The Ministry of Agriculture has taken various measures to promote potato staple food products.

Recently, the Agricultural products processing Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture has strengthened its research and taken more measures to promote the development of potato staple food products.

It is understood that the first thing the bureau is actively striving for is financial support. Thanks to various efforts, subsidies for the initial processing of agricultural products have increased from 600 million yuan last year to 1 billion yuan this year, an increase of 67 percent, mainly for the storage and preservation of potatoes and fruits and vegetables, of which 100 million yuan is earmarked to support the development of potato staple food products. The second is to promote the establishment of potato staple food processing industry alliance. This year, according to the arrangement and deployment of the processing Bureau, the processing Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences is specifically responsible for starting the preparatory work of the potato staple food processing industry alliance, which is composed of government departments (main producing areas), industrial and commercial capital (production enterprises, processing enterprises, equipment enterprises) and scientific research institutes, to explore the market-led division of labor, cooperation, exchange, innovation mechanism and reasonable prenatal, mid-production and post-natal resource allocation and benefit distribution mechanism. Strengthen industry self-discipline and self-service. The third is to support the research, development and promotion of potato staple food processing technology. It has organized R & D teams such as the processing Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to tackle key problems in the research and development of potato staple food products, developed more than 10 series and more than 50 kinds of products, such as steamed bread, noodles and mixed rice, and completed pilot tests in 5 staple food processing enterprises. standardized production and listed sales in 2 staple food processing enterprises. At the same time, it is planned to organize a nationwide docking activity of potato staple food processing science and enterprises in Dingxi, Gansu Province in the second half of the year.

In addition, the revision of relevant standards should be carried out. This year, the processing Bureau arranged for the processing Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to organize the drafting of basic standards such as classification and terminology of potato staple food products, quality and safety control standards, potato proportion testing methods, and so on, in order to further reach a consensus and promote standardized production. Strengthen propaganda and guidance. Through a variety of thematic activities, the compilation of knowledge manuals, etc., to promote the concept of modern staple food consumption, and enhance consumers' awareness of potato staple food products. In the national staple food processing industry demonstration enterprise identification, staple food processing "time-honored brand" publicity and promotion activities, focus on potato staple food processing enterprises, strengthen publicity and promotion efforts.