National Bureau of Statistics interprets grain production increase by 0.9% in 2014: policy stability

Hou Rui, a senior statistician in the Rural Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, interpreted the situation of grain production today, according to the website of the National Bureau of Statistics. Hou Rui said that the national grain growth of 0.9% in 2014 was mainly due to the fact that the central government continued to issue a series of policies to strengthen and benefit farmers, which were relatively stable.

According to national grain production data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the country's total grain output in 2014 was 607.1 million tons (1.2142 trillion jin), an increase of 5.16 million tons (10.3 billion jin), or 0.9 percent, over 2013. Hou Rui said that the main reasons for the increase in grain production in 2014 are as follows.

Policies are stable and measures are in place. Since the beginning of this year, the central government has continued to issue a series of policies to strengthen and benefit farmers, advance the "four subsidies" for agriculture as soon as possible, issue the minimum purchase prices for wheat and rice as soon as possible, continue to implement the incentive policy for major grain-producing counties, and actively promote the transformation of the mode of agricultural production and management. policy measures such as paying attention to the cultivation of new types of agricultural production have further mobilized the enthusiasm of grain production in various aspects and promoted grain production. According to the announcement, in 2014, the total sown area of grain in the country was 112738 thousand hectares (1.691 billion mu), an increase of 783 thousand hectares (11.74 million mu), or 0.7 percent, over the previous year.

The increase in sown area of grain this year mainly comes from the adjustment of planting structure, especially the reduction of cotton and wheat in some areas of Jianghan and Jianghan, and the conversion of single-cropping rice to double-cropping rice in Jianghan and other areas.

Scientific and technological support is strong, and field management is strengthened. In 2014, various localities continued to popularize and apply fine varieties, continue to implement the key Technology subsidy Policy for Agricultural disaster Prevention and Mitigation, stabilize production and increase production, increase relevant subsidies, and actively promote the normalization of key technology subsidies with remarkable practical results. At the same time, in view of the problems encountered in the process of grain production, measures such as "one spray and three prevention" of wheat, centralized raising of rice seedlings, prevention and control of diseases and insect pests were taken in time to strengthen inter-field management. These measures have promoted the improvement of grain yield per unit area. In 2014, the average per unit yield of grain crops in the country was 5385 kg / ha (359kg / mu), an increase of 8kg / ha (0.56kg / mu) or 0.2 per cent over the previous year.

The local drought is serious, but the overall disaster is lighter than that of the previous year. Although the disaster is relatively serious in some areas this year, especially in the northern region, the production of autumn grain has been affected. However, on the one hand, the hilly and mountainous areas with poor irrigation conditions are seriously affected by drought, while the areas with good water sources have little impact; on the other hand, due to the strong efforts of governments at all levels to resist disasters, coupled with the relief or relief of drought in most drought-affected areas after mid-August, the impact of drought on maize production has been alleviated to a certain extent.

Judging from the climatic conditions of winter wheat and late rice, the meteorological conditions of the main producing areas during their growth period are close to the year, and some areas are even better than last year, which is beneficial to the growth, development and yield formation of related crops. During the growth period of winter wheat, the combination of light, temperature and water conditions was better, the grain filling was sufficient, and the 1000-grain weight increased. Especially in the critical mature period, there is no long-term overcast and rain, high temperature, dry and hot weather, and there is no large-scale lodging and large-scale diseases and insect pests, which is very beneficial to the increase of wheat yield. Except that the late rice is affected by low temperature, overcast and rain from sowing and seedling raising to tillering stage in the north of the Yangtze River, most of the rice areas and most periods are suitable for light and heat, which is beneficial to the growth of late rice.

On the whole, the climatic conditions of this year are relatively good, and the disaster is lighter than that of last year. According to the statistics of the civil affairs department, from January to September this year, the affected area of crops nationwide was 24899 thousand hectares, a decrease of 10041 thousand hectares, or 29 percent, compared with the same period last year; and the area of no harvest was 2854 thousand hectares, a decrease of 400 thousand hectares, or 12 percent, over the same period last year.