The industrialization of the main grain of potato is possible.

Editor's note: the country launched the potato grain strategy, which indicates that after wheat, rice and corn, potato has been "promoted" to become the main food crop in China, which has caused strong repercussions in the potato industry. How to make the "vegetable and grain" potatoes more highlight the value of staple grain, the key is to make a fuss on industrialization. At present, the main potato producing areas are stepping up efforts to formulate or adjust the development plans of the potato main grain industry, and potato enterprises are also "rubbing their hands" to adjust their strategies in time and develop staple grain products. There is no doubt that the promotion of potato staple grain by means of industrialization will accelerate the optimization and upgrading of the whole potato industry chain.

1.5 million mu of plateau potatoes are expected to release the advantage of backwardness.

Qinghai: a big step closer to processed staple food

Our reporter Kui Jinliang

Qinghai Province is one of the most suitable potato producing areas in the country. at present, it has basically formed the regional layout of virus-free seed potato production base in cold and cold area, vegetable potato commodity base in Sichuan water area, shallow mountain area in the east and commercial potato production base in Qaidam Basin. Since the Eleventh five-year Plan, Qinghai has listed potato as one of the top ten characteristic industries and focused on its development.

In 2014, the planting area of potato in Qinghai Province reached 1.3935 million mu, second only to rape, with a total output of 1.7975 million tons of fresh potato, with an average yield of 1289.92 kg per mu. If every 5 jin of fresh potato is equivalent to 1 jin of staple grain, the total output of potatoes in Qinghai is equivalent to 359500 tons of staple grain, accounting for more than 1/3 of the province's total grain output. Qinghai is a small agricultural province and a large province of animal husbandry. Grain production should first ensure that farmers and herdsmen are self-sufficient in food rations. The proposal of the strategy of potato staple grain production is bound to play a more prominent role in the grain production pattern of the province.

Opportunity-- strengthening the strategic reserve of whole potato powder

The implementation of the potato grain strategy will vigorously support the production, storage and processing of potatoes. Zhang Yuan, deputy director of the grain and oil department of the Qinghai Provincial Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department, said that this is not only conducive to ensuring the basic self-sufficiency of food rations for farmers and herdsmen in Qinghai, but also conducive to the deep processing and value-added of potatoes, and is more conducive to the development and growth of potato processing enterprises. In turn, small potatoes are expected to become a big industry.

Zhang Yuan said that Qinghai will take a series of measures to promote the development of potato staple grain, ensure that the potato planting area is stable at 1.5 million mu, select leading potato varieties adapted to different ecological regions according to local conditions, and promote potato detoxification production. Vigorously develop commercial potatoes Speed up the base production of potato, implement the operation mechanism of unified seed supply, unified technical service and unified order purchase, integrate practical techniques such as potato double film, plastic film mulching and soil testing and formula fertilization, and strengthen the comprehensive prevention and control of diseases and insect pests. Improve the level of potato yield per unit area.

As far as enterprises are concerned, the strategy of potato grain comes at the right time. "the implementation of the potato grain strategy will help processing enterprises to move forward to the whole industry chain, and the first important task for development is the processing of whole potato flour." Du Yuhong, party committee secretary of Qinghai Weston Potato Industry Group Co., Ltd., said that it is of great significance to ensure food security that the country should raise the whole potato powder to the height of strategic reserves.

Change-insufficient storage and processing capacity will be improved

According to the reporter's understanding, at present, there are only three provincial-level enterprises engaged in potato processing and product development in Qinghai Province, with an annual processing capacity of about 240000 tons. A series of problems, such as few processing enterprises, weak strength, insufficient processing capacity, unable to keep up with deep processing, and so on, are all urgent to be solved in the process of potato staple grain.

Qinghai Weston Potato Group Co., Ltd. mainly produces potato powder, refined starch and modified starch. Although it is second to none in Qinghai industry, enterprises also have their own troubles. Du Yuhong said that the weak storage capacity of enterprises and the lack of scientific research strength in new product development are the two major problems that enterprises are facing at present.

Zhang Yuan believes that with the deepening of the potato grain strategy, these problems will be solved step by step.

From the government level, we will further strengthen the construction of potato storage facilities, take the development of potato industry as the focus of attracting investment and industrialization support, promote intensive and deep processing of potatoes, and gradually improve the ability of potato processing and transformation and the level of commercialization. Promote the industrialization of potato management. At the same time, we should tackle key problems in the technical model of staple grain, improve and improve the processing technology of staple grain, and do a good job in publicizing and guiding the consumption of staple grain, so as to make potatoes become the staple food on the dining table of the common people.

In 2014, the Qinghai Provincial Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry allocated more than 2 million yuan to encourage the internal integration of Weston potato industry to improve its processing and marketing capabilities. Dang Chen Yan, director of the industrialization Department of Qinghai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department, said: "Potato processing enterprises should make efforts to extend the industrial chain and get close to processed staple foods, which is also the direction that we will further support in the future."

Measures--

Reasonable guidance to deal with market risk

Behind the opportunities, there are also many risks. In recent years, "potato unsalable" incidents occur from time to time. For Qinghai, potatoes account for a small share of the country, and their ability to withstand market risks is very limited. in the event of an "unsalable" incident, the most direct victims are potato growers.

Zhang Yuantan admitted that with the implementation of the potato grain strategy, the planting area of potato will increase greatly, and its output will also increase significantly. Once the consumer market is not smooth, it will lead to instability or even decline in market prices.

How to deal with it, the government has a lot to do. On the one hand, we should strengthen planting guidance to avoid difficulties in potato sales caused by blind planting, and at the same time, we should increase the construction of potato storage facilities, improve the storage capacity of potatoes, and encourage cooperatives and enterprises to buy more; on the other hand, farmers should be mobilized to make full use of the existing vegetable fresh-keeping stores, cellars and other storage to avoid short-term centralized sales, prolong sales time, and achieve balanced sales against the season.

Du Yuhong suggested that farmers should reasonably introduce, popularize, and guide farmers to plant diversified potato varieties, not only ordinary vegetable potatoes, but also special potatoes needed by processing enterprises, so that farmers can really walk on two legs. in order to better deal with market risks.

From increasing the land output rate to becoming a local dominant industry, from solving the problem of food and clothing to becoming a staple grain variety--

Look at the "deformation gauge" of potatoes in Guizhou

Our reporter Liu Jiufeng

"Don't take potatoes for dry food." The scientific and technological innovation of the Ministry of Agriculture leads the development of potato staple grain, which indicates that small potato will join the staple grain team. Guizhou, as one of the major potato producing provinces in China, how to deal with this good news? Where is the development direction of potato industry?

It is nothing new to regard potato as a staple grain.

In Guizhou, the topic about the staple grain of potatoes is nothing new. Guizhou has paid close attention to the potato industry over the years, attaching importance to potato along with rice, wheat and corn as the main food crops.

Huang Junming, chief agronomist of Guizhou Provincial Committee of Agriculture, said that potatoes are grown in 88 counties and cities in the province, of which 42 counties and cities are listed as national potato producing areas by the Ministry of Agriculture. Potatoes play an important role in increasing the yield of millions of mu of medium-and low-yield fields in Guizhou.