Innovation is the fundamental driving force for changing the mode of agricultural development

Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council presided over an executive meeting of the State Council on the 22nd to speed up the transformation of the mode of agricultural development and take the road of safe, efficient and green development.

At present, China's agricultural development is facing a very severe situation, such as serious damage to agricultural resources and environment, lack of water and land, declining quality of cultivated land, increasingly tight resource constraints, and excessive consumption of inputs due to the extensive mode of production in agriculture. the utilization rate of resources is not high, and the problem of environmental pollution is serious.

Therefore, efforts should be made to change the mode of agricultural production, operation and utilization of resources, increase the sustainability of agricultural development, take reform and innovation as the fundamental driving force of agricultural development, and promote the shift from quantity-based to equal emphasis on quantity and quality benefits. taking the road of efficient, safe and green development has become the only way to promote agricultural modernization.

The executive meeting of the State Council put forward several points for changing the mode of agricultural development, which shows that the state attaches importance to food security, takes into account the economic benefits of farmers, and pays attention to the quality of grain bought by consumers from the market. Only when the interests of farmers, consumers and the state are well safeguarded, can agriculture develop continuously and food security be guaranteed.

First of all, to change the mode of agricultural development, we should always put food security in the first place. With the improvement of people's living standards, the demand for food is also increasing. Despite the continuous progress of agricultural technology, due to the limitation of land resources, the contradiction between supply and demand of grain in China is still very prominent. The work of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" has a bearing on the overall situation of the country, should be placed in the basic position at all times, and adhere to the primary premise of enhancing grain production capacity.

Secondly, to change the mode of agricultural development, we should constantly promote the optimization and upgrading of the agricultural economic structure. The executive meeting of the State Council proposed that it is necessary to improve the level of food security, promote appropriate scale operation, and optimize the agricultural structure in line with market demand. At present, resources and environment have become an important factor restricting the development of agricultural economy. Agricultural economy urgently needs to change from extensive to intensive. It is necessary to constantly optimize agricultural planting structure, optimize agricultural product structure, and vigorously develop resource-saving and environment-friendly agriculture.

Thirdly, to change the mode of agricultural development, we should change from factor-driven, input-driven to innovation-driven. The executive meeting of the State Council proposed that we should take reform and innovation as the fundamental driving force, respect the dominant position of farmers as the basic follow, encourage the development of large-scale farming, agricultural products processing, and rural service industries, and promote the integrated development of production, processing, logistics, and marketing, and extend the value chain. With China's economic transformation, innovation has become an important driving force of economic development, and so should the transformation of agricultural development mode.

Of course, changing the mode of agricultural development is a long process, which can not be achieved overnight in a short period of time, so we still need enough patience and perseverance.