The Ministry of Agriculture announced the suspension of production of 41 varieties of Longping Hi-Tech in response to questions.

Last year, the yield of grain fields in Bengbu, Anhui Province was reduced by a large area, and the failure of some fields attracted the attention of the media and all sectors of society, and the damaged farmers accused Longping of high-tech rice varieties of different resistance labels and suspected of false propaganda, according to China Voice News.

The reporter's on-the-spot investigation found that the rice variety "Liangyou 0293" produced by Yuan Longping Agricultural Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. was found to have suffered a large area yield reduction and lost harvest in some fields. According to the data provided by Longping Hi-Tech, this variety was approved by the state in 2006 as national review rice (2006045). Since 2008, this variety has been promoted nearly 1 million kg in Anhui province.

According to the authoritative department, the weather is the main reason for the large-scale production reduction and the loss of harvest in some fields. Longping Hi-Tech responded that the accusations from Anhui farmers did not exist.

Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture issued a notice requiring 41 crop varieties to stop production immediately and stop their promotion a year later. "Liangyou 0293" is among them. This has once again attracted the attention of the media and local farmers in Anhui.

On Sept. 2, the Ministry of Agriculture issued a notice requiring 41 crop varieties to stop production immediately and stop their promotion a year later. Among these 41 varieties, "Liangyou 0293" is on the list.

The announcement shows: "in accordance with the provisions of the measures for examination and approval of Major crop varieties, after deliberation at the sixth meeting of the third National crop Variety approval Committee, and for a period of 60 days, and approved by the meeting of the Committee of Directors, it was decided to withdraw from 41 rice, corn, cotton and soybean varieties, including Jingfu 1 you 527, Heshengyu 6, Xinluzao 21, Zhonghuang 41, which were approved by the National crop Variety approval Committee."

The announcement once again attracted the attention of the media and Anhui farmers.

Farmers in Bengbu, Anhui, who once planted "Liangyou 0293", said: it would be nice to stop. He is no longer allowed to buy this seed in society, which has caused so great losses to farmers.

According to the investigation report submitted by Anhui seed Management Station to the seed Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture on December 30, 2014, "since August this year, the weather in our province has been cloudy and rainy, and the temperature has been lower than that of the same period of the year." as a result, the rice blast of Liangyou 0293 rice variety was particularly serious, resulting in a large area yield reduction and no harvest in some fields, only more than 20, 000 mu planted in Bengbu, about 10, 000 mu of which were reduced or lost. The yield of Huashang District was reduced by 2000 mu, and that of Wuhe County by nearly 8000 mu. At the same time, Anqing City, Chuzhou City, Hefei City, Huainan City and Maanshan City also reflected the large-scale occurrence of rice blast in Liangyou 0293 of Hunan Longping seed Industry Co., Ltd., resulting in a substantial reduction in agricultural production. "

In addition, according to the report on Field Identification of crop seed quality disputes issued by Wuhe County Committee of Agriculture on November 10, 2014, "the harm in the field is caused by typical panicle neck blast, mainly due to low temperature and continuous rain during pregnancy and heading, and the varieties themselves are highly susceptible to rice blast." coupled with the lack of appropriate preventive measures are the main reasons for the outbreak of the disease. "

According to the "explanation of the lack of appropriate preventive measures" in the conclusion of field identification of anomalies in Liangyou 0293, "in this year's weather which is susceptible to rice blast, farmers grow such highly susceptible rice blast varieties. It is necessary to carry out targeted technical guidance in the whole process, and prevention and remediation should be carried out in an appropriate time in order to be effective. The lack of timely preventive measures is not entirely the fault of farmers. "

According to farmers who use "Liangyou 0293" and have reduced production or lost harvest, in May this year, they received compensation of 100 yuan per mu of land provided by Longping Hi-Tech, plus agricultural insurance claims of 205 yuan per mu of land, with a total loss of 305 yuan per mu of land, but this is about 500 yuan less than the cost input of about 800 yuan per mu.

Peasant household: the cost is 800 yuan, not counting labor. Insurance 205, Longping Hi-Tech compensated our farmers 100 yuan per mu of land.

In response to the renewed attention of the media and Anhui farmers to the incident in recent days, Longping Hi-Tech said in a written response to Voice of China early this morning: "on September 2, the Ministry of Agriculture issued a routine public notice to stop the production of 41 crop varieties. It includes" Liangyou 0293 ". The announcement is a retrospective statistical publicity of the Ministry of Agriculture. In 0293, under the influence of extreme weather in some parts of Anhui, coupled with the lack of preventive measures in the current period, rice blast occurred in many seed industry products of multiple brands, including "Liangyou 2014", resulting in reduced production or no harvest. Longping Hi-Tech took the initiative to stop the sale of the disaster-stricken "Liangyou 0293" in April this year, and provided assistance to affected farmers under the coordination of the local government and Anhui seed management departments. at present, most farmers have been subsidized, and the company is also preparing to set up a post-disaster relief fund. The delisting of crop products is a natural law of renewal. Two new hybrid rice varieties of Longping Hi-Tech have been approved by the National crop Variety approval Committee recently, among which "Longliangyouhuazhan" has shown strong resistance to rice blast in regional tests at all levels. " .