China's huge population base and limited arable land area make Chinese farmers face serious challenges. However, with amazing perseverance and hard work, they have created a food miracle that has amazed the world. Although China's arable land accounts for only 7% of the world's total arable land, farmers feed 22% of the world's total population with this limited land. With their hard work and wisdom, they have created a self-sufficient country with extremely limited resources.
In fact, in the past year, China's grain output has reached a new high. According to the data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, China's total grain production in 2019 was 13,908200 million catties, an increase of 177 percent year-on-year600 million catties. When compared to other countries, China's grain production appears to be far ahead. In 2013, for example, China's grain production was 6900 million tons, compared to 1 for India and the United States100 million tons and 0800 million tons. It is no exaggeration to say that China has already achieved its goal of food self-sufficiency.
Despite the significant increase in China's grain production, some agricultural products, including soybeans, cannot be grown on a large scale due to various reasons such as land constraints. As an important agricultural product, it is difficult to meet domestic demand due to the low yield of soybean seeds in China. Compared with genetically modified soybeans, China's domestic soybean production is limited, and it does not have the characteristics of high yield, disease resistance, and insect resistance. Taking 2019 as an example, China's domestic consumption of soybeans reached 100 million tons. If you want to grow domestic soybeans, you need to consume at least 700 million acres of land. Even with genetically modified soybeans, at least 5 acres of land are needed. As for the safety of genetically modified foods, there is still no clear conclusion.
On the other hand, soybeans are not the staple food in our country, and people rarely eat them as a staple food. Compared with major food crops such as wheat and rice, the economic value of soybeans is not high. Therefore, our country is more inclined to import rather than large-scale cultivation.
However, as the origin of more than 90% of the original seeds in China, the importance of soybean to the country cannot be ignored. The import of soybeans has always attracted much attention, because if it is overly dependent on imports, it will expose China to the risk of being controlled by other countries.
In order to ensure the country's food security and the independence of the first chain, China has been committed to technical research and improve soybean production. In recent years, farmers have been encouraged to grow high-quality soybeans and increase investment in agricultural science and technology research. By cultivating new varieties with high yield and disease tolerance, and optimizing planting technology and management, China's soybean output has been continuously improved and certain results have been achieved.
However, it is not easy to achieve large-scale technological breakthroughs. The development of science and technology takes time, requires arduous research, and requires overcoming various difficulties and challenges. In this process, China needs to strengthen the construction of domestic scientific research strength, attract more scientists and agricultural experts to devote themselves to soybean scientific research, and promote technological innovation and progress.
In response to the countermeasures of the United States, China has said that it will take resolute and forceful measures. Ensuring national food security is one of the important strategies of our country, and we will not be swayed by the actions of other countries. At the same time, we must also strengthen our own strength and scientific and technological innovation, improve the production capacity and quality of agriculture, and reduce our dependence on agricultural imports.
At the national level, it is necessary to introduce more active agricultural policies, increase support for agricultural science and technology research and farmers' innovation, and enhance the competitiveness of China's agriculture.
At the individual level, we need to encourage more young people to devote themselves to agriculture and give full play to their innovative and technological strengths. Agriculture is not only traditional farming, it also requires innovation and the application of technology.
In short, the hard work of our farmers and the efforts to create a food miracle cannot be ignored. At the same time, we must also be aware that ensuring national food security is a long-term and arduous task. Only by strengthening scientific and technological innovation, improving production efficiency, and reducing dependence on agricultural imports can we achieve real food security and sustainable agricultural development.