Ministry of Agriculture: the state has issued seven measures to support agricultural production

BEIJING, April 27-Ye Zhenqin, director of the Crop Production Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, said in an interview with the Chinese government website on the afternoon of the 27th that the State Council has issued policies and measures to further support agricultural production. The policy is very targeted and directional, with a wide range of fields and greater intensity.

Ye Zhenqin said that in view of the special difficulties and outstanding problems encountered in current agricultural production, in order to further mobilize farmers 'enthusiasm for grain cultivation and ensure the effective supply of agricultural products, especially grain, throughout the year, the State Council issued policies and measures to further support agricultural production on the basis of accelerating the implementation of the policy of strengthening agriculture and benefiting agriculture determined by the central government.

Ye Zhenqin pointed out that these policies have three clear characteristics: first, these policies are very targeted, that is, some targeted measures have been taken in response to the difficulties in agricultural production caused by the current low temperature and drought; second, the policy direction is very strong, that is, in order to seize a bumper summer harvest, in order to strive for a good harvest in agriculture throughout the year, mobilize farmers 'enthusiasm, and give farmers more policy encouragement; Third, the intensity of these policies is relatively large. The central government's finance should be increased to 7.08 billion yuan. The intensity is relatively large and the scope is relatively wide.

According to Ye Zhenqin, the measures issued by the State Council include:

One is to implement fertilizer application for weak seedlings of winter wheat, plastic film planting in arid areas of southwest China and subsidies for rice seedling raising in greenhouse in northeast China. According to the standard of 10 yuan per mu, the central finance will subsidize 53 million mu of weak seedling wheat fields in 11 major winter wheat producing areas nationwide, and subsidize 25 million mu of corn in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and Chongqing provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) to popularize plastic film mulching technology. Subsidies will be given to new rice seedling greenhouses in Heilongjiang, Jilin and other provinces.

Second, increase subsidies for high-yield production. On the basis of the 600 million yuan already allocated for high-yield creation, the central finance will increase another 500 million yuan. The new funds are inclined to rice, especially high-quality japonica rice producing areas in Northeast China.

Third, continue to implement the policy of temporary storage of rapeseed, and raise the price of storage from 1.85 yuan per catty to 1.95 yuan.

Fourth, increase subsidies for the purchase of agricultural machinery and tools. On the basis of 14.5 billion yuan of subsidies for the purchase of agricultural machinery and tools already allocated by the central government this year, an additional 1 billion yuan will be added to support mechanical tillage and sowing in the southwest and north regions and accelerate the progress of spring sowing.

Fifth, implement livestock forage subsidies in ice and snow disaster areas in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang. The central government increased subsidies of 150 million yuan to organize the transportation of forage grass and feed to meet the needs of 30 million affected livestock in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia for safe short-term spring feeding and lambing.

Sixth, implement the frozen pork storage plan and speed up the pork storage progress. Timely start temporary feeding subsidies for pig farmers (farms) able to breed sows transferred from large counties determined by the state.

Seventh, enrich and improve the central water conservancy construction fund, accelerate the establishment of a stable growth and guarantee mechanism for government investment at all levels, and strengthen farmland water conservancy capital construction. We will speed up the renovation and renovation of large and medium-sized irrigation areas and pumping stations, the construction of controlled backbone water source projects and various water-saving irrigation projects. Strengthen rural financial support. (According to the live webcast)