Changing the mode and adjusting the structure to promote a new breakthrough in grain production

In 2015, faced with multiple tests such as serious natural disasters in local areas, frequent biological disasters, and the ever-changing market environment, a breakthrough was made in the protection of the high level of grain. This year's grain output reached 621.435 million tons, an increase of 14.408 million tons, another record high. Planting production to maintain a good momentum of development, not only ensure a stable grain supply, but also achieve quality improvement and efficiency.

Positive progress has been made in restructuring. Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture has selected 30 counties in the "three north" areas to carry out the pilot project of changing grain to feed, and three counties (farms) in Heilongjiang to carry out the pilot rotation of corn and soybeans. We will guide high-latitude and arid areas to change corn and other crops grown in high latitudes and arid areas into drought-tolerant crops such as miscellaneous grains and beans according to local conditions.

The transfer mode is carried out in an orderly manner. First, the promotion of technology integration. Integrated assembly of 20 kinds of green yield-increasing and efficiency-increasing technical models, selected 20 kinds of key technologies of seed-saving, fertilizer-saving, medicine-saving and water-saving, and created a number of demonstration areas for increasing production and efficiency, production and ecological coordination and sustainable development; second, resource conservation and utilization. Organizations have carried out "Zero growth in Chemical Fertilizer use by 2020" and "Zero growth in Pesticide use by 2020" to promote the reduction of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and increase efficiency. According to the scientific calculation of the Ministry of Agriculture, in 2015, the utilization rate of chemical fertilizers and pesticides of the three staple grains was 35.2% and 36.6% respectively, an increase of 2.2% and 1.6% respectively over 2013. The third is the innovation of service methods. We will promote cooperation between agriculture and enterprises to promote formula fertilizers, rely on new business entities, and integrate the technical model of reducing quantity and increasing efficiency, so as to save fertilizer and increase efficiency.

The quality and benefit has been improved steadily. Vigorously promote standardized production, actively promote the establishment of horticultural crop standard park, rely on new business entities to promote regionalization, standardization of green technology model. Carry out the "three products" promotion action of horticultural crops, carry out the transformation of old fruit (tea) orchards, and promote variety improvement, quality improvement and brand creation.

Solid progress has been made in environmental control. To carry out the "cultivated land quality protection and improvement action", according to the ecological types and the current situation of cultivated land quality, implement the comprehensive treatment of degraded cultivated land, the prevention and restoration of polluted cultivated land, and the improvement of soil fertility protection. It is understood that since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture has specially allocated 500 million yuan to carry out pilot projects for the protection and use of black land in 17 major grain-producing counties in Northeast China. At the same time, we will continue to allocate 1.5 billion yuan to carry out pilot projects for comprehensive treatment in heavy metal pollution areas in Hunan, promote the delineation of permanent basic farmland in an orderly manner, and consolidate the foundation for grain production.

In order to promote the development of modern planting industry, the planting industry will focus on "three persistence and three breakthroughs" in 2016. First, we should adhere to the leadership of science and technology and strive to make new breakthroughs in innovation and development. Second, we should give priority to efficiency and strive to make new breakthroughs in coordinated development. Third, we should give priority to ecology and strive to make new breakthroughs in green development.