Subsidies "supplement" to the hearts of farmers

"now the subsidy policy is getting better and better. We can buy machines first, then apply for subsidies, one-stop service, and run a lot less wrongly. I really think of the farmers' hearts." A few days ago, Xie Wenbin, member of Wang Lei Agricultural Machinery Professional Cooperative in Gaocheng Village, Gaoqing County, Shandong Province, said happily after seeing the "2015-2017 guidance on the implementation of Agricultural Machinery purchase subsidies" (hereinafter referred to as "opinions").

Gaoqing County is a traditional agricultural plain county. in recent years, under the pull of the national agricultural machinery purchase subsidy policy, farmers' enthusiasm for purchasing agricultural machinery is high, and the majority of farmers are engaged in agricultural machinery cross-district operation, land circulation, characteristic planting, agricultural machinery transportation and other operation projects, relying on agricultural machinery to embark on the road to wealth. According to statistics, the number of agricultural machinery cooperatives in the county has grown to 27, and the cross-district operation of agricultural machinery alone has increased the average annual income of local farmers by more than 300 yuan.

At present, the introduction of the Central Committee document No. 1 has added to the farmers' confidence in growing grain, especially after the introduction of the "opinions" this year, it has aroused strong repercussions among the broad masses of farmers, and the new subsidy policy is more convenient for the people and more confident. On the basis of "purchasing machines at full price, quota subsidies, county-level settlement, and direct subsidy to cards" in previous years, the new policy has been changed to "independent purchase of machines, quota subsidies, county-level settlement, and direct subsidy to cards." although there is only a two-word difference, it is of far-reaching significance. The subsidy is extended to all individuals and organizations engaged in agricultural production, including not only farmers, fishermen, farm (forest farm) workers, but also other residents directly engaged in agricultural production, including farmers' cooperatives and family farms. It also includes agricultural enterprises directly engaged in agricultural production. Subsidy categories are concentrated on major crops such as grain, cotton, oil and sugar, and in accordance with the requirements of "basic self-sufficiency of grain and absolute safety of rations," subsidy funds focus on machines and tools needed for key links in the production of grain, cotton, oil and sugar and other major crops, taking into account the machinery needed for the development of animal husbandry, fishery, facility agriculture, forest and fruit industry, and primary processing of agricultural products, and strive to improve the level of mechanization in the whole production process of grain, cotton, oil and sugar and other major crops in three years.

There is also a bright spot in the opinion, that is, open subsidies for key items. The implementation of the GSP for key items can, on the one hand, concentrate funds to supplement the key points, enhance the mechanization of the production of major crops and the production capacity of China's major agricultural products, and on the other hand, simplify procedures and reduce the examination and approval links such as determining the object of subsidy. Guard against power rent-seeking.

The subsidy process is simpler and the information is more open. The "opinion" requires all localities to further simplify procedures and reduce the number of times farmers apply for applications on the premise of ensuring the safety of funds. Encourage subsidy recipients to purchase machines first and then apply for subsidies, and encourage counties and townships to carry out "one-stop" services for accepting applications and verifying registration in centralized places or local government halls. At the same time, it is necessary to further speed up the progress of capital settlement so that farmers can receive subsidies as soon as possible after purchasing machines, so as to maximize the convenience of the peasant masses. With the implementation of all these reform measures, subsidies for the purchase of agricultural machinery have really been "compensated" to the hearts of farmers.