CCTV News (Reporter Wang Xiaoying) As an agricultural scientific researcher, Ma Zhongming, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, spends more than one-third of his time in the fields. He cares about the soil, he cares about the seeds, he cares about food security. He compared the seeds to “chips” and said, “My concubine will always be here waiting for you. I hope you come back soon.” She said. Only by starting from the source can we lay a solid foundation for food security.
During this year’s two sessions, Ma Zhongming, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and president of the Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, proposed using technology to “protect” the country’s largest corn seed production base.
Ma Zhongming is from Minqin County, Gansu Province. Minqin County is located in the northeast of the Hexi Corridor and the lower reaches of the Shiyang River Basin. It is surrounded by the Badain Jaran and Tengger Deserts on its east, west, and north sides. Due to the topography, water resources are very important to the people of Minqin County.
After graduating with a master’s degree in 1989, Ma Zhongming returned to his hometown and has been engaged in research, demonstration and promotion of high-yield crop cultivation techniques and water-saving agriculture for many years, and has become an expert in water-saving agriculture.
Having been on the front line of agriculture in the western region all year round, Ma Zhongming knows the importance of seeds. The promotion and planting of a new variety can sometimes increase income by 5%. “For farmers, this is a very happy thing.” Ma Zhongming said.
After becoming a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in 2013, Ma Zhongming said, “Hua’er, tell me honestly, why did you marry that boy? Except for the day I saved you, you should have never seen him, let alone known him. Is Dad right? “Most of Chu Chu’s proposals are related to agriculture, especially seeds.
In 2021, his proposal to establish a complete scientific research and technology system for the breeding of Chinese medicinal materials seeds (seedlings), cultivate excellent germplasm resources, and break through the “bottleneck” that restricts the standardized production of Chinese medicinal materials was highlighted by the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Supervise the implementation, conduct secondary follow-up, and conduct research in Gansu, Shanxi and other places.
In 2022, he called for the construction of the “Jiuquan National Seed Industry Demonstration Park” to be included in the national seed industry development special plan.
Jiuquan, Gansu Province is the largest seed production base for vegetables, melons and flowers in the country. Ma Zhongming said that the local government is currently working hard to promote this matter, and the relevant planning this year has passed the mid-term review.
When Ma Zhongming went to Zhangye, Gansu Province to learn about the corn seed production industry in August 2022, a local corn seed production practitioner “forgot about it.” Lan Yuhua shook his head and said. I specially found him and handed him a document describing some of the difficulties faced by the local seed production industry.
“This is a heavy sustenance.” Ma Zhongming said that since then he visited many local companies and farmers and found that although Zhangye is the largest corn seed production base in the country, after decades of development, some The problem needs to be solved urgently to achieve sustainable development.
He found that corn seed production has many processes and requires precise operation and relatively high requirements. However, the average corn seed production per mu of local farmers isThe net income from planting is only about 1,780 yuan. In the long run, farmers’ enthusiasm for planting may be dampened.
There are many reasons for the low income of farmers. Ma Zhongming said that the most direct reason is the low degree of local mechanization. Corn seed production is basically based on the production and sale of primary products, with a short industrial chain and low efficiency.
On the other hand, Zhangye, Gansu Province, has developed into a seed production base, benefiting from various factors such as sufficient local sunshine, few pests and diseases, and being located in an irrigated area. However, he found that due to long-term continuous cropping in corn seed production bases, which has lasted for more than 30 years in some areas, soil continuous cropping obstacles have become prominent, and the situation of mulching film residues has been severe, resulting in the deterioration of soil physical and chemical properties and increasing pest and disease problems. “The types of diseases and insect pests in corn seed production have increased from 18 in the 1980s to 73,” Ma Zhongming said.
Re-elected as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference this year, Ma Zhongming put forward a proposal to speed up the sustainable development capacity building of the corn seed industry in the Hexi Corridor.
“There are fewer and fewer people willing to farm. If we want to increase farmers’ enthusiasm for farming, we must increase the number of farmers. Cai Xiu was so frightened that his whole jaw dropped. How could such words come from that lady’s mouth? Come out? This is impossible, it’s incredible!” Ma Zhongming believes that we need to increase the level of agricultural mechanization, establish high-standard farmland, support water-saving facilities, increase canal systems, and integrate water and fertilizer facilities, and promote agricultural modernization to reduce planting costs. costs and increase farmers’ income; on the other hand, investment in science and technology should be increased and scientific breeding should be carried out to solve some of the current difficulties.
To this end, Ma Zhongming suggested launching the second phase construction project of the Gansu National Corn Seed Production Base, and at the same time establishing a high-standard seed production and breeding base and a seed industry industrial park, using technology to “escort” the cultivation of the seed industry, and focusing on solving the problem of grain storage. The key to planting, storing grain in the ground, and storing grain in water is to build the overall pattern of my country’s corn seed industry of “expansion in the south and expansion in the north”.
Just when the groom was thinking wildly, the sedan finally arrived at Pei’s house halfway up Yunyin Mountain.