Food security is the foundation of a country's prosperity
Food security is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and is the most basic need for a country's survival and development. As a country with a large population, ensuring the food and clothing of its 1.4 billion people has always been a top priority for the Chinese government. In recent years, the state has continuously increased its support for agriculture and introduced a series of policies to benefit farmers, aiming to ensure national food security, improve farmers' income levels, and promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas.
In 2024, the state will follow the implementation of the minimum purchase price policy for grain, and appropriately raise the purchase price of varieties. Since the implementation of this policy in 1994, it has played an important role in stabilizing peasants' income from grain planting and arousing their enthusiasm for growing grain. In 2024, the minimum purchase price of early indica rice will rise by 1 point to 127 yuan per 50 kg, and mid-to-late indica rice and japonica rice will hold steady at 129 yuan and 131 yuan. The minimum purchase price of wheat was also raised to 118 yuan per 50 kg. This measure will directly benefit the vast number of large grain growers and family farms, help stabilize their grain production expectations, ensure their basic income, and mobilize their enthusiasm to expand the planting area and increase production.
The importance of the minimum purchase price policy for grain
The policy of minimum purchase price of grain is an important national agricultural support policy, which is of great significance for ensuring national food security and promoting farmers' income.
This policy has set a bottom line for farmers' income from growing grain, which is conducive to stabilizing farmers' expectations for growing grain and mobilizing their enthusiasm for growing grain. The willingness of farmers to expand their grain area depends largely on their expectations of future returns. If the expected returns are too low, farmers may choose to switch to other cash crops. The minimum purchase price policy has set a bottom line for the peasants' income from growing grain, and even if the market conditions are not good, the peasants can still obtain basic income, which has greatly stabilized the peasants' expectations for growing grain and stimulated their enthusiasm for expanding the planting area and increasing the output.
This policy is conducive to ensuring national food security. Food security is an important component of national security and has a bearing on the national economy and people's livelihood. Only by ensuring self-sufficiency in basic food rations can the country truly be safe and controllable. Through the minimum purchase price policy, the state can mobilize farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain, ensure the continuous growth of grain output, and provide a solid guarantee for national food security.
This policy is conducive to promoting the continuous increase of farmers' income and promoting the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. Increasing farmers' income is the key to achieving comprehensive rural revitalization. The minimum purchase price policy has set a bottom line for farmers' income from growing grain, ensured the basic income level of farmers, and laid the foundation for farmers to continue to increase their income. The state has also introduced a series of other policies benefiting farmers and rich peasants, such as subsidies for the protection of cultivated land, planting subsidies, agricultural insurance, etc., which have further increased farmers' incomes, improved farmers' sense of gain and happiness, and injected a strong impetus into the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas.
The important role of other policies benefiting farmers and rich peasants
In addition to the policy of minimum purchase price of grain, the state has also introduced a series of other policies to benefit farmers and rich peasants, which have made important contributions to the increase of farmers' income and the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas.
Subsidy policy for cultivated land fertility protection. The policy aims to encourage farmers to take measures to improve the quality of cultivated land and improve soil fertility, thereby increasing food yields and quality. Through the issuance of subsidy funds, the state has provided financial support for peasants to improve their cultivated land, which is conducive to increasing peasants' income from growing grain and arousing their enthusiasm for growing grain.
Corn and soybean producer subsidy policy. Corn and soybeans are important agricultural products in the mainland, which are of great significance for ensuring national food security and oil supply security. Through the issuance of subsidies, the state has directly increased the income of farmers from planting corn and soybeans, thereby mobilizing their enthusiasm for expanding the planting area, and providing a strong guarantee for the country's food and oil security.
Rice subsidy policy. Rice is the continent's main food crop and is essential for national food security. Through the issuance of rice subsidies, the state has directly increased the income of farmers from rice planting, which is conducive to mobilizing their enthusiasm for expanding the rice planting area and increasing output, and contributing to national food security.
Agricultural insurance policies. Agricultural production is greatly affected by natural disasters, and once a major disaster suffers, farmers will suffer huge economic losses. By expanding the scope of implementation of full cost insurance and planting income insurance, the state has provided a strong guarantee for farmers' agricultural production risks, which is conducive to stabilizing farmers' expectations and mobilizing their enthusiasm for expanding planting scale.
These policies benefiting farmers and rich peasants have created favorable conditions for increasing peasants' incomes from different angles, and will certainly further stimulate peasants' enthusiasm for production, promote the process of agricultural modernization, and make important contributions to the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas.
In 2024, the state will continue to implement the policy of minimum purchase price of grain and appropriately raise the purchase price of some varieties, and at the same time introduce a series of other policies to benefit farmers and rich farmers, which are aimed at ensuring national food security, promoting the continuous increase of farmers' income, and promoting the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. Food security is the foundation of a country's prosperity, and only by ensuring self-sufficiency in basic food rations can the country truly be safe and controllable. Through policies such as the minimum purchase price, the state has set a bottom line for farmers' income from grain planting, stabilized farmers' expectations for grain planting, mobilized their enthusiasm for expanding planting area and increasing output, and provided a solid guarantee for national food security. Other policies benefiting farmers and rich peasants will also further increase farmers' incomes, improve farmers' sense of gain and happiness, and inject a strong impetus into the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. We have reason to believe that under the correct leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, and with the strong support of a series of policies that benefit and benefit farmers, China's food security will be effectively guaranteed, the income level of the vast number of farmers will continue to increase, and the goal of comprehensive rural revitalization will be achieved as scheduled!