The Ministry of Agriculture deploys to promote the mechanization of sugarcane production

On November 24th, the Ministry of Agriculture held a national on-site promotion meeting for the whole process of sugarcane production mechanization in Chongzuo City, Guangxi, to implement the "production Development Plan of main Sugarcane producing areas (2015-2020)" and promote the development of sugarcane production mechanization.

Zhang Taolin, vice minister of agriculture, stressed that speeding up the mechanization of sugarcane production is an important task to implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, to build a modern agricultural industrial system, production system, and management system, and to improve agricultural quality, efficiency, and competitiveness. All major sugarcane producing areas should further enhance their understanding of the importance and urgency of developing sugarcane production mechanization, enhance their sense of mission, open up new ideas, establish the concept of innovative, coordinated, green, open and shared development, and adhere to market leadership and government support. measures to local conditions, rational layout, highlight the key points, the principle of overall promotion, departmental linkage, the formation of joint forces, further strengthen the work, innovative mechanisms and methods Fully mobilize the enthusiasm of all production subjects, overcome difficulties, and achieve practical results.

The meeting pointed out that sugarcane production is the basic guarantee of sugar supply. Affected by natural conditions, production costs and other factors, the development situation of sugar industry in China is not optimistic. Accelerating the mechanization of sugarcane production is of great significance to enhance the competitiveness of sugar industry, ensure the safety of industry and sugar supply, and increase farmers' income.

The meeting demanded that at present and for some time to come, departments in charge of agriculture (agricultural mechanization) at all levels should make efforts to do a good job in seven key tasks. First, strengthen organization and leadership, take sugarcane mechanization as an important part of the development of modern agriculture, incorporate it into the overall plan of local economic and social development, and coordinate research and coordination to solve the difficulties and problems encountered in the development. The second is to implement and improve the support policy, give full play to the role of subsidy policy for the purchase of agricultural machinery, and further improve measures to support the development of agricultural mechanization, such as the development of key equipment, financial leasing of agricultural machinery, and the cultivation of new professional farmers. Third, strengthen the construction of demonstration bases, follow the laws of pilot first, demonstration drive, and social service to promote the development of sugarcane production mechanization, and strive to create a number of whole-process mechanization models that can be learned and used for reference within 1-2 years. The fourth is to speed up the integration of agricultural machinery and agronomy, make full use of the country's superior resources, and comprehensively study and improve the technical norms for the whole process of mechanized production under different conditions. Fifth, speed up the promotion of land renovation, carry out "small and large blocks", and build high-standard sugarcane fields suitable for efficient operation of large, medium and small mechanical systems, so as to create conditions for efficient operation of agricultural machinery. The sixth is to accelerate the research and development of machinery and tools, to promote the localization of sugarcane harvesting technology as the main attack point, to promote the localization of machinery production and manufacturing needed in all aspects of sugarcane production, and to improve the performance of domestic machines as soon as possible. Seventh, speed up the promotion of the transformation of sugar mills, cooperate with relevant departments to support the technical transformation of sugar mills, revise the purchase standards for machine harvesting of sugarcane, and the agricultural management of sugar mills, and explore the establishment of an effective connecting mechanism between machine harvesting and sugar processing.