Continuing the Good Harvest Situation and Securing the Bottom Line of Food Security
2023-08-17
According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics recently, the summer grain production this year is 292.3 billion catties, a decrease of 2.55 billion catties compared to the previous year, with a stable and slight decrease, still at a relatively high level. The production ranks second in history and has achieved a bumper harvest, laying a solid foundation for the annual grain harvest. Food is the top priority for the people, and food is the security of the country. Food security is the "greatest of nations" and an important foundation for national security. Stabilizing grain production, continuing the good harvest situation, and consolidating the foundation of safety, we must not slack off at all. Increase agricultural policy support and strengthen the guarantee of grain harvest policies. Policy support is an important guarantee for stabilizing the driving force of food production. In November last year, the central government issued an advance payment of 211.5 billion yuan for agricultural related transfer payments in 2023, which will be used for key work such as the distribution of agricultural subsidies, the construction of high standard farmland, agricultural resources and ecological protection, to ensure national food security and the stable production and supply of important agricultural products. In May this year, Henan and other areas were hit by "rotten rain". The central and local governments quickly took action, focusing on key links such as "cutting, drying, protecting, and harvesting", taking extraordinary measures to seize wheat, and carrying out a series of disaster reduction and loss reduction work to minimize farmers' losses. From early risk assessment, to mid-term work deployment, to later acquisition arrangements, the formulation of scientific policies is based on reality, with people's livelihood as the foundation, and comprehensively and from multiple perspectives to ensure this summer's abundant grain harvest. Strengthen the construction of agricultural infrastructure and consolidate the material foundation for abundant grain harvests. China has taken the hard measures of "growing teeth", implemented the strictest farmland protection system, and effectively implemented protection requirements such as equal emphasis on quantity and quality, strict law enforcement, systematic promotion, and sustainable utilization, laying a solid foundation for high grain yield. The total amount of arable land in China has achieved a net increase for two consecutive years, and the planting area of summer grain has increased for three consecutive years. In 2023, the national summer grain planting area was 26609 thousand hectares, an increase of 78.5 thousand hectares or 0.3% compared to the previous year. This is also an important reason why this year's summer grain harvest can still achieve a bumper harvest despite a decrease in yield per unit area. In recent years, various regions have accelerated the replenishment of farmland infrastructure shortcomings, made every effort to improve the quality of farmland, vigorously implemented high standard farmland construction projects, and steadily built farmland, especially permanent basic farmland, into high standard farmland suitable for cultivation, drought and flood protection, and high and stable yield. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, approximately 3% of high standard farmland was built in the first half of this year
Edit：XiaoWanNing Responsible editor：YingLing
Source：Guangming Daily
Special statement: if the pictures and texts reproduced or quoted on this site infringe your legitimate rights and interests, please contact this site, and this site will correct and delete them in time. For copyright issues and website cooperation, please contact through outlook new era email：lwxsd@liaowanghn.com
Recommended Reading Change it 
Home
