Leading the development of potato as the main grain by scientific and technological innovation

On January 6, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the National Advisory Committee on Food and Nutrition, and the China seed Association held a seminar on the development strategy of potato staple grain in Beijing, focusing on potato staple grain and national food security. the strategic significance, development ideas, objectives, tasks and promotion ways of potato staple grain were discussed in depth. Yu Xinrong, vice minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, pointed out at the seminar that the development of the main grain of potatoes is an important measure taken by the central authorities to promote agricultural restructuring, transformation, and sustainable development. it is a positive exploration to ensure national food security and promote the continuous increase of farmers' income under the new situation. It is necessary to firmly establish the concept of nutrition guiding consumption and consumption guiding production, take scientific and technological innovation as the guide, take more measures at the same time, and strive to promote the formation of a new pattern of coordinated development of potatoes and cereals, in order to better meet the people's new requirements for the nutrition and health of staple grain consumption.

The meeting held that the staple grain of potatoes has become an inevitable choice. Because of the potential to promote the potato staple grain, it is conducive to improve the dietary structure and meet the desire of the people to enhance their physical health. In response to the trend, promoting the main grain of potato is conducive to tapping the production potential and opening up a new way to ensure national food security. Conforming to the trend to promote the main grain of potato is conducive to alleviating the pressure of resources and environment and realizing the sustainable development of agriculture.

The meeting pointed out that the connotation of potato staple grain is to use potato to process steamed bread, noodles, rice noodles and other staple food products suitable for Chinese consumption habits, to realize the transformation of potato from non-staple food consumption to staple food consumption, from raw material products to industrial series of manufactured products, and from food and clothing consumption to nutrition and health consumption. as a supplement to China's three staple grains, potato has gradually become the fourth largest staple food crop. In terms of development goals, through several years of efforts, we strive to make significant progress in the proportion of potato planting area, per unit yield, total output and staple food products in the total potato consumption. gradually realize the specialization of potato varieties, planting regionalization, production mechanization, management industrialization, product staple food, forming a new pattern of coordinated development of potato and grain. In promoting the principle, it is necessary to achieve "one no, three persistence". "one no" means not competing for land with the three staple grains of wheat, rice and corn. The "three persistence" means to give consideration to both staple food and comprehensive utilization, to combine government guidance with market decisions, and to unify overall promotion with key breakthroughs.

Experts suggest that the main grain of potato involves scientific research, production, processing, circulation, consumption and other links, is a complex system engineering. It is necessary to continuously increase support, concentrate efforts on tackling key problems, develop and produce a batch of staple food products that meet the needs of the market as soon as possible, enrich the dining tables of residents, and protect the health of the people. The next step is to formulate a development plan, carry out the technological model of staple grain production, 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 the staple food on the dining table of the common people.

The seminar was chaired by Chen Mengshan, Party Secretary of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and Bi Meijia, Chief Economist of the Ministry of Agriculture. Wang Guoqiang, Vice Minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Huang Xuming, Vice Governor of Zhejiang Provincial Government, qu Dongyu, Vice Chairman of Ningxia Autonomous Regional Government, and Wan Baorui, Director of National Food and Nutrition Advisory Committee. As well as relevant responsible comrades of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Food and Drug Administration, and the Development and Research Center of the State Council, responsible comrades of agricultural departments in some provinces (regions), experts in potato seed potato, processing, production, food and other fields attended the meeting.