Conscientiously deal with the impact of the new situation of agricultural development on food security strategy

Du Zhixiong, deputy director of the Institute of Rural Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out at the second Longping Forum a few days ago that under the new background of agricultural development, China's agriculture is experiencing a new development trend. It is necessary to seriously consider how to deal with the impact of this development trend on food security strategy.

He believes that the main changes that are taking place in agriculture are: first, pay more attention to the development of animal husbandry now and in the future. Second, the planting industry is experiencing a trend of centralized industrial layout. Third, small-scale agriculture is changing to large-scale agriculture. Fourth, pay more attention to the quality and safety of agricultural products. Fifth, we should rely more on the role of science and technology in the whole agricultural industry chain. Sixth, it is more dependent on international markets and resources. Seventh, agricultural development has changed from a single production function in the past to giving full play to multi-functions such as ecological and cultural inheritance and environmental protection.

He proposed to adapt to the new development situation of agriculture to construct a new strategy of food security. First of all, the structure of China's agriculture must be adjusted. For example, agriculture has shifted from planting to animal husbandry, and the corresponding structural adjustment should consider how to adapt to this change. Secondly, now that agriculture begins to shift from price protection to income protection, the support and protection system of agriculture should also consider how to adapt to this change. When it comes to food security, we are mainly talking about production, but the waste of food in our country is very serious, so we need to think about how to construct a new consumption pattern of agricultural products to minimize production and reduce the pressure on ecology and the environment. Maintain the sustainable growth of agriculture. There is also the problem of price. China is promoting the transition from the minimum purchase price system to the target price system. In order to construct a protection policy for low-income people, only under this premise can the prices of agricultural products, especially grain, be allowed to increase moderately.