trees in cultivated land occupy basic farmland? In fact, there are still many trees planted in basic farmland, some of which may be advocated by local governments. Then why are these trees in basic farmland not investigated? There is actually a lot of helplessness in this, and it can only be so in reality.

We know that the Land Management Law and other laws and regulations clearly stipulate that basic farmland cannot develop forestry and fruit industry, but they have not proposed punitive measures. They didn't say what penalties should be imposed if planting trees, planting trees and developing fruit industry, and there were no punitive measures in other laws and regulations.

Article 75 of the Land Management Law stipulates: "Anyone who, in violation of the provisions of this Law, occupies cultivated land to build kilns and graves, or builds houses, digs sand, quarries, mines and borrows soil on cultivated land without authorization, thus damaging the planting conditions, or causes land desertification and salinization due to land development, shall be ordered by the competent department of natural resources of the people's government at or above the county level and the competent department of agriculture and rural areas according to their duties to make corrections within a time limit and may also be fined; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

Attention, it doesn't say how to plant trees or develop forestry and fruit industry. Does planting trees destroy the planting conditions? This is actually not easy to judge, so it is difficult to punish planting trees in basic farmland.

Can the basic farmland be planted with trees at last? How to grasp this? Last year, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs jointly issued a notice on strengthening the protection of basic farmland, clearly stating that "poplar, eucalyptus, Broussonetia papyrifera and other trees should not be planted in permanent basic farmland" and "other plants that damage the arable layer should not be planted".

Two pieces of information are revealed: one is that it can be planted on permanent basic farmland except for the three kinds of trees specified in the Notice and other trees that have great damage to the arable layer; Secondly, if you plant poplars, eucalyptus, Broussonetia papyrifera or other trees that damage the arable layer, you will be severely punished, because this violates the content of "destroying planting conditions" in the penalty clause of the Land Management Law.