China's first high-standard basic farmland construction specification issued

The Ministry of Land and Resources issued the Code for the Construction of High Standard basic farmland (for trial implementation)

According to the national land renovation plan, ● will build 400 million mu of high-standard basic farmland in 2015 and strive to build 800 million mu of high-standard basic farmland in 2020.

● high standard basic farmland construction includes five projects: land leveling, irrigation and drainage, field roads, farmland protection and ecological environment maintenance.

● encourages farmers to take various forms to participate in project construction and encourages the masses to participate in the whole process.

After the ● high standard basic farmland is completed, the cultivated land quality evaluation should be carried out according to the rules for agricultural land classification and classification.

Beijing, Oct. 9 (Reporter Feng Huiling) according to the national land renovation plan, China will build 400 million mu of high-standard basic farmland in 2015 and strive to build 800 million mu of high-standard basic farmland in 2020, laying a solid foundation for national food security.

What is a high standard of basic farmland? What standards must be met for high-standard basic farmland? How does the public participate in the construction process? A few days ago, the Ministry of Land and Resources issued the Code for the Construction of High-standard basic farmland (for trial implementation), defining the objectives, tasks, principles, contents, technical requirements, and procedures for the construction of high-standard basic farmland, and standardizing the construction of high-standard basic farmland at the national level for the first time.

The "Code" clearly points out that high-standard basic farmland is the basic farmland formed through land renovation and construction within a certain period of time, with centralized areas, supporting facilities, high and stable yield, good ecology, and strong ability to resist natural disasters. basic farmland adapted to modern agricultural production and management. Including the original basic farmland that has been renovated and the basic farmland that has been allocated after renovation. The construction of high-standard basic farmland is aimed at the construction of high-standard basic farmland, according to the overall land use planning and land renovation planning, land renovation activities are carried out in key rural land renovation areas and major projects, basic farmland protection areas, basic farmland preparation areas and so on.

The Code requires that in order to build high-standard basic farmland, we must adhere to the basic national policy of cherishing and rationally using land and effectively protecting cultivated land, standardize the construction of high-standard basic farmland, adhere to planning and guidance, overall arrangement, and large-scale renovation, give priority to construction within the scope of basic farmland, adhere to measures in line with local conditions, carry out differential regulation, and adopt comprehensive renovation measures for fields, water, roads, forests and villages. Adhere to the equal emphasis on quantity, quality and ecology; adhere to the dominant position of farmers, fully respect the wishes of farmers, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of land right holders, encourage farmers to take various forms to participate in project construction; and take special funds for land renovation as guidance, gather relevant agriculture-related funds, concentrate investment, guide and standardize the participation of social forces.

The main objectives of the construction of high-standard basic farmland include five aspects: the first is to optimize the structure and layout of land use, to achieve centralized connection, and to give full play to economies of scale; the second is to increase the area of effective cultivated land and increase the proportion of high-standard basic farmland; the third is to improve the quality of basic farmland, improve field infrastructure, and steadily increase the comprehensive production capacity of grain. Fourth, strengthen the construction of ecological environment, give full play to the comprehensive functions of production, ecology and landscape; fifth, establish a protection and compensation mechanism to promote the sustainable use of high-standard basic farmland.

The key areas for the construction of high-standard basic farmland include basic farmland protection areas and basic farmland preparation areas, key areas for land consolidation, reclamation and development and major projects determined by the overall land use planning, and land renovation key areas and major projects identified by land renovation planning. key counties for basic farmland consolidation. Construction is prohibited in areas with topographic slopes greater than 25 degrees, nature reserves, areas of returning farmland to forests, areas of returning farmland to grasslands, flood channels, and the surface of rivers, lakes and reservoirs.

The Code emphasizes that the construction of high-standard basic farmland mainly includes five projects: land leveling, irrigation and drainage, field roads, farmland protection and ecological environment maintenance, and other projects. Through the construction of high-standard basic farmland, each cultivated field can directly face canals (pipes), ditches and roads, so as to ensure that each farming area is connected with rural settlements.

The Code also stipulates specific construction standards for various projects, such as the thickness of the tillage layer should be more than 30cm, the thickness of the effective soil layer should be more than 60cm, the utilization coefficient of irrigation water should not be less than 0.6, the occupancy rate of field infrastructure should not be higher than 8%, and the useful life of infrastructure should not be less than 15 years.

How can the public participate in the construction of high-standard basic farmland and play an active role? The "norms" require that the public hearing system, announcement system, and mass supervision system be implemented to ensure the standardization and procedure of public participation; fully respect the dominant position of local farmers and rural collective economic organizations in public participation; encourage the masses to participate in the whole process; and carry out multi-party supervision to ensure that the project construction meets the design and quality requirements.

The acceptance contents of this work include: construction scope, construction scale, newly added cultivated land area, completion of project tasks, project quality, cultivated land quality, fund use and management, ownership adjustment results, land use status change, late management and protection measures, etc. After the completion of high-standard basic farmland, the quality of cultivated land should be evaluated according to the rules for the classification and classification of agricultural land.