Ministry of Agriculture potato staple food products and industrial development pilot project promotion

On July 8, the Ministry of Agriculture held a meeting to promote the implementation of the pilot project of potato staple food products and industrial development in the processing Institute of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

The meeting informed the relevant contents and requirements of the "Potato staple Food products and Industrial Development pilot Project", introduced the background of the project, the scope of implementation, the main body of implementation, and subsidy standards, and arranged the key work of the provincial pilot project. Pan Wenbo pointed out that the Ministry of Agriculture attaches great importance to the development of potato staple food products and industry, and regards it as a major measure to increase farmers' income. Yu Xinrong, executive vice minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, personally supervised and implemented it, and the processing institute, as one of the project bearing units, has made outstanding contributions to the research and development of staple food product processing technology. According to the idea of "nutrition guides consumption and consumption guides production", in order to scientifically guide the consumption of staple foods and improve the level of nutrition and health, the central government allocated 100 million yuan from the "initial processing Project of Agricultural products" in 2015. it is specially used for potato staple food products and industrial development pilot projects, which fully reflects the importance the central government attaches to this work. He hopes that all pilot provinces (regions) will actively promote this work, identify specific responsible departments, step up efforts to formulate detailed plans, select enterprises to undertake specific commitments, determine specific products for potato staple food processing, determine specific standards for government subsidies, identify product consumers, select technical support units, and ensure food quality safety and financial supervision safety at the same time. Pan Wenbo said that in the pilot process, pilot provinces are encouraged to innovate ideas, accumulate experience and seek practical results.

Dai Xiaofeng, director of the processing Institute, made a special report on "the essence of Nutrition and Health and Wealth characteristics of Modern Agriculture" for the participants. He pointed out that the essence of modern agriculture is to develop the processing industry of agricultural products, which has become the basic and strategic pillar industry of the national economy, and will usher in a golden period, a period of strategic opportunity and a critical period for rapid development. it will become a nutrition industry and a strategic emerging industry to create social wealth. When the per capita GDP reaches 10, 000 US dollars, the trend of people's food consumption will inevitably change from the initial satisfaction of food and clothing to paying attention to eating nutrition and eating health. the concept of total nutrition advocated by potato staple food products is the first test for the development of nutrition and health industry. He stressed that the development of horse bell potato staple food products and industries is in line with the law of economic and social development, is a national strategy to meet the nutritional and health needs of the people, and is to change the nutritional dietary structure of the people, optimize the planting structure, improve agricultural efficiency, and increase farmers' income. a strategic emerging industry to alleviate the pressure on resources and realize the sustainable development of agriculture. He hoped that provincial (regional) delegates would seize the strategic opportunity, take advantage of the situation, speed up the development process of the potato staple food industry, strengthen technological popularization and demonstration, and strictly control the quality standards and quality of products. He said that as the national team of innovative projects, the processing institute has made a breakthrough in the key technologies for the processing of potato staple food products, and will actively strengthen cooperation with various provinces (regions) to provide strong technical support and services.

The meeting was chaired by Pan Wenbo, deputy director of the planting Management Department, and attended by representatives of relevant departments of Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Gansu and Ningxia. Representatives of various pilot provinces and cities discussed how to refine the implementation of potato staple food products and industrial development pilot project plans, focusing on project funds allocation channels and supervision, enterprises and product types selection, food safety and product marketing strategies, technical support and research and development.

The participants also participated in the evaluation activities of potato staple food products of the processing institute, and visited the comprehensive key laboratory of agricultural products processing of the Ministry of Agriculture, the national research and development center of agricultural products processing technology, and the quality and safety risk assessment laboratory of agricultural products processing of the Ministry of Agriculture.