Develop on a large scale and think about it before you start

There is nothing wrong with pursuing the direction of large-scale development, but different concepts of development may lead it to the opposite place.

With regard to scale, a piece of news a few days ago let people see the "other side" of the coin. It is reported that there are a number of pig farming counties around Dongting Lake. In the past, the aquaculture model is relatively scattered, one household, small trouble, the scale is not large, the benefits are naturally general. Nowadays, the number of pig farms with an annual output of about 500 heads is increasing, and the degree of scale of pig farming is getting higher and higher. But troubles also follow. In the past, thousands of families raised pigs, and pig manure could be used as fertilizer for self-digestion. Now, after centralized farming, because the corresponding treatment measures have not kept up, the pollution problem is becoming more and more serious. If there is something wrong with the scale, how on earth should we develop on a large scale?

The problem that the operation scale is too small has been widely criticized in China's agricultural production, whether it is planting or breeding. Limited by the operation scale, the labor efficiency is not high, but the production cost is not low. It is not only impossible to apply standardized production technology in the production process, but also difficult to improve the level of mechanization. It is impossible to achieve effective docking with the "big market", scientifically adjust the planting and breeding structure and change the mode of production. Therefore, whether it is imagining the development prospect of modern agriculture, or exploring the realistic path of the transformation of agricultural production mode, scale will be mentioned first. Indeed, after the realization of scale operation, not only the above problems will be effectively alleviated, but also the improvement of land use efficiency, the popularization of modern agricultural science and technology, the improvement of the quality of agricultural products and the increase of farmers' income will also have a realistic support.

The benefits of scale operations are needless to say. However, in the process of developing scale operation, if we do not grasp it well, we may go "astray". First of all, a large scale may not be economical. For example, in the process of land transfer, some areas are blindly greedy and greedy, not only the factor input is unable to keep up, but also the traditional intensive farming has no time to take care of, resulting in reducing costs and improving efficiency can not be achieved. It is intended to achieve economies of scale, but in the end it is diseconomies of scale. In addition, if the scale is larger and the economic benefit is better, it is possible to produce negative external effects and bring corresponding social problems. For example, in the case of Dongting Lake area, the scale of breeding has increased, and the ability of scale operators to resist risks has been enhanced, and the economic benefits will be higher than that of decentralized farming. But at the same time, large-scale pollution emissions are more concentrated, if effective prevention and response can not be taken, the pressure on environmental protection will naturally be greatly increased. For example, a large number of people and little land is the basic agricultural situation of our large agricultural country. if excessive development is on a large scale, the income of those who stay on the land will increase, but it may cause a large number of agricultural surplus labor spillover and bring greater employment pressure.

There is nothing wrong with pursuing the direction of large-scale development, but different concepts of development may lead it to the opposite place. The key is to grasp the principle of moderation, avoid a bad mentality, and think about starting later. On the one hand, do not be greedy, local conditions are different, we should take measures in accordance with local conditions, do not always suspect that the degree of scale is not high, blindly "build large families." On the other hand, it is not only easy to expand the scale, but also to adjust measures to the times in all aspects of work, and fully consider the carrying capacity of the environment, employment, and other aspects. when various conditions are not yet available, the relevant mechanisms have not yet been matched, and the corresponding problems are still lack of a plan to deal with them, we should pull up seedlings and encourage them, and be eager for success, otherwise "the trouble of growth" will be inevitable.