The connotation of plateau characteristic agriculture

Qin Guangrong, Secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, published an article in the "People's Daily" on March 6, proposing that through the development of plateau characteristic agriculture, Explore new paths for modern agriculture, make up for the shortcomings of the agricultural industry, enhance agricultural competitiveness, and promote farmers' continued income growth. ?

Vigorously developing plateau characteristic agriculture is a major decision made by Yunnan based on agricultural realities and development needs. It will help Yunnan explore new paths for modern agriculture, make up for shortcomings in the agricultural industry, enhance agricultural competitiveness, and promote It is of great significance for farmers to continue to increase their income and promote Yunnan's leapfrog development. ?

Yunnan has superior natural endowments to vigorously develop plateau characteristic agriculture. It is a low-latitude plateau with three-dimensional landforms, including mountains, hills, basins, and river valleys. The climate advantage is outstanding. There are 7 climate types in total, with sufficient light and heat, rain and heat in the same season, early spring and late winter, which is suitable for the growth of a variety of crops. With obvious species advantages, it is known as the "Kingdom of Plants" and the "Kingdom of Animals". The industrial foundation is solid, and tobacco, tea, flowers, etc. have great influence at home and abroad. It also has the geographical advantage of being open and adjacent to Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, which is conducive to the development of export-oriented agriculture. ?

Yunnan’s superior natural endowments determine that the Yunnan Plateau’s characteristic agriculture has eye-catching “four business cards”: “rich and diverse, ecologically friendly, safe and high-quality, and fragrant all year round.” They are the greatest potential and biggest selling point of Yunnan Plateau's characteristic agriculture, and they are also the due connotation of Yunnan's promotion of agricultural modernization, strengthening of ecological civilization construction, and achieving sustainable development. They are an organic whole, and we must work hard to develop the "four business cards", relying on "rich and diverse" to show characteristics, "ecological and environmental protection" to generate benefits, "safety and high quality" to guarantee, and "four seasons of fragrance" to strengthen competition. ?

Yunnan’s vigorous development of plateau characteristic agriculture means making full use of its unique conditions and greatest advantages, with the main goal of ensuring the supply of agricultural products and increasing farmers’ income, and making extensive use of modern science and technology, advanced management experience and modern production and operations. Organization methods, build Yunnan’s advantageous, influential and competitive strategic brand in the country and even the world, and strive to find an agricultural modernization path with the characteristics of the Yunnan Plateau. ?

Yunnan should regard the construction of plateau granaries, characteristic crops, mountain animal husbandry, freshwater fisheries, efficient forestry, and open agriculture as the "six key contents" for the development of plateau characteristic agriculture. On this basis, we will create "Twelve Major Brands" such as Yunyan, Yuntang, Yunnan Tea, Yunjiao, Yuncai, and Yunhua, and accelerate the formation of Yunnan Plateau characteristic agricultural industries and brands with high relevance, strong driving force, and far-reaching influence. . ?

By developing plateau characteristic agriculture, Yunnan will strive to achieve "three doublings" and "three breakthroughs" in five years: the comprehensive output value of agriculture and animal husbandry will reach more than 550 billion yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers will reach 10,000 yuan. The export value of agricultural products has exceeded 3.5 billion yuan, both of which have doubled compared with 2011; the total grain output has exceeded 40 billion kilograms, the output value of animal husbandry has exceeded 200 billion yuan, and the output value of agricultural product processing has exceeded 200 billion yuan.

With the goal of building a strong green economic province, Yunnan Province has formulated the "Yunnan Famous Brand Agricultural Products Management Measures" in accordance with the overall idea of ??"market orientation, business entities, government promotion, and social participation", and allocates special funds every year Vigorous efforts have been made to build agricultural brands in Yunnan, and a number of plateau characteristic agricultural brands such as Pu'er tea, Chu Cheng, and Yunling cattle have been cultivated, and certain achievements have been achieved.

First, actively promote agricultural standardization and consolidate the production foundation for the development of agricultural branding. Promote the construction of agricultural standardization in all aspects of pre-production, production and post-production of agricultural products, and the promotion of agricultural standardization in Yunnan ranks first in the western provinces of China. In recent years, the government has formulated and released 2,960 agricultural product production technology projects, promoted more than 6,000 various standards, and established 10 "Yunnan Province Agricultural Standardization Demonstration Counties" and 20 "Yunnan Province Agricultural Standardization Demonstration Enterprises." Supervision of agricultural products has been strengthened. The province has quantitatively monitored 5,000 samples (batches), with a comprehensive pass rate of 99%, ranking among the top in the country. More than 30.9 rapid tests have been completed through mobile agricultural product quality and safety inspection vehicles and county and township agricultural product testing institutions. , is one of the four provinces where no major quality accidents have occurred.

The second is to carry out the "three products, one label, one brand" certification and focus on building Yunnan agricultural products brands. So far, 21 Yunnan agricultural products have obtained China’s well-known trademarks, 59 have obtained geographical indication registration certificates for agricultural products from the Ministry of Agriculture, and 503 products in eight batches of Yunnan’s famous agricultural products have been recognized.

The third is to carry out the "Six Six" selection to create a high-quality germplasm resource brand. In order to fully explore Yunnan's livestock, poultry, aquatic products, and grain local variety resources, Yunnan Province has evaluated the "Six Famous Pigs, Six Famous Cattle, Six Famous Sheep, Six Famous Chickens, Six Famous Fish, and Six Famous Rice in Yunnan" selection and recognition activities. An important measure for the province to build an agricultural brand.

The fourth is to develop characteristic and advantageous industries and create regional agricultural product brands. A number of regional brands with distinctive characteristics have been cultivated, such as Yunnan Pu'er tea, Xuanwei ham, Wenshan Panax notoginseng, Dounan flowers, Zhaotong Gastrodia elata, Qiubei pepper and so on. Among them, the "Yunling cattle" cultivated through 30 years of hard work is the first beef cattle with independent intellectual property rights in Yunnan Province. It is the fourth new beef cattle breed through cross-breeding since the founding of New China and the first beef cattle in the south.

The fifth is to vigorously expand the market and actively build agricultural product brands. In recent years, Yunnan Province has exported agricultural products to more than 110 countries and regions. In 2015, the province's agricultural exports exceeded US$4 billion. Yunnan vegetables account for more than 30% of the vegetables supplied to Hong Kong, ranking first in the country in terms of vegetable supply to Hong Kong. Agricultural products have ranked first in the province's bulk export products for many years in a row, and their direct export volume has ranked first in the western provinces and regions for many years in a row.