From December 11th to 12th, the ** Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing. The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to make unremitting efforts to do a good job in the "three rural" work, ensure national food security, establish a large agricultural outlook and a large food outlook, and build agriculture into a modern and large industry.
Food security has always been an important guarantee for national politics and economy, as well as an important livelihood issue. The meeting emphasized "ensuring national food security", highlighting the extreme importance of relying on its own strength to stabilize China's rice bowl under the new development pattern.
On October 30, at the second conference of the Boao Forum for Asia Global Economic Development and Security Forum, the guests at the meeting focused on the theme of "Advocating Global Cooperation to Promote Food Security", and launched a discussion on hot issues of food security.
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023 report estimates that 2 billion people worldwide do not have regular access to safe, adequate and nutritious food, according to INBAR's Global Policy** Scarrado. In particular, more than half of the population in Africa, more than a third in Latin America and more than a fifth in Asia lack food security and cannot achieve food security.
Rooted in China, Cui Zhongfu, chairman of the Asia-Pacific Logistics Alliance, pointed out that from a domestic perspective, as of 2022, China's grain output has been stable at 1 for 8 consecutive yearsMore than 3 trillion catties, 480 kilograms of grain per capita, although the rations are basically self-sufficient, but part of the demand still needs to be met through imports. The string of food security cannot be relaxed.
Tightening the strings of food security, the issue of risk requires special attention. Yu Yinghong, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and president of the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, summarized the main risks facing food security, one is the economic downturn caused by the three-year epidemic, the second is regional conflicts, the third is global warming, and the fourth is extreme climate change.
Seed industry, cultivated land and agricultural machinery are the three major supports of agriculture. Chen Guangyao, secretary of the board of directors of Yuan Longping Agricultural High-tech Co., Ltd., expressed his views on seed industry innovation. Chen Guangyao pointed out that the global seed industry is an agricultural chip, and there is still a gap between China's seed industry and the international advanced seed industry.
Protecting cultivated land and improving the quality of cultivated land is a major national plan. Luo Xiwen, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that from the perspective of cultivated land, he guaranteed food security. Luo Xi ** adjusted, the first is to achieve the quantity of cultivated land, the second is to improve the quality, through the scientific farming system, planting system, fertilization system, irrigation system to improve the soil fertility. "Now China has two-thirds of the low-yield fields and one-third of the high-yield fields, if it can be reversed, two-thirds of the high-yield fields and one-third of the low-yield fields, then China's grain production and food security will be the best. ”
Zou Xue, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, emphasized the importance of agricultural machinery. Zou pointed out that the most important way to increase the income of agricultural production and increase the efficiency of farmers is to rely on scientific and technological innovation. With the development of industrial civilization, most of the manual labor in agricultural production will be replaced by machines. Therefore, it is necessary to train a large number of talented people who can innovate in science and technology, and raise the content of science and technology, especially the level of mechanization.
How to ensure food security?
Cui Zhongfu put forward five suggestions for building a new pattern of food security, one is to strengthen international exchanges and cooperation, and jointly build a community with a shared future for food;The second is to accelerate digital transformation and empowerment, and lead the modernization and upgrading of the food industry chain and the first chainThe third is to strengthen safety supervision and build a food security barrier;Fourth, practice the concept of big food and ensure food security;Fifth, strengthen the construction of the food network and build a community of interests.
Fan Shenggen, chair professor of China Agricultural University and director of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, said that it is necessary to strengthen international cooperation, maintain China's agricultural food security with an open mind, open concept, and use technology and innovation to contribute to rural development, and also provide solutions and experience for the world and the world.