China to continue reducing corn cultivation, encourage shift to soybean and potato
Date:02-14-2017
China will work towards reducing its corn grain production and supporting farmers to shift to cultivation of good quality edible soybean, potato and miscellaneous grain crops, as per the 2017 Planting Industry Guidelines issued recently by the country’s Ministry of Agriculture.
The guidelines said China will continue to reduce grain corn production in non-dominant regions, support farmers to shift from corn cultivation and instead respond to the market demand and undertake plantation of good quality edible soybean, potato, miscellaneous grain crops as well as quality forage grass such as silage corn and alfalfa.
In 2017, China will implement its agriculture development action plan that stresses quality and efficiency. It focuses on upgrading plantation of miscellaneous grain crops, vegetable, fruit, tea, flower, edible mushroom and herbs.
A number of industries will be established keeping in view the regional characteristics so that they have a competitive edge in the market.
Besides, the Chinese government will speed up the development of potato industry. Steps will be taken so that research institutes and food processing enterprises work together to quickly screen varieties, help improve the processing techniques and conduct research into staple food.
This will lead to more product varieties and quality upgrades.
Moreover, China is determined to expedite the process to replace chemical fertilizers with organic fertilizers and to further reduce the use of fertilizers and pesticides. Also, it will ensure efficient use of fertilizers.
China will also speed up the water-saving agriculture development initiative and redesign its northeast black soil protection mechanism to upgrade the sustainable development capacity of crop production in Northeast China.
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