Strive to Create a New Situation of Comprehensive Utilization of Straw

On October 10, Vice Minister of Agriculture Zhang Taolin stressed at the national on-site meeting on comprehensive utilization of crop straw and agricultural machinery subsoiling that comprehensive utilization of straw is a complex, arduous and long-term systematic project. Agricultural departments at all levels should further enhance their sense of responsibility and overall situation. In accordance with the ideas of policy support, demonstration guidance, agriculture-oriented, industrial development, combination of dredging and blocking, and treatment of both symptoms and root causes, they should innovate institutional mechanisms and working methods, adjust measures to local conditions, and provide classified guidance. Highlight the key points, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of enterprises, cooperatives and farmers, and strive to form an industrialization pattern of comprehensive utilization of straw with reasonable layout and diversified utilization, so as to ensure that the comprehensive utilization rate of straw in China will reach more than 85% by 2020.

Crop straw is an important agricultural resource, which is valuable when used and harmful when discarded. Comprehensive utilization of crop straw is conducive to promoting the development of circular agriculture, green development, improving soil fertility and improving cultivated land quality. It is related to the overall situation of transforming agricultural development mode, building modern agriculture, protecting ecological environment and preventing and controlling air pollution. It is of great significance to further do a good job in comprehensive utilization of straw.

The meeting requested that all localities should strengthen policy creation, integrate comprehensive utilization of straw into the key work, major planning and major projects of the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" government, and establish a long-term mechanism. Second, it is necessary to innovate the financing mechanism. According to the principle of clear authority and multi-burden, gradually explore the establishment of a three-party financing mechanism among the central government, local governments and business entities, establish a platform for comprehensive utilization of straw supported by development finance, and strengthen the capital market-oriented operation of comprehensive utilization of straw. Third, it is necessary to carry out pilot demonstration, integrate existing technologies into supporting modes, transform mature technologies into working modes, upgrade working modes into major projects and expand them into major projects, start pilot projects for full quantitative utilization of straw, and carry out pilot projects for special technologies and innovation and integration demonstration of conservation tillage technologies. Fourth, it is necessary to strengthen scientific and technological support, introduce and digest a number of foreign advanced technologies and equipment suitable for China's national conditions, innovate and develop a number of general and practical technical equipment in the industrial chain of comprehensive utilization of straw, scientifically formulate a number of relevant technical specifications and standards for straw returning, storage and transportation, fertilizer, feed and base materials, transform and promote a number of mature technologies and facilities and equipment suitable for comprehensive utilization of straw in different regions, and cultivate and gather a number of leading talents for comprehensive utilization of straw. Technical backbone and extension personnel. Fifthly, it is necessary to strengthen organization and leadership, establish corresponding performance appraisal system, do a good job in coordination mechanism, publicity and training, style quality and supervision and implementation, and ensure orderly promotion of comprehensive utilization of straw.