"From the perspective of the construction of an agricultural power, we must find a focus on cultivating new quality productivity"
"To help the development of the vegetable industry 'move south to west', it is necessary to build modern facilities and labor-saving production technology system, to improve the level of soil fertility, and to scientifically explore the development of plant factories."
"The new generation of artificial intelligence has become one of the important strategies of the mainland"...... At present, what difficulties are the vegetable industry facing? In the future, how will new productivity help industrial development?
The 2024 China Vegetable Industry Conference opened in Hexian County, Anhui Province on May 16. With the theme of "Vegetable Writing and Beauty Science and Technology Innovation Future", the conference set up 1 opening ceremony, 1 keynote report meeting, and 4 special exchange meetings to discuss the new path of upgrading the vegetable industry in an all-round and multi-level way, and promote the coordinated development of the whole chain. More than 500 people attended the meeting, including leaders from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center, relevant national associations and societies, as well as heads of agricultural management departments, scientific research institutes, vegetable associations, vegetable enterprises and representatives of large planters across the country.
The 2024 China Vegetable Industry Conference opened in Hexian County, Anhui
Focus on one seed, one chain
Vegetables are indispensable and important agricultural products for people's lives, accounting for 41% of the total food consumption.
In recent years, the vegetable industry in mainland China has continued to develop steadily, with the planting area remaining above 300 million mu for six consecutive years, and the annual output exceeding 800 million tons, ranking first in the world. "The continuous optimization of the industrial layout and the increasingly complete market circulation system have basically achieved the annual balanced supply of vegetables on the market, rich varieties of flowers and colors, and overall quality assurance." Li Zengyu, deputy director of the Planting Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said at the meeting.
Li Zengyu, deputy director of the Department of Planting Industry Management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
At the same time, the scale of vegetable production on the mainland has expanded rapidly. In the past ten years, the vegetable sowing area has expanded from 18,836.3 thousand hectares to 22,434.1 thousand hectares, and the vegetable sowing area has increased by more than 10% in the past five years, and the vegetable industry layout has expanded significantly to the west, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou and other provinces have become the new main vegetable producing areas, and the planting area has been expanding.
However, while the vegetable industry is developing rapidly, it is also facing the pressure brought about by insufficient scientific and technological innovation, increased production costs, and frequent natural disasters. For example, the impact of extreme weather on the vegetable industry remains significant; Problems such as "difficult and expensive employment" in the main producing areas are still prominent; The cost of vegetable circulation is high and the post-harvest loss is large; Prices are generally sluggish, and local unsalable events have increased.
"At present, more than 90% of the vegetable seeds such as tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants cultivated in the long-season facilities rely on imports, and the labor cost of vegetable production has accounted for 58% of the vegetable production cost, and the situation of no one planting vegetables has emerged." Zhang Youjun, chief expert of the national bulk vegetable industry technology system and director of the Institute of Vegetables and Flowers of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said.
In the face of these problems, the development of the vegetable industry should be coordinated to ensure quantity, diversity and quality, adhere to market orientation, accelerate scientific and technological innovation, strengthen policy support, vigorously promote standardized production, strengthen the industrial chain, cultivate brand boutiques, deepen production and marketing docking, build a modern vegetable industry system, production system and management system that is compatible with market demand and match resources and environment, and comprehensively improve the quality, efficiency and competitiveness of the vegetable industry.
Yang Xiongnian, President of China Vegetable Association
Realize "smart" production and "smart" vegetable planting
The "post-80s" don't want to farm, the "post-90s" don't know how to farm, the "post-00s" don't ask about farming, and "who will farm" is a problem that needs to be solved urgently.
The unmanned and less manpower production of vegetables is inseparable from artificial intelligence, and a new generation of artificial intelligence has become one of the important strategies of the mainland. Zhao Chunjiang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the National Engineering Research Center for Agricultural Informatization, pointed out that although agricultural production is affected by terrain, climate and other factors, it is complex and difficult to use simple digital models to express finely, but the new generation of artificial intelligence can effectively realize the dynamic management of data and knowledge, which makes the development of agricultural artificial intelligence applications full of vitality.
Zhao Chunjiang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the National Engineering Research Center for Agricultural Informatization
"The new quality productivity of agriculture is the process of transforming the mode of agricultural development, which has the characteristics of high technology, high knowledge, high human capital, high efficiency and high quality." Jiang Changyun, vice president of the China Rural Development Association and former deputy director of the Institute of Industrial Economics and Technical Economics of the National Development and Reform Commission, said. From the perspective of the construction of an agricultural power, the key to cultivating new quality productivity is to improve cost, price competitiveness and brand quality competitiveness.
Jiang Changyun, vice president of the China Rural Development Association and former deputy director of the Institute of Industrial Economics and Technical Economics of the National Development and Reform Commission
With the changes in the international environment, ensuring food security and the effective supply of agricultural products has become an important part of national security, and the contradiction between vegetable and horticultural crops and grain land competition has become increasingly prominent. Yu Jingquan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the Department of Agricultural Life and Environment of Zhejiang University, said that in the face of social changes, it is necessary to help the vegetable industry "move south to west" development; Facing iterative upgrading, it is necessary to build modern facilities and labor-saving production technology system; Facing "great health", improve the quality of vegetables; In the face of sustainable development, it is necessary to improve the level of soil fertility; Facing the future, it is necessary to scientifically explore the development of plant factories.
Yu Jingquan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the Department of Agricultural Life and Environment of Zhejiang University
Zhang Youjun, chief expert of the national bulk vegetable industry technology system and director of the Institute of Vegetables and Flowers of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Build Nanhe County and North Shouguang
Anhui is a major agricultural province and the main birthplace of China's rural reform. The geographical location advantage here is obvious, the climatic conditions are suitable, and the agricultural products are rich in resources.
Zhu Yongdong, a member of the party group, deputy director and first-level inspector of the Anhui Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, introduced that Anhui will focus on the development of the vegetable industry as one of the top ten 100 billion green food industries, and vigorously promote the standardization, facilities, informatization, intelligence and branding of vegetable production, and strive to build a "vegetable basket" in the Yangtze River Delta and even the whole country.
Zhu Yongdong, deputy director of the Anhui Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, director of the Rural Revitalization Bureau, and first-class inspector
In terms of production layout, Anhui has formed five characteristic advantageous production areas, such as counter-seasonal vegetables along the Huai River in northern Anhui, green leafy vegetables in the suburbs of large and medium-sized cities, alpine vegetables in southern Anhui and Dabie Mountains, aquatic vegetables along the Chaohu Lake along the Yangtze River, and vegetables in Huangshan and Jiuhuashan tourist areas.
In terms of market supply, Anhui has built 3,629 vegetable emergency supply bases, and 38 vegetable Yangtze River Delta green agricultural product production, processing and supply bases, and the annual production and balanced supply capacity of vegetables have been continuously improved. In 2023, the province's vegetable sowing area will be 11.81 million mu and the output will be 26.3 million tons, of which the facility vegetable sowing area will be 4.644 million mu, ranking third in the country.
In terms of strengthening the chain and increasing efficiency, Anhui has built 165 national vegetable standard gardens and cultivated 3 national leading enterprises in the vegetable industry. Taking the Internet construction of vegetable industry in Hexian County as a pilot, the Internet model of the whole link of vegetable production was initially constructed. In 2023, the output value of the whole vegetable industry chain in the province will be 163.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.8%.
He County, known as the "hometown of Chinese vegetables", continues to expand and strengthen the vegetable industry, and strives to build "Nanhe County, North Shouguang".
Xia Yingfeng, deputy mayor of Ma'anshan Municipal People's Government, said that with the care and support of higher-level departments and all walks of life, Hexian County has embarked on a road of green vegetable development. In 2023, the vegetable planting area of Hexian County will reach 430,000 mu, with an annual output of 1.08 million tons of various high-quality vegetables and fruits, and a total output value of 3.1 billion yuan, which will be sold to more than 100 large and medium-sized cities across the country.
Xia Yingfeng, deputy mayor of Ma'anshan Municipal People's Government
In view of the future agricultural development of Anhui, Yan Congsheng, chief expert of vegetable industry technology system in Anhui Province and deputy director of the Vegetable Research Institute of Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, suggested that it is necessary to increase capital investment and accelerate scientific and technological innovation; strengthen industrial restructuring and innovation, and promote industrial transformation and upgrading; accelerate the improvement of modern production level and adhere to green development; Accelerate the improvement of the organizational level of production and operation, and increase the intensity of double recruitment and double attraction; Comprehensively improve product quality and achieve industrial quality and efficiency.
Yan Congsheng, chief expert of vegetable industry technology system in Anhui Province and deputy director of the Vegetable Research Institute of Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Liu Lingchen, the county magistrate of the county people's government, promoted the vegetable industry in the county
Cohesion and strong consensus
Before the small full season, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River plain is a busy scene of summer planting and summer harvest. In Hexian County, Anhui Province, at the site of the 2024 China Vegetable Industry Conference, 230 vegetable varieties and more than 70 sets of agricultural machinery and equipment are waiting for participants to review in the field.
As an annual event in the vegetable industry, the China Vegetable Industry Conference has become a brand and vane platform for the exchange of the national vegetable industry.
The conference is held every year in the main vegetable producing areas of the country, around the central task of the development of the vegetable industry, preaching the macro policy of national agricultural and rural development, releasing authoritative vegetable industry information, publicizing and promoting new products, new technologies and new equipment, and discussing major issues in the vegetable industry.
"Since 2013, the conference has been held in 7 provinces of Shandong, Jiangsu, Hebei, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Ningxia and Hunan for 9 sessions, building a bridge between the government and industry." Yang Xiongnian, president of the China Vegetable Association, said.
At the opening ceremony of the conference, a series of lectures and project releases were also carried out, adding new impetus to the development of the vegetable industry.
Based on the advantages of the production area, the industrial map of three vegetable varieties of cauliflower, carrot and onion was released at the meeting. This is the second time that the China Vegetable Association has released the map of China's vegetable industry, which has supplemented and improved the original vegetable industry map to meet the industry's demand for different vegetable varieties.
Map of cauliflower, carrot and onion industries
Focusing on the needs of the industry, the China Vegetable Association "Unveiling the Leader" project was released at the meeting. The project innovation adopts the mode of industry social organizations setting up a platform and vegetable enterprises or main producing areas issuing lists, directly poking at the actual pain points of the industry, reflecting the front-line needs of the industry, and requiring the results to be practical, which helps to efficiently link scientific research forces and solve the key technical problems of the vegetable industry at the fastest speed.
The China Vegetable Association's "Unveiling the Leader" project was released
Focusing on capacity innovation, a number of blockbuster results were released at the meeting. The four municipalities directly under the central government, Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing, have released the vegetable innovation achievements of various academies of agricultural sciences in recent years; The China Vegetable Association selected 10 outstanding vegetable mechanization innovation achievements and released them through the collection of achievements and the organization of review.
The four municipalities directly under the central government released vegetable innovation achievements
Award Ceremony for Ten Outstanding Vegetable Mechanization Innovation Achievements
It is reported that the conference will continue until May 17, during which four exchange meetings will be held on scientific and technological innovation of vegetable seed industry, mechanization technology, green prevention and control of pests and diseases, and typical experience in brand creation, as well as 230 new vegetable varieties and vegetable mechanization exhibitions.
Wonderful moments of the conference↓↓
Author丨Yu Jun, Pan Fengyi, Photography丨Tan Jiafu, Editor丨Nong Caijun, contact, Nong Caijun丨18565265490
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