Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: Jointly promote large-scale yield increases and go deeper and more practical to ensure stable and safe supply of food and important agricultural products

The Zhitong Finance App learned that on September 2, according to information from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, recently, a national large-scale yield improvement site meeting for grain and oil crops was held in Yili, Xinjiang. The conference emphasized that it is necessary to anchor the goals and tasks of a new round of 100 billion kg grain production capacity improvement actions, build on the current and focus on the “15th Five-Year Plan”, focus on the shortcomings and weaknesses that limit large-scale yield increases, develop science and technology agriculture, green agriculture, quality agriculture, and brand agriculture in an integrated manner, insist on increasing production capacity, production ecology, increasing production and revenue, and promoting the integration and efficiency of good fields and seeds at a higher level, giving full play to the role of industry expert groups, science and technology teams, and agricultural technicians, and focus on strengthening scientific and technological support services, vertical and horizontal coordination, work together to promote large-scale yield increases, go deeper and more realistic, and effectively guarantee food and important agriculture Stable and safe supply of products. At the same time, keep an eye on meteorological disasters such as the “autumn typhoon,” “autumn tigers,” and torrential rains and floods, keep an eye on diseases and pests such as “two migrations” of rice and southern corn rust, strengthen monitoring and early warning, prevent and respond early, strengthen field management, and make every effort to seize autumn grains and a good harvest throughout the year.

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a national large-scale yield improvement site conference for grain and oil crops to emphasize promoting large-scale yield improvement at a higher level

Recently, a national large-scale yield improvement site meeting for grain and oil crops was held in Yili, Xinjiang. The conference emphasized the need to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on grain production and yield improvement, earnestly implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, firmly establish and implement a correct view of political performance, unrelenting efforts to take good care of grain production, promote large-scale yield improvement on a wider scale, promote the integration and efficiency of good crops and good opportunities and laws, continuously explore the potential for increasing yield, and provide solid support for safeguarding the country's food security.

The conference pointed out that in recent years, large-scale yield improvement activities for grain and oil crops have been launched, focusing on the five major crops of corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, and rapeseed, expanding the number of counties promoting the entire system to 1,000, adding 20 new cities, accelerating the promotion and application of leading varieties, leading technologies, and main models, and continuing to promote the introduction of millions of new types of business entities to take the lead in the production of agricultural technicians into the village, academicians and experts lead model fields and other activities to promote a balanced increase in grain production.

The conference emphasized that it is necessary to anchor the goals and tasks of a new round of 100 billion kg grain production capacity improvement actions, build on the current and focus on the “15th Five-Year Plan”, focus on the shortcomings and weaknesses that limit large-scale yield increases, develop science and technology agriculture, green agriculture, quality agriculture, and brand agriculture in an integrated manner, insist on increasing production capacity, production ecology, increasing production and revenue, and promoting the integration and efficiency of good fields and seeds at a higher level, giving full play to the role of industry expert groups, science and technology teams, and agricultural technicians, and focus on strengthening scientific and technological support services, vertical and horizontal coordination, work together to promote large-scale yield increases, go deeper and more realistic, and effectively guarantee food and important agriculture Stable and safe supply of products. At the same time, keep an eye on meteorological disasters such as the “autumn typhoon,” “autumn tigers,” and torrential rains and floods, keep an eye on diseases and pests such as “two migrations” of rice and southern corn rust, strengthen monitoring and early warning, prevent and respond early, strengthen field management, and make every effort to seize autumn grains and a good harvest throughout the year.

Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Henan, Jiangxi, Guizhou and other provinces and relevant organizations made exchange statements. Conference delegates observed demonstration sites such as “ton and a half grain” production of corn in a single season in Yili Prefecture, efficient water saving in high-standard farmland, and screening and display of excellent corn varieties. Relevant experts gave practical explanations on techniques such as water and fertilizer integration and precise control of dense planting.

This article was selected from the “Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs” official website, Zhitong Finance Editor: Feng Qiuyi.