Food production in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region hits a record high

In 2011, Inner Mongolia's agricultural production enjoyed a bumper harvest, and food production hit another record high, achieving a historic harvest of 8 food crops in Inner Mongolia. In 2011, the total grain output reached 47.75 billion kilograms, an increase of 4.59 billion kilograms from the previous year, an increase of 10.6%; the unit yield reached 576 kilograms per mu, an increase of 10.1%, and the contribution rate of the growth of the unit production reached 95.3%. The total grain output increased by 20.53 billion jins compared with 2003. In just 8 years, the comprehensive grain production capacity increased by 20 billion jins, equivalent to 8 billion jins of commodity grain base for the country in 8 years. Per capita income of peasants and herdsmen is expected to increase by 15%, achieving the goal of 12% annual growth rate proposed by the autonomous region. Not only has made outstanding contributions to national food security, but also laid a solid foundation for the stable and rapid economic development of the autonomous region and social harmony and stability.

First, attach great importance to food production and vigorously create a good social atmosphere for stable development of food production. Under the guidance of the 8 countries and autonomous regions that successively issued the spirit of the No. 1 Document concerning the “San Nong” work, Inner Mongolia, as the main grain producer of the country, has attached great importance to agricultural production, especially food security, and has taken strong measures. Policies and measures to create and form a good atmosphere for supporting and stabilizing the development of food production in the whole society. In 2011, the regional party committee and government firmly seized the opportunity of the State to promulgate the "Several Opinions on Further Promoting Sound and Rapid Economic and Social Development in Inner Mongolia" and the "Opinions on Launching the 2011 National Stable Operation to Increase Production," and earnestly implemented " The “rice bag” governor responsibility system has raised the level of stabilizing grain production to ensure the country’s food security and the stable economic and social development of the autonomous region. It has promoted the actions of stabilizing grain production as a joint action of the entire society. Based on the fact that the Central Party Committee and the State Council continue to increase the policy of strengthening agriculture and benefiting farmers, starting from the actual conditions of the autonomous region, the party committee and government of the autonomous region have also introduced a series of favorable agricultural policies for the stable development of grain production, and continuously increased investment in agriculture. In addition, the food production increase activities and the economic and social work in the region are deployed, co-arranged, implemented, and promoted together, and efforts are being made to create a favorable environment and atmosphere for the stable development of grain production in the entire region, and provide a strong force for stable grain production. Support and protection. While advancing industrialization and urbanization, the Autonomous Region emphasized the need to resolutely implement the strictest arable land protection system and increase the protection of basic farmland. The People’s Government of the Autonomous Region and the coalition governments have signed responsibilities for the protection of cultivated land and established The responsibility system for the protection of cultivated land has ensured the red line of 100 million mu of cultivated land in the autonomous region.

Second, strengthen the construction of agricultural infrastructure and focus on solving the constraints of agricultural development. In Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the climate is dominated by temperate continental monsoon climate, and the rainfall is not uniform. Dryland farming accounts for more than 60% of the region's agriculture. Drought is the most important factor that restricts the development of agriculture in Inner Mongolia. For many years, Inner Mongolia has proceeded from actual conditions, followed objective laws and tried to crack down on the constraints of agricultural development. During the period from the end of the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period to the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, the Autonomous Region fully started the grain increase project, the “four to ten million mu” water-saving irrigation project, the rural land remediation, the construction of standard grain fields, and the transformation of dry farmland and other major farmland. Basic construction project. The major projects for rural land remediation launched in 2010 are expected to have a total investment of 5.8 billion yuan within three years and a construction scale of 4.5 million mu. In 2011, the autonomous region budgeted 4 billion yuan in expenditure on agriculture, forestry and water affairs, an increase of 58.7% year-on-year. In addition, the autonomous region's investment in agricultural infrastructure construction also increased by a certain margin. The water conservancy fund was 1.5 billion yuan, an increase of 3.45%. The region has built 496 reservoirs, irrigated 404,000 electric and mechanical wells, built 27,000 km of main canals and developed an effective irrigation area of ​​45.79 million mu, of which water-saving irrigation area has reached 32.9 million mu, and efficient water-saving irrigation area has exceeded 10 million mu. The continuous improvement of agricultural infrastructure construction and continuous improvement of agricultural production conditions have laid a solid foundation for sustained and substantial grain production and stable increase of comprehensive production capacity.

Third, implement the policy of strengthening agriculture and benefiting farmers, and mobilize and protect the enthusiasm of peasants engaged in grain management and grain farming. In recent years, the state and the autonomous region have successively introduced a series of strong agricultural and agricultural policies. At the end of the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan”, the total reduction of the livestock tax, agricultural tax, and agricultural special product tax was 2.712 billion yuan, and the per capita loss of farmers and herdsmen was 200 yuan. The central and autonomous regions accumulatively allocated 2.16 billion yuan of subsidy funds for improved seeds. The key crop areas were expanded to full coverage subsidies for corn, soybeans, rice, and wheat; subsidies for the purchase of agricultural machinery and equipment were 1.925 billion yuan. During the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, a total of 14.423 billion yuan was allocated for the grain direct subsidies for grain farmers and comprehensive subsidy for agricultural resources, including 2.887 billion yuan for grain direct subsidies, and 11.536 billion yuan for comprehensive subsidies for agricultural resources. In 2011, subsidies for grain direct subsidies, comprehensive subsidy for agricultural resources, subsidy for improved seeds, and subsidy for purchase of farm machinery and equipment amounted to RMB 6.012 billion. The strong policy of supporting agriculture and benefiting the countryside has continuously instilled vitality into grain production. The enthusiasm of governments at all levels for cultivating crops and cultivating crops for the masses, and the masses of farmers for agriculture and farming have been unprecedentedly stimulated, and the confidence of farmers in relying on grain to increase income has been further enhanced.

Fourth, accelerate the innovation of agricultural science and technology, adjust and optimize the agricultural structure, and comprehensively improve the overall quality of agriculture. In recent years, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has been adhering to the concept of building a resource-saving and environment-friendly modern agriculture, insisting on the simultaneous advancement of agricultural production and ecological construction, the overall planning of food crops and economic crops, and the coordinated development of planting and breeding industries. Accelerate the transformation of agricultural development methods, vigorously adjust and optimize the agricultural structure, and rely on scientific and technological innovation and integration and promotion to comprehensively improve the overall quality of agriculture. During the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, the number of varieties tested in the entire region reached 3,668, and 2017 new varieties were demonstrated, and 647 new varieties were identified. Relying on high-yield to create an activity platform, the key crops, supporting the integration of the promotion of the five core technologies of the five major crops, become the "Eleventh Five-Year" period of the landmark promotion technology, the annual promotion of an area of ​​more than 50 million mu. By the end of the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan”, the contribution rate of agricultural science and technology reached 48%, which was nearly 5% higher than at the end of the “Tenth Five-Year Plan” period. By vigorously adjusting and optimizing the agricultural structure, the proportion of high-quality, high-yield, and high-efficiency crops was 66%, providing stable and increased grain production. Strong scientific and technological support has achieved the goal set by the autonomous region on the basis of stabilizing the sown area of ​​grain, relying on science and technology to increase the yield per unit of grain, increase the total grain output, and increase farmers' income.

This year is the first year of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”. Inner Mongolia's grain production hits a record high. This has created powerful conditions and fully laid a solid foundation for the comprehensive realization of the “12th Five-Year” economic and social development planning goals of the autonomous region. The Ninth Party Congress of the Autonomous Region that has just concluded pointed out: "Insist on the development direction of modern agriculture and animal husbandry, accelerate the transformation of the mode of development of agriculture and animal husbandry, strengthen the comprehensive production capacity of agricultural and pastoral industries, resist the ability of risk and market competitiveness, and consolidate and strengthen agricultural and animal husbandry. The basic position of the industry.” This is the main goal and task of doing a good job in Inner Mongolia's agriculture and animal husbandry at present and in the future. At the same time, we also deeply realized that the agriculture and animal husbandry in Inner Mongolia still develop at a low level, and the key issues that have constrained development have not yet been fundamentally resolved. Especially at the current high starting point, it will continue to develop and move forward. Difficulties and pressures will be greater. Challenges and opportunities will coexist. In the development of agriculture in Inner Mongolia, we will conscientiously implement a series of policies for promoting the development of agriculture and rural areas, unswervingly do a good job of “agriculture, rural areas and farmers”, take the scientific concept of development as a guide, and change the mode of agricultural development as the main line. , vigorously develop modern agriculture, strive to achieve the transformation of traditional agriculture to modern agriculture, and strive to achieve transformation of agricultural areas to strong agricultural areas, usher in a new era of more splendid Inner Mongolia agriculture, for the country's food security and the development of the regional economy and society to make new The greater contribution.