The first observation ｜ General Secretary emphasized the great article on characteristic agriculture in saline-alkali land.
Cultivated land and grain, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader Nianzi is here. This time, in Huanghua, Cangzhou, Hebei Province, the General Secretary went into the wheat field in dry and alkaline land to inspect the cultivation, promotion and industrialization of dry and alkaline wheat.
More than a year ago, in October, 2021, during his inspection tour in Shandong, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader went to the Yellow River Delta agricultural high-tech industrial demonstration zone and entered the saline-alkali modern agricultural experimental demonstration base to observe the growth of soybean, alfalfa, quinoa and green manure crops, and to understand the ecological protection and comprehensive utilization of saline-alkali land, and the breeding and promotion of saline-alkali tolerant plants.
During the two investigations, although the crops we saw were different, they all focused on saline-alkali land.
During his inspection tour in Shandong, the General Secretary emphasized that "the comprehensive utilization of saline-alkali land is of great strategic significance for ensuring national food security and securing China’s rice bowl." This time in Cangzhou, the general secretary once again stressed that "the comprehensive utilization of saline-alkali land is a strategic issue and must be placed in an important position." Some words show the important strategic role of saline-alkali land.
In December 2020, the General Secretary profoundly pointed out at the Central Economic Work Conference: "The total amount of cultivated land in China is small, the overall quality is not high, and the reserve resources are insufficient. I have always attached great importance to this issue and repeatedly emphasized it."
China has about 1.5 billion mu of saline-alkali land, of which about 500 million mu has the potential for development and utilization. If we can awaken this "sleeping" reserve cultivated land resources, make good use of the cultivated land stock and increase the land increment at the same time, it will significantly realize the expansion, quality improvement and efficiency increase of cultivated land resources.
When inspecting the agricultural high-tech zone in the Yellow River Delta, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that "land resources are very valuable, and the development of salt-tolerant crops is very meaningful for increasing land increment". "The red line of 1.8 billion mu of cultivated land should be maintained, and 500 million mu of saline-alkali land should be fully developed and utilized. If salt-tolerant crops are developed, it will play an important role in ensuring the granary in China and the rice bowl in China. ".
Salinization is known as the "chronic disease" of land, and the high salt content in soil makes crops low-yield or unable to grow. The management and utilization of this "special cultivated land" has always been a difficult task for agricultural science and technology workers.
In Cangzhou, the wheat inspected by the General Secretary includes Xiaoyan 60, Cangmai 6002, Jiemai 19 and other drought-resistant and salt-tolerant varieties. This is precisely because local agricultural technicians have implemented 30 national and industrial technical standards around key links such as "planting, fertilizing, sowing and managing", and constantly developed and cultivated varieties suitable for planting.
On May 11th, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited the dry and alkaline wheat fields in Xianzhuang District, an old town in Huanghua City, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, to learn about the cultivation, promotion and industrialization of local dry and alkaline wheat. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xueren photo
During his inspection tour in Shandong in 2021, the General Secretary emphasized that "it is necessary to strengthen basic research on germplasm resources, farmland protection and utilization" and "strive to make breakthroughs in key core technologies and important innovation fields"; The first meeting of the 20th Central Financial and Economic Committee held not long ago pointed out: "We should pay more attention to storing grain in technology and break through the restrictions of natural conditions such as cultivated land on agricultural production."
"Based on the fact that there are many saline-alkali land and great development potential in China, we should give play to the key role of scientific and technological innovation, intensify the transformation and upgrading of saline-alkali land, strengthen the development and promotion of crop varieties suitable for saline-alkali land, effectively expand the planting area of suitable crops, actively develop deep processing, and do a good job in the characteristic agriculture of saline-alkali land." In the important speech of Cangzhou inspection, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader put forward specific requirements for the comprehensive utilization of saline-alkali land.
The fundamental way out for stable production and increase production lies in science and technology. When the general secretary inspects agriculture, he always wants to have in-depth exchanges with farmers and agricultural technicians, understand the situation and give guidance. This time in Cangzhou, the general secretary also had cordial exchanges with agricultural experts from Chinese Academy of Sciences and local growers. These scientific researchers breed salt-tolerant varieties, sow the seeds of developing agriculture through science and technology, and help farmers increase production and income.
As the General Secretary has repeatedly stressed, "To strengthen the integration of agriculture and science and technology and strengthen agricultural science and technology innovation, researchers should write their papers on the land so that farmers can grow the best food with the best technology".
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