The initial processing facilities of agricultural products have been subsidized by 1.6 billion in three years.

Since enjoying the state subsidy policy, a total of 1500 apricot drying houses have been built in southern Xinjiang, and the price of dried apricots sold by farmers has more than doubled that of traditional dried apricots, and the price of fresh apricots has also increased by 1-2 yuan, directly driving more than 70, 000 farmers to get rich. and transferred nearly 70, 000 rural surplus labor.

This change is due to the subsidy policy for agricultural primary processing facilities jointly launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Finance in 2012. The purpose of this policy is to solve the problems of backward technology, simple facilities and serious losses in the primary processing links such as storage, fresh-keeping and drying of agricultural products in China. Over the past three years, the central government has subsidized a total of 1.6 billion yuan, subsidized 38900 farmers and more than 3600 farmers' specialized cooperatives, built 65000 new processing facilities at the beginning of the producing area, and added 1.16 million tons of potato storage capacity, 1.15 million tons of fruit and vegetable storage capacity, and 800000 tons of fruit and vegetable drying capacity. the cumulative loss and increase of farmers' income was 892 million yuan, and the sales income in the wrong season was 4.23 billion yuan.

The reporter learned that the new storage cellar and cold storage help to improve the storage conditions of potatoes, fruits and vegetables. Potatoes can be stored for more than half a year without sprouting and wrinkling, and fruits and vegetables such as apples and carrots can be stored for 5 to 6 months without decay and wilting, thus maintaining the quality and appearance of storage (cellar). The improvement of primary processing facilities of agricultural products directly promotes the improvement of the quality and efficiency of agricultural products. According to preliminary estimates, after the subsidized standardized facilities have been completed and put into use, the post-natal loss rate of potatoes, fruits and vegetables has been reduced from more than 15 per cent to less than 6 per cent, equivalent to a cumulative increase of 660000 tons in three years. The new drying facility solves the problems of excessive residue, substandard hygiene and hidden danger of quality and safety in the traditional drying method, reduces environmental pollution, shortens the drying cycle, and improves product quality and sales price.

This subsidy policy has the characteristics of high accuracy and strong orientation, which effectively solves the problems of large post-natal loss of agricultural products, prominent hidden dangers in quality and safety, difficulty in selling and low prices, and strengthens farmers' market expectations. improve the enthusiasm for the development of characteristic planting industry. For example, the new storage and drying facilities have prolonged the storage and processing period of agricultural products, and realized a balanced supply of processing raw materials. Potato processing enterprises have extended the production cycle from only 4-5 months a year to 8-9 months now, which has lengthened the production cycle, improved the economic benefits of enterprises, and promoted the organic combination of planting, storage, processing and sales.

After the construction of the new storage facilities, the sales period of agricultural products has been extended, which has not only achieved off-season sales and balanced supply, but also promoted the development of the professional market and the construction of the market information service system through the centralized construction of the facilities. it has played a positive role in increasing supply and stabilizing the market.